SandTiger Posted May 14, 2011 Posted May 14, 2011 (edited) Thought i would start this now, and share with you my up and coming build. So far, i've just ordered my CM 690 II Advanced, and 2x4GB corsair Vengeance, and that's going to do me for a week, till i buy anything else. This is what i'm upgrading from: A Radeon 9550, 512mb crucial ram and 160gb HDD. That's all i recognised in there. This is a build that my dad made me in like 2004-2005, i think, when all that was top end stuff. lol. Edited May 14, 2011 by SandTiger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted May 14, 2011 Posted May 14, 2011 Thought i would start this now, and share with you my up and coming build. So far, i've just ordered my CM 690 II Advanced, and 2x8GB corsair Vengeance, and that's going to do me for a week, till i buy anything else. This is what i'm upgrading from: A Radeon 9550, 512mb crucial ram and 160gb HDD. That's all i recognised in there. This is a build that my dad made me in like 2004-2005, i think, when all that was top end stuff. lol. You won't be able to see the difference between your old PC and your new one - can you guess that I'm joking? Why did you order 16GB of ram? Did you make your choice about the processor? Can't beat the satisfaction of a new build working well from the first on... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandTiger Posted May 14, 2011 Posted May 14, 2011 2x8gb? *facepalm* Sorry, i meant to say 2x4gb. I'll fix that. Yeah, i'm getting the I5 2500k. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Nate Posted May 14, 2011 Posted May 14, 2011 2x8gb? *facepalm* Sorry, i meant to say 2x4gb. I'll fix that. Yeah, i'm getting the I5 2500k. Sounds good! 2x2GB is generally ok for most gaming / general tasks. Some certain types of computer usage do require more than 4GB. Given the prices, I'd say it's not worth it to get less at this point. 8GB is also pretty cheap nowadays Don't forget a 64-bit O/S and a healthy PSU (quality, not quantity!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandTiger Posted May 14, 2011 Posted May 14, 2011 Yeah, i picked up the 8gb Corsair Vengeance for £70. It was the cheapest i found it, so i thought i'd bag that before they jacked the prices up. I'm going to get AX850 as it's only £20 more than the 750, so it should be more than sufficient for a long while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted May 14, 2011 Posted May 14, 2011 (edited) Yeah, i picked up the 8gb Corsair Vengeance for £70. It was the cheapest i found it, so i thought i'd bag that before they jacked the prices up. I'm going to get AX850 as it's only £20 more than the 750, so it should be more than sufficient for a long while. I'm guessing you can't wait for Bulldozer next month? So far it seems great mate Edited May 14, 2011 by Dan The Gamer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SandTiger Posted May 14, 2011 Posted May 14, 2011 I'm guessing you can't wait for Bulldozer next month? So far it seems great mate To be honest, i havn't been doing much research on Bulldozer, so i'm not too sure on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuridude Posted May 14, 2011 Posted May 14, 2011 I recently did a 2500K build, it will not let you down. Very pleased with my results. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted May 14, 2011 Posted May 14, 2011 To be honest, i havn't been doing much research on Bulldozer, so i'm not too sure on it. Well it is going to be a new socket so it is going to stay for a while, the high end processors are quite cheap for their performance based on rumors, one of them is that a sandy bridge i7 @4Ghz gets beaten by a Bulldozer chip @3.5Ghz, also it overclocks its self but doesn't disable any cores unless you activate Power Gate for a bigger increase in clock speeds, we should start seeing reviews soon considering it is less than a month from release... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedCrazy Posted May 14, 2011 Posted May 14, 2011 Cant build a system off of rumors dan. Looks good so far OP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanTheGamer11 Posted May 14, 2011 Posted May 14, 2011 (edited) Cant build a system off of rumors dan. Looks good so far OP. I know Though I'll be happy if the rumors are true or better Still reviews out to be here in 2 weeks or something... Edited May 14, 2011 by Dan The Gamer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dihartnell Posted May 14, 2011 Posted May 14, 2011 I know Though I'll be happy if the rumors are true or better Still reviews out to be here in 2 weeks or something... im looking forward to seeing the fact and not fiction thats been out there on Bulldozer. Im encouraged that AMD has made big improvements in their GPUs recently and Im hoping they are going to make equal improvements in their CPU's. Heres hoping. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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