Cheap(ish) upgrade

[Don Carlos]

Huys,

I probably should have posted here before commiting to the purchase of some new componants BUT I would still like your opinion.

I ordered the following:

AMD Phenom II X6 Six Core 1055T 2.80GHz (Socket AM3)
Asus M4A88T-M AMD 880G (Socket AM3) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA-II 32MB
Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 XMS3 i5 Memory Kit CL9(9-9-9-24) 1.65V

All this for under £300 so I can play L4D with Memph....!

Along with my 8800 GTX, I think this should run most things I can chuck at it now?
Also how are the Phenom 6 core chips for OC? If I could get them running at 3.4 I would be very happy...

Cheers,

DC

[AmIdYfReAk]

Last time i sat down with a 1055T, i got it to 4.2Ghz on air.

The setup is looking good man!

[Don Carlos]

Seriously? 4.2 on air? I have a Titan Amanda to bolt onto it which should cool it nicely. What temps were you running at 4.2?

[AmIdYfReAk]

It had a Coolermaster V6 on it, in a rather cool basement.

So the temps where looking like ~25ºC idle, and 37ºC loaded.

But i cant mention this enough, there was alot of air flowing through the case, and it was in a cold basement.

Keeping that in mind, the chip doesn't run TO hot.

[Don Carlos]

I have 2 5" fans sucking air through my case in a house that is not too warm.
Also a Titan Amanda will be sitting on top of it which keeps my temps nice at the moment.

If I could hit 3.7Ghz I would be laughing...L4D2 could then LICK MY BALLS!!!!

All this because I ordered DDR3 RAM which my motherboard does not support, so rather than take it back, I bought a new fucking system

So I will post some benchmarks on my new rig when all the stuff comes

[Deathshroud]

You should really think about upgrading the video card. That thing will be amazing with a $150 card in it

My ATI 5770 plays Battlefield BC 2 @ 1080p with no problem.

[Don Carlos]

I think it will destroy games, even with my 8800 GTX in it?

[SoM]

bottleneck

spend the 130 extra and get a nvidia 460 or 470 if u can find some similar price plus it's DX11

[Don Carlos]

Maybe when Rage is out - for now it will run L4D 1+2 very well thank you

[SoM]

what's your current sys btw ?

[AmIdYfReAk]

the 8800GTX will have no issues with L4D 1 or 2...

Or basically anything that the source engine has out right now.... the newer games you may need to consider it.

I was playing L4D 1, 2, TF2, CS:S, etc with a Core 2 Duo @ 3.8ghz and a 9800 GT Eco ( down clocked ) at 1920X1200 without issues.

Though, i can agree with the guys above now that i've got a i7 950 and a 460 ( soon to be SLI hopefully )

[Foo]

Maybe when Rage is out - for now it will run L4D 1+2 very well thank you

System looks solid. If you're not already on Win7 pick up a cheap OEM copy of Home Premium.

[SoM]

agrees

[Don Carlos]

Yeah I'm still rocking Vista so I may smash in a copy of Windows 7...

[Foo]

You will not regret it.

[Don Carlos]

Differences between the professional and the ultimate versions of Winodws 7?

Worth the extra for the ultimate?

[Foo]

Meh, I went for home premium and haven't come across anything it doesn't do, that I want or need.

Ultimate has more features than professional, and professional lacks some of the home-tailored stuff (media centre)

[Don Carlos]

Hmmmm....choices choices

[Don Carlos]

Also should I go for 32bit or 64bit?

[SoM]

64 bit

[Don Carlos]

Gonna go for 32bit for now...

[SoM]

no u idiot

64 NOW

[Don Carlos]

So we are good to play L4D tomorrow when all my bits turn up...?

New install won't be done until Saturday so that will be when everything goes fully super. Have you had any experience backing up your Steam folder?

I don't really wanna download 60gig of stuff again :/

[Don Carlos]

Copy pasta it is

[Foo]

Gonna go for 32bit for now...

Your license allows you either installation. You'd have to have a very compelling reason not to go with 64-bit.