• Sandy Bridge Upgrade £500~
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So I am planning on upgrading my main gaming rig, spec is as follows: [quote]AMD Phenom II x4 940 3Ghz 4GB DDR2 ATi 5850 640GB WD HAF 932 Gaming at 5120 x 900 + 1920 x 1080.[/quote] Now I want to upgrade to sandy bridge + DDR3 so I can use the cpu/ram/mobo/hdd for my server due to it breaking, Ill be chucking in a GTX 460 in there aswell. This is what I am planning on buying: (Note the case will be used for the server so it just needs to have decent cooling + fix a GTX 460 with room for the power connectors) CPU: [url]http://www.ebuyer.com/product/251595[/url] Mobo: [url]http://www.ebuyer.com/product/247102[/url] Ram: [url]http://www.ebuyer.com/product/248295[/url] HDD: [url]http://www.ebuyer.com/product/173804[/url] x2 Case: [url]http://www.ebuyer.com/product/236437[/url] Total Price: £436 Is there anything I should change to make this cheaper/better? The only thing I am worried about is that sata port problem with SB Motherboards, so I'm gonna keep the hard drives on Sata0 + Sata1. Also any recommendations on cases? I'm planning on buying the build this week.
Why are you getting a GTX 460 from a 5850? It's not an upgrade. In my opinion I would get another 5850, Crossfire capable AM3 board, and DDR3 RAM.
[QUOTE=FalcoLombardi;28216542]Why are you getting a GTX 460 from a 5850? It's not an upgrade. In my opinion I would get another 5850, Crossfire capable AM3 board, and DDR3 RAM.[/QUOTE] I have a GTX 460 spare, its going into the server, 5850 is staying in the main. Though what you said does seem like a cool idea, Ill go price it up now. Edit: I would have to get a AM3 cpu aswell, and a new power supply (mine is 520W) So it would end up being rather costly, plus I will end up upgrading the 5850 to a GTX 590 when the prices are right (or whatever triple screen compatible graphics card is the best at the time of buying)
amd is the king of anything multi monitor or scaling at mass resolution.
you don't really need anywhere near a fractal R3 for a server, a cheap coolermaster case with a fan in the front would be suitable if you bump the case down you can easily fit a full-on 2500k/P67 build for overclocking, like this [url]http://www.scan.co.uk/savedbasket/2facffa5dad24d098490575ae9b59ccb[/url] £473.40 including delivery if you're worried about SATA ports you could try and find the P67A-GD[B]6[/B]5 in stock somewhere as that has 4 usable ports but I think at this point they've all been removed ready for being replaced with the fixed B3 P67s
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