• New AM3 CPU or New Mobo+Intel?
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I'm a heavy gamer and 3d artist and need pure powah. I'm alright with my GPU for now (9600GT, i can play DiRT2 on Ultra so i'm happy). Atm i'm using a M3N78-VM DDR2 AM2+ Mobo with a AMD 7750 BE @ 2.7ghz I want to get a quaddie but shall i go for the AM3 Phenom x4 and loose 5% power cause of the bottleneck on my AM2+ Mobo running AM3 or shall i get a new Mobo and go Intel? If you say Intel then tell me which board and chip for under 300 GBP. Thanks!
AMD all the way.
[QUOTE=Erp;19164008]AMD all the way.[/QUOTE] :byodood: Fanboism :colbert: [editline]09:36PM[/editline] You could get a i7 and new mobo, but you need to look at ram
possibly [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-299-IN[/url] [url]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-363-AS[/url]
He needs an i7 he is a 3d artist
you're not going to get an i7 for under 300 and unless it's on a professional level where he needs as much power as he can get, he's not going to need HTing and if it [I]were[/I] on a professional level, he'd have a budget higher than £300 and would be looking at higher end i7s
[QUOTE=reapaninja;19164902]you're not going to get an i7 for under 300 and unless it's on a professional level where he needs as much power as he can get, he's not going to need HTing and if it [I]were[/I] on a professional level, he'd have a budget higher than £300 and would be looking at higher end i7s[/QUOTE] i7's are not cheap. OP you need to sell more models or something because 300 won't cut it for an i7. 860 or 920...
I'm Still a ProAm, so i need the power to create goddamn cool stuff but not to be able to render 1080p animated 1million polycount movies. Just an upgrade on what i have. Is it really worth going ddr3?
AMD* I suggest getting an Asus M4A79XTD Evo and AMD Phenom II x4 955BE & OC it. And at least 4gb DDR3 RAM.
Right ok. Comes to £288
[QUOTE=noforgivin;19170378]I'm Still a ProAm, so i need the power to create goddamn cool stuff but not to be able to render 1080p animated 1million polycount movies. Just an upgrade on what i have. Is it really worth going ddr3?[/QUOTE] It is very worth it to switch to DDR3 right now. You will pay the same price for DDR2 and you'll get a much higher clock speed.
[QUOTE=imadaman;19170669]AMD* I suggest getting an Asus M4A79XTD Evo and AMD Phenom II x4 955BE & OC it. And at least 4gb DDR3 RAM.[/QUOTE] Same exact thing that I have, except not OC'd. But get that ^^
[url]http://www.anandtech.com/bench/default.aspx?p=109&p2=88[/url] [editline]07:37PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Unreliable;19166528]i7's are not cheap. OP you need to sell more models or something because 300 won't cut it for an i7. 860 or 920...[/QUOTE] uuh I think you just quoted a post you didn't even read
Lol i would sell my models if i knew how
usa ACC to unlock the other cores [editline]07:41PM[/editline] what you should be looking into is a 5770
[QUOTE=JohnEdwards;19185396]usa ACC to unlock the other cores [editline]07:41PM[/editline] what you should be looking into is a 5770[/QUOTE] Agreed, 5770 all the way.
[QUOTE=noforgivin;19179527]Lol i would sell my models if i knew how[/QUOTE] You can always contact game developers and show off your work, then see how much they'll pay for the model and all rights to it. I think someone here on facepunch once got a little on selling something to EA. There's also pages on the internet selling models, maybe you can sign up there and see if you get any potential buyers. Also, I suggest going i7 920. Even if it means you'll have to save up some more.
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