PC upgrades (1 Viewer)

[Marty]

After some help. Looking to upgrade my Motherboard and my CPU, and eventually the RAM.

I have no idea what to look for. The only thing I ask for is that it's AMD. Not sure how much I want to spend, but I don't want the latest highest quality, but I don't want anything that'll need to be replaced a year down the line. Sort of middle to high end.

It's for gaming.

 

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[ConnorDevine]

That's quite vague, I'm not sure what you hae right now either, but try an Athlon quad core or phenom quad core, or if you can stretch the budget a phenom x6

This will mean you'll need a am3 motherboard, but chances are your current ram won't fit, so make sure you check that

 

[Marty]

Current CPU: AMD athlon 64 x2 dual core 4400+ 2.3 GHz.
Not sure on Motherboard but it was new from factory for a mid range PC about 4 years ago, so I'm sure anything would be an upgrade.

 

[rev4turbomonster]

Can I ask why not intel. I have been very happy with my i7 and got it running osx like a dream personally wouldn't go back to amd. Not slating them just wondering what your reasons are.

 

[Marty]

I had an intel once and had nothing but problems with it, never had a problem with AMD. I'm open to suggestions though and if I can get something better for the same price then I'm not fussed with changing.

 

[Sisued]

I'm in the process of speccing up my new machine.
Having done a fair bit of research so far id go for the i5 3570k intel chip and a Gigabyte GAz77m-D3H motherboard.
A great combination and shouldnt cost the earth.

Graphics card id recommend would be the msi GTX 660TI that seems to be the best value around at the moment.

 

[mrtickle]

If second gigabyte motherboards. Never looked back since switching from asus.

 

[bulko]

Im looking to upgrade anyone had a mac mini ?. Fancy going onto ox10 instead of windows.