AMD Noob

[Luke]

I'm about to step in foreign teritory; I'm thinking about AMD.
Some of you may have seen my last thread about making a flight sim. I did choose Intel because of my confident knowledge of it.

Although, I've been moaned at I can get a much better deal with AMD.
At the moment, I had
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300 2.5ghz > £101.50
- Asus P5Q-E P45 mobo > £95.94
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£197.44

Could I get a better deal or higher spec with AMD?
Also, I'll be using an NVidia GTX 260

Many Thanks
Luke

[Flisker]

To be honest, the way I see it; Intel is for high performance and AMD is budget performance.
NOTE: THIS IS MY OWN OPINION, DO NOT FLAME ME.

[Luke]

To be honest, the way I see it; Intel is for high performance and AMD is budget performance.
NOTE: THIS IS MY OWN OPINION, DO NOT FLAME ME.

Hmm, fair doos, I'll see what others say ;p

Thanks

[N!ck]

A similarly priced AMD alternative

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/186428
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/165438

Get a decent cooler on there and overclock.

You would need DDR3 RAM though.

[Jahova]

AMD Phenom II is the way to go. You don't really need an expensive motherboard.

• CPU: Phenom II 955, 3.2GHz Black Edition AM3
  
  • http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164047
  
  
• Motherboard: Asus M4A785TD-V EVO Socket AM3
  
  • http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169532
  
  

The motherboard could be changed for any really. Most ASUS boards at whatever price are pretty good.

EDIT: Regarding Nick's post: You could also upgrade the CPU to the 965, you won't see much difference though. Also, you can overclock but you will need an aftermarket cooler.

[Luke]

Thanks to the above, and I decided to get these

CPU - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164047
AMD Phenom II X4 955
Mobo - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169532
Asus M4A785TD-V
RAM - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169240
Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800
Cooler - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176157
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Socket 775, 1156, 1366, AM2, AM3

Will all these work together?

Thanks
Luke

[Jahova]

Indeed, they will work. The CPU cooler should cope with some overclocking.

[Luke]

Indeed, they will work. The CPU cooler should cope with some overclocking.

IF I DID overclock, it'd probobly only be to 3.5-4.0 nothing over 4, think it'll cope?

[Luke]

Sorry bout double post

CPU - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164047
AMD Phenom II X4 955
Mobo - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169532
Asus M4A785TD-V
RAM - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169240
Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800
Cooler - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176157
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Socket 775, 1156, 1366, AM2, AM3
PSU - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135514
Corsair 650W TX Series PSU - 120mm Fan, 80+% Efficiency, Single +12V Rail
GFX - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/160748
ZOTAC GTX260 192 Core SYNERGY EDITION 896MB DDR3 Dual DVI PhysX and Cuda ready PCI-E Graphics
HDD - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124228
Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Cache
DVD - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/170014
Sony AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW DL Internal SATA Black Bare Drive
Case - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854
Antec 300


Thats build, but would the PSU be enough to run all that?

Luke

[Flisker]

Sorry bout double post

CPU - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/164047
AMD Phenom II X4 955
Mobo - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169532
Asus M4A785TD-V
RAM - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/169240
Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800
Cooler - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/176157
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Socket 775, 1156, 1366, AM2, AM3
PSU - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135514
Corsair 650W TX Series PSU - 120mm Fan, 80+% Efficiency, Single +12V Rail
GFX - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/160748
ZOTAC GTX260 192 Core SYNERGY EDITION 896MB DDR3 Dual DVI PhysX and Cuda ready PCI-E Graphics
HDD - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/124228
Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB SATAII 7200RPM 16MB Cache
DVD - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/170014
Sony AD-5240S 24x DVD±RW DL Internal SATA Black Bare Drive
Case - http://www.ebuyer.com/product/143854
Antec 300


Thats build, but would the PSU be enough to run all that?

Luke

Yea should be. I have that PSU on a Q6600, 4GB RAM, GTS250, CM Storm Scout.