birthday upgrade

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reddevil6

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my birthday is next month an i am getting $250 an i have $300 an i was wanting to upgrade this is what i had in mind
Upgrade my AMD 6000+ to a AMD Phenom 9750 2.4GHz an OC it a bit.
Upgrade my ATI 3870 to a ATI 4870
an that will come to about $550
what do you guys think is this my best option in future proofing my CPU for newer games that use 3 an 4 cores. an having a kick ass Video card in will have to help my Gaming.
 
grk77536

grk77536

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Do it. The ATI 4800 series is the best. All I have is the 4850 and I can play Crysis on all high specs at 1280x1024 with 8x antialiasing and get up to 48 fps! No lie. But I only have a 17" monitor. It still is good. And I have that processor. I don't even overclock it because it only takes on a small load during games:

While playing Oblivion:

Core1: 21% load Core2:11% load Core3: 18% load Core4: 3% load

Very good processor.:D
 
AMD Fanboy

AMD Fanboy

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You know? Your 6000+ is nothing to sneeze at. Why not get (2) 4850s and rock the house in Crossfire? You can overclock the 6000+.
 
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reddevil6

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so would my system be better for hardcore gaming and future hardcore gaming
like this
AMD 9750 2.4 quad an ill OC it
ATI 4870
or like this
keep my AMD 6000+
4850 x2 in crossfire then ill have to buy a motherboard to suport crossfire ill get a Gigabyte MA790X-DS4
an they are both the same price
sorry for being like this i just want the best possibal upgrade cos im not wanting to upgrade again for a long time
 
2048Megabytes

2048Megabytes

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If you are going to overclock a Phenom 9750 be sure you get a good heatsink and fan. The Phenom 9750 is 125 watt and sure to put out more heat if you overclock it. A Phenom 9750 running at the manufacturers specified speed would be adequate.

Also be sure you use thermal paste instead of a thermal pad. Your going to need paste to keep your processor at a decent temperature using a 125 watt processor.
 
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maroon1

maroon1

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The phenom 9750 is not better than 6000+ in gaming, it only better at mutli-tasking.

So, if you are only gamimg, then just upgrade your video card
 
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