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Afternoon all..


What are your thoughts on the following?

AMD Phenom™ II X4 955 Black Quad Core Processor AM3 (3.20GHz, 8MB Cache) [upg £ 55.00]
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium SP1, 64-bit + Windows 7 Upgrade Option - English [upg £ 0.00]
New Stylish Mini-Tower Micro ATX Chassis with 550W PSU - Piano Black [upg £ 30.00]
ASUS M2N68-VM Mainboard, AM2+ with integrated HDMI/DVI/VGA Graphics - MATX
8GB 800MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM - (4 x 2GB) [upg £ 40.00]
500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
Samsung 22x Dual Layer DVD Writer Super Format +R/-R/RW/RAM
1GB ATI HD4670 Graphics accelerator - DVI, DirectX 10.1 PCI Express 2 [upg £ 60.00]
22" Iiyama ProLite E2208HDS-1 (1920x1080) Full HD Monitor (DVI,VGA,WS,Spkrs - 5ms)
7.1 High Definition onboard sound card - for 8 Channel Cinema sound
Logitech Deluxe Keyboard & Optical Mouse (Corded)
1 Year Hardware Warranty - Return to Base Parts and Labour (UK Mainland only)

Comes in at just over £700 from Mesh..

Not really interested in playing the latest games (got an Xbox 360 for that), but would like to set up a few virtual labs?? Couple of clients, and a server?

 

I'd recommend a 48xx series card. They're really not much more expensive, and they're a good bit faster. I picked up a 4830 a few months ago for less than $100, and the price has probably gone down since.

 

Aah.. Hadn't really noticed that.. It's a 'customised' pre-built system from Mesh, so i'm assuming it'll work.. But the base CPU for that model is an AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition Quad Core Processor AM2+ (2.6GHz, 4MB Cache).. Would I be better saving the £55 for the upgrade and sticking with AM2+ CPU in AM2+ board?

I found something about AM2+ boards only support DDR2, whereas the AM3 actually supports DDR3.. But that doesn't mean a lot to me..

Erm.. What part of it would that be..? I'm not building it myself, so don't know if that's something I can change..

 

Hi HMSPresident

BosonMichael is referring to your graphics card. In your current spec it is this line:

If it's a prebuilt system then I'm not entirely sure if you have the option to change it, but he's recommending a card from the 48xx series of ATI graphics cards, for example the ATI Radeon 4870
http://www.amd.com/us/products/desk...-hd-4000/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-4000-series.aspx

 

I recently bought the ati 4870 xxx overclocked gpu card 1Gb versionm ddr5 and its brilliant cost a little over a £100 well got mine for £117 and its worth it. Best wishes