fastdude
Active Member
Budget about 400 Pounds, UK
Light/Medium Gaming, mainly older stuff, RTS mostly, maybe some undemanding newer games
Will be overclocking both CPU and GPU, not RAM, prolly run it at 1520MHz
Mobo - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/giga...(x16)-ddr3-1800(oc)-sata-3gb-s-sata-raid-matx - £59
CPU - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-...-s-am3-32ghz-15mb-cache-ht-4000mhz-95w-retail - £59
GPU - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/512m...ddr5-gpu-775mhz-400-cores-d-sub-dl-dvi-i-hdmi - £58
RAM - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-...600)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-165v - £45
Optical - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/sams...dplusrw-x8-rw-x6-x12-ram-sata-l-scribe-retail - £14
HDD - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ss1t...3-sata-3gb-s-7200rpm-32mb-cache-89-ms-ncq-oem - £40
CPU cooler - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/arct...1156-s775-am3-am2plus-am2-939-up-to-130-watts! - £16
Case - undecided still, looking for a mid-tower or smaller, good cooling and cable management
PSU - It has to be modular - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001GLFD...de=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B001GLFD4U - Free shipping woop - £50
Total before case - £341, this doesn't mean I want to spend £60 on a case, however
List of concerns - I've heard something about the mounting of coolers onto AMD CPUs, what is this? It was something about the orientation of the cooler.
Will the fact that the X3 450 only has 1.5MB of L2 cache affect performance significantly?
Or should I just wait for sandy bridge?
Light/Medium Gaming, mainly older stuff, RTS mostly, maybe some undemanding newer games
Will be overclocking both CPU and GPU, not RAM, prolly run it at 1520MHz
Mobo - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/giga...(x16)-ddr3-1800(oc)-sata-3gb-s-sata-raid-matx - £59
CPU - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-...-s-am3-32ghz-15mb-cache-ht-4000mhz-95w-retail - £59
GPU - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/512m...ddr5-gpu-775mhz-400-cores-d-sub-dl-dvi-i-hdmi - £58
RAM - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-...600)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-165v - £45
Optical - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/sams...dplusrw-x8-rw-x6-x12-ram-sata-l-scribe-retail - £14
HDD - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/ss1t...3-sata-3gb-s-7200rpm-32mb-cache-89-ms-ncq-oem - £40
CPU cooler - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/arct...1156-s775-am3-am2plus-am2-939-up-to-130-watts! - £16
Case - undecided still, looking for a mid-tower or smaller, good cooling and cable management
PSU - It has to be modular - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001GLFD...de=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B001GLFD4U - Free shipping woop - £50
Total before case - £341, this doesn't mean I want to spend £60 on a case, however
List of concerns - I've heard something about the mounting of coolers onto AMD CPUs, what is this? It was something about the orientation of the cooler.
Will the fact that the X3 450 only has 1.5MB of L2 cache affect performance significantly?
Or should I just wait for sandy bridge?
