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Are there any free and credible benchmark tests I can download off the web?
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I'm a few weeks away from getting all of my components and even then my system will still be months away from its final form.
Hey guys,
Just following on from my earlier posts about potential upgrades to my current system, it seemed that my processor would end up bottlenecking most upgrades.
Would this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AMD-6300-...6?pt=UK_Motherboards_CPUs&hash=item20d3be518e
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My current HD5850 card be a good build?
All other things I can use from my current PC, power supply, case, HDD, etc, etc: although I was also looking into having an extra SSD for games. I can't really find any substantially better GPUs for under
Yeah, it's good. But it's expensive. Maybe that's from you living in the UK? Those prices would be too high in the states.
That motherboard is excellent from what I've read and heard.
I could perhaps buy it separately and save
Yeah, actually I'm going with a very similar build. I'm building one from scratch with an intel chip and the computer I'm using right now I'm going to upgrade with an AMD chip in just a few days.
We're in similar circumstances but my gpu isn't that good. My plan is to use that motherboard (Gigabyte 78LMT), get an FX-8350, a hyper 212 evo (it's cheap and damn good), and a 4gb adata 1600 RAM stick. It's very similar to your build.
It should be very solid. In the future I'm going to get more RAM and a gtx 750 ti (because my power supply on my current computer is only 300w). You might go for a gtx 970 and then your rig will be golden.
I think if you go ahead with those components, you'll have a good build. If anything, your GPU will hold you back but you'll be able to upgrade that later on without a problem. It's hard to say what you should do exactly without knowing what your PSU is capable of and what your budget/needs are. Still, the parts you chose are very good, I just don't like the prices that much.