Hey, I'd like some help from anyone who knows what's what with computers.
I'm upgrading my computer with a new Motherboard, CPU, RAM, HDD [and PSU if needed].
What I have at the moment in my computer (from memory and DxDiag): XFX Radeon 5770 1GB GPU Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.3GHz 2GB Ram 450W PSU 500GB HDD AsRock ConRoe1333 Micro Atx Motherboard
There's probably other stuff, but it is most likely irrelevant for the moment.
End Question: From what I've seen, most of the CPUs I looked at (AMD, low wattage, compatible with my selected MOBO) don't state that they have support for 1.5V ram, would 1.4V compatible CPUs still support for 1.5V?
Thanks in Advance to anyone who helps me create a great upgrade for my pc.
Hey, I'd like some help from anyone who knows what's what with computers.
I'm upgrading my computer with a new Motherboard, CPU, RAM, HDD [and PSU if needed].
What I have at the moment in my computer (from memory and DxDiag): XFX Radeon 5770 1GB GPU Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.3GHz 2GB Ram 450W PSU 500GB HDD AsRock ConRoe1333 Micro Atx Motherboard
There's probably other stuff, but it is most likely irrelevant for the moment.
End Question: From what I've seen, most of the CPUs I looked at (AMD, low wattage, compatible with my selected MOBO) don't state that they have support for 1.5V ram, would 1.4V compatible CPUs still support for 1.5V?
Thanks in Advance to anyone who helps me create a great upgrade for my pc.
1. I've added that to cart.
2. I don't know what brand the psu is, but it's been working well for over 3 years, I'll update you with the brand if necessary.
3. I was planning on doing some music production and video editing, I could probably go down to 4-6GB...
4. Case is This but with blue and plastic windows in it.
1. I've added that to cart.
2. I don't know what brand the psu is, but it's been working well for over 3 years, I'll update you with the brand if necessary.
3. I was planning on doing some music production and video editing, I could probably go down to 4-6GB...
4. Case is This but with blue and plastic windows in it.
Thanks for responding so quickly.
Oh wow you're the first person i've seen with a case like that, hahah.
The PSU is probably fine if its still going, though you might have to upgrade to higher wattage if you plan to get a beefier video card and a core i7 or something.
Also you should figure out the cpu before the motherboard since they use different slots. How much do you have to spend between the mobo and the cpu is the question.
Oh and the RAM is fine if you do video editing, its just usually a waste otherwise, 4-6 GB will plow through pretty much any upcoming game for awhile, RAM usage has slowed alot with games lately.
Well for your choice of CPU you're kind of stuck with whatever socket the motherboard supports. You picked a motherboard with an AM3 socket so start looking up AMD CPU's. Here's a rundown of the main sockets if you want to figure out what sort of CPU you want
LGA775- Pentium 4, Pentium D, Celeron, Celeron D, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad. This socket is at the end of it's line and will not be receiving any new chips
LGA1156- Core i3, Core i5, Core i7-8XX. Also no new chips for this but this is one of the best sockets for your money.
LGA1366- i7-9XX. Intel's flagship line, the i7-995X will probably be one of the last chips for it.
LGA1155- i3-2XXX, i5-2XXX, i7-2XXX, all new Sandy Bridge chips, this is Intel's lineup of new chips for 2011
AM3 Phenom II, Athlon II, Sempron, Opteron. AMD's current chipset, will be replaced this year by Bulldozer.
Should I be proud of my case? Alright, I will.
Motherboard is basically set in stone, needs to be micro ATX with that same positioning of the PCI slots and such (if a similar one can be found then that would work too I suppose).
Now to the old phenom vs athlon arguement, ahem, I wish to find the more energy efficient yet real world performance improving cpu. The mobo I chose has max cpu wattage of ~90W, and supports athlon II and phenom II, what would be better in the citeria I chose?
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Post interruption! Bulldozer is coming... Oh, i suppose I'll wait for a new line of stuff to come out, or I'll just go with one of the current ones and disregard the new stuff??? Helpful hits from past experiences please?
