People Help me!!! Computer Upgrade

Discussion in 'Gaming and Tech' started by Overlord, Oct 6, 2011.

  1. Overlord

    Overlord lolz to can't say @dmin

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    Alright First off I am in Gaming and Technology and I want to upgrade my computer:

    Alright I know main thoughts the motherboard:

    http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=N68C-GS UCC

    Alright I think they are the correct PCI, express and it shows DDR3 and DDR2. Alright my computer stats:

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    I am confused on the DDR5 and my motherboard being DDR3... will the graphic card not work heres the graphic card:

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zotac-ZT-50...TF8&coliid=I16RLBA10NPHV6&colid=39JGT4ESN46RD

    Confuseing... also As my PSU is only 310W,

    I may buy this:

    http://www.ebuyer.com/159920-antec-truepower-new-650w-modular-psu-0761345-07660-9

    I was wondering get confused with PSU's not detailed enough on what wires you get... lol but hope this idea works... for my computer right now.

    I just want comments if I should spend under £500 for all this lol.

    (If I spend like £700)

    I may squeeze in this:

    AMD Phenom II X6,

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004DALW...de=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B004DALW5K
     
  2. King Cole

    King Cole Active Member

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    I don't have time to go through it all right now, sorry, but if you're going to really be gaming and running 60+ tabs at once like I do, you may want to up your RAM to 6GB, and if you're going to get a new processor, go Intel (although that's not really a main concern)! If you're going to buy a really nice graphics card, you may want to go through the entire process of measuring what will fit, because I made that mistake the last time I bought a graphics card... I may come back later and actually look at this in-depth.
     
  3. Pot Ducky

    Pot Ducky Hurf Durf,

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    yeah i went through it with him :) He needs a new psu and the gfx card will fit
     
  4. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    What's your budget? That'll help us pretty much exactly what you want.
     
  5. Pot Ducky

    Pot Ducky Hurf Durf,

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    Right i'm just gonna clear this up, The op makes no sense and welsh knows that. He basically wanted to know what he'd need to be able to install a certain graphics card. He's sorted it out now so probably didn't bother fixing the op

    Edit: Oh no seems he did fix it.

    Well above is the same. Then he was wondering if a CPU Upgrade would be worthwhile
     
  6. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    For some reason my SSD only comes out as 5.9 with the Primary Hard Drive which is pretty darn odd.

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  7. Pot Ducky

    Pot Ducky Hurf Durf,

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    Sounds stupid but your ssd is the primary hard disk?

    Also anyone have issues with your processors score changing everytime you run it? Mine fluctuates form 7.8-8.2

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  8. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    Yes? Why wouldn't I have my SSD as my primary? It speeds my system up as a whole and keeps things going smoothly. Hell my PC boots in about 5 seconds not including the mobo post.

    Regarding the scores, it depends what the system is doing at the time.
     
  9. Pot Ducky

    Pot Ducky Hurf Durf,

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    I know was just checking, And Drivers seem to make a huge difference with ssd (Although im certain you know that already) Otherr than that no idea and i need one ;)

    And i think after googling it's an issue with i-series processors due to the power saving features, Doesnt bother me jusst wondered.
     
  10. Zeke

    Zeke [BB] Sub Admin Sub Admin

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    DDR3 is the memory your motherboard supports, DDR5 graphics card will work fine. My motherboard is DDR3 but my graphics card is DDR5.


    Also a website you will probably find useful...

    http://pcpartpicker.com/


    Also Teddi that can't be right for SSD, I use a regular hard drive and my overall rating is 5.9 too.

    For a gpu I recommend a 260 GTX, or a GTX card in the 500 series (since it's the next best thing). Don't get a shit GTS card unless you buy two to three of them for SLI, even then it's a waste because it'll need to be upgraded in the near future.

    Upgrade your PSU to at least a 700w, if not go for 1000w, they aren't that expensive.
     
  11. Bundt

    Bundt DJ Pauly D MVP

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    I guess it can't tell the difference between primary and secondary, and goes with the worst... unfinished, like windows 7 dual monitor support options.
     
  12. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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    Odds are they've capped it at 5.9.
     
  13. Zeke

    Zeke [BB] Sub Admin Sub Admin

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    It should go to ten, it would be a better scale.
     
  14. Pot Ducky

    Pot Ducky Hurf Durf,

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  15. Zeke

    Zeke [BB] Sub Admin Sub Admin

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    I've never seen a perfect 10
     
  16. Teddi

    Teddi Well-Known Member Bear

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  17. Zephyr1551

    Zephyr1551 The Slayer of Bob

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    Yea. Vista was 5.9, 7 is 7.9. And 8 will be 8.9
     
  18. Zeke

    Zeke [BB] Sub Admin Sub Admin

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    9 will be 9.9
     
  19. King Cole

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    What about Windows 10?
     
  20. Zephyr1551

    Zephyr1551 The Slayer of Bob

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