want to buy processor,Motherboard and ram

[sukesh1090]

guys i want to buy just processor,motherboard and ram for gaming and i will do overclocking.i prefer amd.my budget is 10k for all 3 componnents.
btw guys i have intel pentium dual core e5500,asrock g31m vs2,3gb ddr2 800MHz ram all are 1 year old.so how much can i get from selling these.
thank you.

 

[saswat23]

For 10k:
*CPU: AMD AthlonII X4 640 -- 4k
*MoBo: Gigabyte GA-880G-USB3 -- 4.8k
*RAM: Corsair Value RAM 4GB DDR3 -- 1.7k
Total ---- 10.5k

IMO this is the best USB-3 combo under your budget..

By selling your parts you can get around 2.5k easily. As you have a good GPU, so use this 2.5k and get a Good Branded PSU.

 

[d3p]

@Saswat: Good one.

Alternate Option.

Component | Make | Price Processor |Intel Core i3 2100|5500
Motherboard |Asus P8H61-M LE B3|3300
RAM |G.Skill F3-10666CL9S-2GBNQ|900
| Total |9700

 

[sukesh1090]

thank you.
btw after starting the thread i thought bulldozer is going arrive in September,so will there be any processor for 5k in bulldozer?

 

[d3p]

FYI...

JUst got this last week & frankly AM3+ is much futureproof.

*www.thinkdigit.com/FCKeditor/uploads/amdprocessors_271202103961.jpg

link: click here

 

[sukesh1090]

thank you but what about the pricing will any of them cost 5-6k.what about amd phenom II 955 BE,is it worth the extra money over AMD AthlonII X4 640?will that gigabyte board support overclocking and changing vcore?the link is not working.
thank yo for replying.

any one please reply me guys.

 

[Cilus]

^^ Ya, Phenom II 955 really worths the extra money. It gives you better performance in games and some of the CPU intensive works over an Athlon based quad core due to its large 6 MB L3 cache, missing is Athlon II quad cores. Other thing is it also comes with unlocked multiplier as it is a Black Edition CPU which makes overclocking really easy. You can go upto 3.8 GHz stable by just increasing the multiplier, no need to change the voltage. Voltage tweak along with multiplier increase can give you very high range of overclocking with a decent air cooler. I used to own one and I've tested those settings myself.

The Gigabyte suggested here is very good one and it supports overclocking, changing Vcore and all the other features for overclocking. It also comes with Bulldozer support out of the box.

 

[sukesh1090]

k guys thank you.i think i will go with the 955BE.will my current processor.MB and ram will fetch me just 2.5k?

where can i find this Gigabyte GA-880G-USB3?in smc,itwares,primeabgb i found 880gm-usb3 which is a am3 motherboard.in gigabyte website there are two motherboards for 880gm one is revision 1.x and other is 3.1.

 

[Cilus]

Get the 3.1 revision version. It has out of the box support for upcoming Bulldozer CPU. So in future you don't need to upgrade your motherboard while upgrading to bulldozer.

 

[sukesh1090]

^^will it support crossfire?where to find rev3.1 and what about the cost.thank you.

 

[Cilus]

SMC cost for it is 4.7K and before purchasing call them to make sure that they chose the rev 3.1 version of the mobo. Check your visitor message for SMC buying guide.
For Crossfire support, you need to have a mobo with atleast 2 PCI Express X16 slots. There are some cheap mobos available with X16-X4 bandwidth but they are not advisiable. the santdard lane width for CF is X8-X8. Unfortunately the Gigabyte mobo is having only one PCI Express slot.

For CF, get the MSI 890GXM-G65, available @ 7K in smc and 6.8K in theitwares.