Should I be proud of my case? Alright, I will.
Motherboard is basically set in stone, needs to be micro ATX with that same positioning of the PCI slots and such (if a similar one can be found then that would work too I suppose).
Now to the old phenom vs athlon arguement, ahem, I wish to find the more energy efficient yet real world performance improving cpu. The mobo I chose has max cpu wattage of ~90W, and supports athlon II and phenom II, what would be better in the citeria I chose?
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Post interruption! Bulldozer is coming... Oh, i suppose I'll wait for a new line of stuff to come out, or I'll just go with one of the current ones and disregard the new stuff??? Helpful hits from past experiences please?
Micro ATX is the form factor, theres alot of micro atx boards, not just the one you linked. Form factor = size basically.
And i have no idea if you should be proud of it, i usually work with mid-towers and up so micro-atx only is kinda new to me, hehe. Its just kinda funny it looks like a big box or a stereo or something. Like i said, figure out how much you want to spend and i'll try and find a combo for you.
I can spend a maximum of $250 CAD for the Motherboard and CPU together.
I am aware that Micro Atx is just the form factor, but if you look at the pictures of the board I linked in op you'll notice that there is a smaller port between the PCI slots and the Graphics card slot, which would theoretically give me room for my graphics card (which is double sized) and 2 PCI cards.
I can spend a maximum of $250 CAD for the Motherboard and CPU together.
I am aware that Micro Atx is just the form factor, but if you look at the pictures of the board I linked in op you'll notice that there is a smaller port between the PCI slots and the Graphics card slot, which would theoretically give me room for my graphics card (which is double sized) and 2 PCI cards.
Ew. Don't get a 775 build. Go with AM3/1156/1155/1366.
Uh, what?
I didn't bother reading the whole thread, and the CPU he picked in the OP is a 775 CPU. Building a 775 build right now would just be retarded. That socket is dead. Has been for a while.
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Ew. Don't get a 775 build. Go with AM3/1156/1155/1366.
Uh, what?
I didn't bother reading the whole thread, and the CPU he picked in the OP is a 775 CPU. Building a 775 build right now would just be retarded. That socket is dead. Has been for a while.
He stated he already has a Core 2 duo though, i don't see where he said he picked a CPU yet.
I went with atypical AM3 in my suggestion since ATI totally rocks for cheaper CPU's right now. I just wish they had better pickings to go against the Core i5+ setups. Bulldozer better be pretty damn amazing. That said its kinda depressing they seem to be going with the 'more cores is better' route, something that is making Intel completely destroy them in a market where most apps can't even use 6 cores.
I went with atypical AM3 in my suggestion since ATI totally rocks for cheaper CPU's right now. I just wish they had better pickings to go against the Core i5+ setups. Bulldozer better be pretty damn amazing. That said its kinda depressing they seem to be going with the 'more cores is better' route, something that is making Intel completely destroy them in a market where most apps can't even use 6 cores.
Yeah, AM3 is a nice budget platform. 1156 for a little more, then 1155 if you want beastly performance at a low price, and 1366 if you want a muti-GPU (more than 2, like 3-4. 2 GPUs can do fine on any other platform, with AM3 getting the lowest for some reason) setup.
Yeah, AMD is being a little stupid with Bulldozer from what I've seen. And I've noticed that they're very careful to say that it competes well against the previous generation of CPUs, and makes no mention of current CPUs. Wtf. It seems like they've become content with being the underdog.
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Do I need to got to lower ram? Or would it still be useful?
RAM is fine, speed is the only thing that could be a problem and you have 1333 speed RAM, if you tried to boot with it set to 1600 or something then it would cause an issue, if you boot it set to lower speed it just forces it to run lower. On that note you can adjust the voltage and stuff too, its all in the bios.
However if the bios isn't rubbish it should automatically set the max speed if it recognizes it.
Just a quick last minute check... are these compatible? How do I find out? Mobo and GPU.
Please tell me soon (directed at anyone who knows about this sort of stuff).
