my new comp :)
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Benny Boy
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bowen
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yeah im getting what i wanted out of the x4 atm and was thinking of crossfiring 2 of these http://www.zcom.co.nz/product_info.php?cPath=14_62&products_id=6689 maybe go with this? http://www.zcom.co.nz/product_info.php?cPath=14_62&products_id=6445
jonnyp11
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first thing i would do would be to get my hands on 4gb's dual channel 1600mhz (if supported, otherwize good 1333 with low latency) ram. never heard of that brand psu so i'd say you'd want a new one to put in a gtx 460, they love their power, and going for the min is bad, you want about 50w headroom.
You just need a better video card, You dont have a SLI or Crossfire board. Instead of getting two 6770 or 460. Get a 6950 or GTX 560ti.
You need more memory. 1gb. just aint kicking it. atleast 4gb.
You need a better power supply. Stick with Antec/Seaconic/PC Power & Cooling/Silverstone/XFX/Corsair. For a single 6950 or GTX 560ti something in the range of 650W and have some overhead.
You need more memory. 1gb. just aint kicking it. atleast 4gb.
You need a better power supply. Stick with Antec/Seaconic/PC Power & Cooling/Silverstone/XFX/Corsair. For a single 6950 or GTX 560ti something in the range of 650W and have some overhead.
bowen
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says it can take dual channel memory, was on a very tight budget and not needing the ram at the moment not doing anything hearty but will be looking at pumping it up a whole lot as the mobo can take 32gb! Thanks for the great opinions and telling me about all the great options i have you guy's are hell awesome. 
i thought i would be able to crossfire on this board silly me! as i said didnt look over anything to much, the cheaper and decent looking items caught my attention and needed something better than what i was running quick!
i thought i would be able to crossfire on this board silly me! as i said didnt look over anything to much, the cheaper and decent looking items caught my attention and needed something better than what i was running quick!
jonnyp11
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for the ram, 4 is plenty and 8 is overkill, and 6 won't allow dual channel since no 3gb sticks, using 2 sticks goes into dual channel and boosts performance, and 4 is more than enough, also remeber, that power supply will need to go if you ever want a real gpu, you will need an antec/corsair/pc p&c/xfx/silverstone/seasonic 550-600 for most gpus to get enough power.
You cant SLI, but technically you can crossfire. But the second PCIe slot is running X4 off the southbridge. You would still be better off getting a better single card.
hmm thanks, any opinions on the mobo itself? wasnt very expensive at all
Well they make a 870A and 870S-G46. Never really could tell what the difference is. But they are a ok board. A midrange 870 board. Pretty sure the board has the bios option, have you tried to unlock the L3 cache on that Phenom II 850?
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Enable the core unlocker and set it to auto or all. Reboot, if it boots look at CPUz and see if it shows 6mb. of L3