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Bigian88
16-08-10, 16:14
Been talking for a while about getting some serious upgrades sorted and after this month (settling a loan) i`ll have a fair bit of money to play about with and buy some upgrades.

My current spec is in my sig and the only thing that will change is the memory as im buying 4GB of OCZ gold 1333Mhz off Nick.

I use it primarily for video editing and multimedia, but dab in and out of gaming on it as i have my PS3.

Any ideas?
Pullen
16-08-10, 16:35
What's your monitor?
Bigian88
16-08-10, 16:50
22" Hyundai LCD
Bigian88
16-08-10, 18:53
This, to be exact:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Displays/Monitors/TFT+20+-+23/22%22+Hyundai+N220W-A++Widescreen+TFT+5ms+?productId=27086
AmdOverclocker
17-08-10, 11:51
Been talking for a while about getting some serious upgrades sorted and after this month (settling a loan) i`ll have a fair bit of money to play about with and buy some upgrades.

My current spec is in my sig and the only thing that will change is the memory as im buying 4GB of OCZ gold 1333Mhz off Nick.

I use it primarily for video editing and multimedia, but dab in and out of gaming on it as i have my PS3.

Any ideas?


i would get a 5770:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Graphics+Cards/ATI+5700+Series/Asus+ATI+Radeon+HD+5770+%22CuCore%22+1024MB+GDDR5+ PCI-Express+Graphics+Card+?productId=39489


and a phenom x6 1055T:

http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/CPUs+%2F+Processors/AMD/Phenom+II+AM3/AMD+Phenom+II+X6+1055T+2.80GHz+Processor+-+Retail+?productId=40095



if you got the money of course :D
Bigian88
17-08-10, 12:04
ive read the max overclock on that CPU is around 3.6/3.7 though?
El Wayneo
17-08-10, 12:09
Martin got 4Ghz out of one.

Why not switch to Intel?

http://www.upload3r.com/serve/170810/1282043306.png

You'd get over £100 for your CPU,Mobo,RAM.
AmdOverclocker
17-08-10, 12:26
Martin got 4Ghz out of one.

Why not switch to Intel?

http://www.upload3r.com/serve/170810/1282043306.png

You'd get over £100 for your CPU,Mobo,RAM.


well, i suppose he could do that, though hes be stuck forever, because intel are releasing new 1155 and 2011 scket soon (silly intel).

if he went to am3 he has the futurproof socket because he can get the new 8-core bulldozers, when they come out.
Lorem-Ipsum
17-08-10, 12:28
well, i suppose he could do that, though hes be stuck forever, because intel are releasing new 1155 and 2011 scket soon (silly intel).

if he went to am3 he has the futurproof socket because he can get the new 8-core bulldozers, when they come out.

I thought it had been stated that the 8 core bulldozers are not going to be compatible with current am3 boards.

Correct me if I'm wrong.
Nomad2k3
17-08-10, 12:29
Is it not better to have 1600Mhz memory if your going to be doing a bit of overclocking just for a little extra headroom?.

Ofc that's an awesome memory deal.
AmdOverclocker
17-08-10, 12:32
I thought it had been stated that the 8 core bulldozers are not going to be compatible with current am3 boards.

Correct me if I'm wrong.


no, the 8 core bulldozers will, work, they be on the am3r2 socket, (revision 2) so i guess am3+.

according to this at least:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulldozer_%28processor%29

maybe its wrong, who knows, lol.
El Wayneo
17-08-10, 12:33
I thought it had been stated that the 8 core bulldozers are not going to be compatible with current am3 boards.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Yeah i thought its AM3r2 or something for Bulldozer


Is it not better to have 1600Mhz memory if your going to be doing a bit of overclocking just for a little extra headroom?.

Ofc that's an awesome memory deal.

Yeah it would but the 1600mhz is more expensive for little or no gain.
Bigian88
17-08-10, 12:45
Is it not better to have 1600Mhz memory if your going to be doing a bit of overclocking just for a little extra headroom?.

Ofc that's an awesome memory deal.


im trying to twist Rawz's arm at the min to lower the price of the 1600Mhz stuff to a close range of the 1333Mhz gear - seems a bit more future proof.

Im thinking of a memory upgrade, higher PSU and CPU?

graphics will come in a seperate thread once all has been bought :)