Generally there's only a few requirements to a video card.
Slot: Slot is the big one, pretty much any modern card uses a PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot. You can put it in a PCI-E regular slot but it goes significantly slower, same with putting it in a x4, x8, x whatever slot. If you only have one video card i'd recommend always getting the exact slot you need. That mobo has one slot in its tech specs so it's fine.
Power: This is more related to the PSU, alot of cards need an extra power connector since the mobo doesn't provide enough power, that one uses a 6 pin, but your PSU should have a free one to plug into it unless it's really old(in which case you should be more worried about that.)
Size: Not always an obvious one, some cases are just badly designed and the card is either two long or the fact its two slots wide might cover up another slot, usually covering up one of the PCI slots isn't a big deal though. You should be fine if its a mid-tower case or something.
Heat: Kind of a secondary concern but there are cases that are so bad airflow they can damage the card, i wouldn't worry about this one much, its more a concern for overclocking.
Most of the time you just want to look at the slot and the size.
TL;DR: It should be fine unless your case is tiny or your PSU sucks, the motherboard matches it well enough.
I'm upgrading my computer with a new Motherboard, CPU, RAM, HDD [and PSU if needed].
What I have at the moment in my computer (from memory and DxDiag):
XFX Radeon 5770 1GB GPU
Intel Core 2 Duo CPU E6550 @ 2.33GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
2GB Ram
450W PSU
500GB HDD
AsRock ConRoe1333 Micro Atx Motherboard
There's probably other stuff, but it is most likely irrelevant for the moment.
What I want to get (I want to know if it will all play nice)
*update SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s $74.99
ECS a750GM-M Micro Atx mobo $54.99
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 8GB (2 x 4GB) $82.49
CPU depends on what is suggested, I'm thinking something by AMD, but I don't know the benefits from 2.9 - 3.2 GHZ, so I would like some help.
End Question: From what I've seen, most of the CPUs I looked at (AMD, low wattage, compatible with my selected MOBO) don't state that they have support for 1.5V ram, would 1.4V compatible CPUs still support for 1.5V?
Thanks in Advance to anyone who helps me create a great upgrade for my pc.
Get an F3 HD.
What brand is your PSU?
What do you need 8 gb ram for?
What case do you have?
2. I don't know what brand the psu is, but it's been working well for over 3 years, I'll update you with the brand if necessary.
3. I was planning on doing some music production and video editing, I could probably go down to 4-6GB...
4. Case is This but with blue and plastic windows in it.
Thanks for responding so quickly.
Oh wow you're the first person i've seen with a case like that, hahah.
The PSU is probably fine if its still going, though you might have to upgrade to higher wattage if you plan to get a beefier video card and a core i7 or something.
Also you should figure out the cpu before the motherboard since they use different slots. How much do you have to spend between the mobo and the cpu is the question.
Oh and the RAM is fine if you do video editing, its just usually a waste otherwise, 4-6 GB will plow through pretty much any upcoming game for awhile, RAM usage has slowed alot with games lately.
LGA775- Pentium 4, Pentium D, Celeron, Celeron D, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad. This socket is at the end of it's line and will not be receiving any new chips
LGA1156- Core i3, Core i5, Core i7-8XX. Also no new chips for this but this is one of the best sockets for your money.
LGA1366- i7-9XX. Intel's flagship line, the i7-995X will probably be one of the last chips for it.
LGA1155- i3-2XXX, i5-2XXX, i7-2XXX, all new Sandy Bridge chips, this is Intel's lineup of new chips for 2011
AM3 Phenom II, Athlon II, Sempron, Opteron. AMD's current chipset, will be replaced this year by Bulldozer.
Motherboard is basically set in stone, needs to be micro ATX with that same positioning of the PCI slots and such (if a similar one can be found then that would work too I suppose).
Now to the old phenom vs athlon arguement, ahem, I wish to find the more energy efficient yet real world performance improving cpu. The mobo I chose has max cpu wattage of ~90W, and supports athlon II and phenom II, what would be better in the citeria I chose?
