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Doing an upgrade on a budget(but a reasonable budget). Which of these configurations would you go for
AMD Phenon II 720
Gigabyte UD5P Mobo (2nd hand)
£178
AMD Phenom II 955
Gigabyte UD5P Mobo (2nd hand)
£235
Intel i5 750
Gigabyte UD2
£227
Couple of initial thoughts on the i5
1) It's an OEM so I assume it doesn't come with a cooler - so I will need to add that
2) It comes with Operation Flashpoint 2 (somehow - as it isn't released yet) which is a game I have on pre-order. So I could save myslef £18 by cancelling my pre-order.
Other considerations
1) For AMD I would be getting a top end MoBo (albeit 2nd hand) - is that a big benefit over the entry MoBo I would get for the i5
2) I have a spare Arctic Freezer Pro 64 which I would hope to use for the Phenoms
I imagine any of the 3 is more than enough for my needs.
What I use it for
Gaming
Surfing + eMail
MS Office stuff
Some photo manipulation
Some iTunes stuff
Some converting DVDs for my PSP and iPod
I currently use an 2 core E6750 @ 3.0GHz which my son will inherit. Apart from gaming (Crysis and ARMA II) I have never thought for once that it slow.
Cheers,
Nigel
AMD Phenon II 720
Gigabyte UD5P Mobo (2nd hand)
£178
AMD Phenom II 955
Gigabyte UD5P Mobo (2nd hand)
£235
Intel i5 750
Gigabyte UD2
£227
Couple of initial thoughts on the i5
1) It's an OEM so I assume it doesn't come with a cooler - so I will need to add that
2) It comes with Operation Flashpoint 2 (somehow - as it isn't released yet) which is a game I have on pre-order. So I could save myslef £18 by cancelling my pre-order.
Other considerations
1) For AMD I would be getting a top end MoBo (albeit 2nd hand) - is that a big benefit over the entry MoBo I would get for the i5
2) I have a spare Arctic Freezer Pro 64 which I would hope to use for the Phenoms
I imagine any of the 3 is more than enough for my needs.
What I use it for
Gaming
Surfing + eMail
MS Office stuff
Some photo manipulation
Some iTunes stuff
Some converting DVDs for my PSP and iPod
I currently use an 2 core E6750 @ 3.0GHz which my son will inherit. Apart from gaming (Crysis and ARMA II) I have never thought for once that it slow.
Cheers,
Nigel
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