----
Post interruption! Bulldozer is coming... Oh, i suppose I'll wait for a new line of stuff to come out, or I'll just go with one of the current ones and disregard the new stuff??? Helpful hits from past experiences please?
Micro ATX is the form factor, theres alot of micro atx boards, not just the one you linked. Form factor = size basically.
And i have no idea if you should be proud of it, i usually work with mid-towers and up so micro-atx only is kinda new to me, hehe. Its just kinda funny it looks like a big box or a stereo or something. Like i said, figure out how much you want to spend and i'll try and find a combo for you.
I am aware that Micro Atx is just the form factor, but if you look at the pictures of the board I linked in op you'll notice that there is a smaller port between the PCI slots and the Graphics card slot, which would theoretically give me room for my graphics card (which is double sized) and 2 PCI cards.
Thanks if you can help.
6 bucks over if you don't mind.
MOBO: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-131-657
CPU: http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103808
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Klipsch ProMedia 2.1Klipsch S4 | RAT 9 | Das KeyboardUh, what?
I didn't bother reading the whole thread, and the CPU he picked in the OP is a 775 CPU. Building a 775 build right now would just be retarded. That socket is dead. Has been for a while.
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Klipsch ProMedia 2.1Klipsch S4 | RAT 9 | Das KeyboardHe stated he already has a Core 2 duo though, i don't see where he said he picked a CPU yet.
I went with atypical AM3 in my suggestion since ATI totally rocks for cheaper CPU's right now. I just wish they had better pickings to go against the Core i5+ setups. Bulldozer better be pretty damn amazing. That said its kinda depressing they seem to be going with the 'more cores is better' route, something that is making Intel completely destroy them in a market where most apps can't even use 6 cores.
Yeah, AM3 is a nice budget platform. 1156 for a little more, then 1155 if you want beastly performance at a low price, and 1366 if you want a muti-GPU (more than 2, like 3-4. 2 GPUs can do fine on any other platform, with AM3 getting the lowest for some reason) setup.
Yeah, AMD is being a little stupid with Bulldozer from what I've seen. And I've noticed that they're very careful to say that it competes well against the previous generation of CPUs, and makes no mention of current CPUs. Wtf. It seems like they've become content with being the underdog.
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Klipsch ProMedia 2.1Klipsch S4 | RAT 9 | Das KeyboardDo I need to got to lower ram? Or would it still be useful?
RAM is fine, speed is the only thing that could be a problem and you have 1333 speed RAM, if you tried to boot with it set to 1600 or something then it would cause an issue, if you boot it set to lower speed it just forces it to run lower. On that note you can adjust the voltage and stuff too, its all in the bios.
However if the bios isn't rubbish it should automatically set the max speed if it recognizes it.
Just a quick last minute check... are these compatible? How do I find out?
Mobo and GPU.
Please tell me soon (directed at anyone who knows about this sort of stuff).
Generally there's only a few requirements to a video card.
Slot: Slot is the big one, pretty much any modern card uses a PCI-E 2.0 x16 slot. You can put it in a PCI-E regular slot but it goes significantly slower, same with putting it in a x4, x8, x whatever slot. If you only have one video card i'd recommend always getting the exact slot you need. That mobo has one slot in its tech specs so it's fine.
Power: This is more related to the PSU, alot of cards need an extra power connector since the mobo doesn't provide enough power, that one uses a 6 pin, but your PSU should have a free one to plug into it unless it's really old(in which case you should be more worried about that.)
Size: Not always an obvious one, some cases are just badly designed and the card is either two long or the fact its two slots wide might cover up another slot, usually covering up one of the PCI slots isn't a big deal though. You should be fine if its a mid-tower case or something.
Heat: Kind of a secondary concern but there are cases that are so bad airflow they can damage the card, i wouldn't worry about this one much, its more a concern for overclocking.
Most of the time you just want to look at the slot and the size.
TL;DR: It should be fine unless your case is tiny or your PSU sucks, the motherboard matches it well enough.