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The penguin has been moose-slammed again
Interesting, I assumed the 550BE wouldn't run on an AM3 board. I'll check it out.Also,there should be some other savings I have made for you elsewhere in the build. Some DDR3 and an AM3 790X based motherboard will cost you less than some DDR2 and an AM2+ 790X based motherboard. Remember that the X2 550BE will perform a little better with DDR3 than DDR2.
The OCZ 600W PSU is also worth a look as it will be better suited for a Crossfire setup than the VX450W. OTH,the VX450W will be fine for a single card setup.
Hopefully you can unlock the X2 550 too!!
Anyway,enjoy building your computer!!
[edit] Well how about that, AM3 board and DDR3 only adds £4 to the price of the build. Nice!
Last edited by Ruggerbugger; 27-11-2009 at 02:19 PM.
Definately the way to go imho if building a new system from the ground up these days.
Hack: i5 2500~ASROCK Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3~8GB Vengance~HD4770~ ANTEC 302~CX600.
Gamer: i7 3820 @ 4.4Ghz~MSI X79A-GD65~16GB Redline 2133~Gigabyte GTX580~TT A90~CM SILENT PRO 1000w.
If you want to keep costs down I have an unused ASUS 785G motherboard if you want it:Also,there should be some other savings I have made for you elsewhere in the build. Some DDR3 and an AM3 790X based motherboard will cost you less than some DDR2 and an AM2+ 790X based motherboard. Remember that the X2 550BE will perform a little better with DDR3 than DDR2.
The OCZ 600W PSU is also worth a look as it will be better suited for a Crossfire setup than the VX450W. OTH,the VX450W will be fine for a single card setup.
Hopefully you can unlock the X2 550 too!!
Anyway,enjoy building your computer!!
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Asus-...-SATA-RAID-VGA
If you've no plans on going crossfire then consider the still exellent Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/GIGAB...770T-UD3P-MOBO
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Thought I'd provide an update now that the system is built and online!!
This is what I went with:
Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4P
Phenom II X2 Black Edition retail box
4GB Corsair XMS3
500GB Samsung F3
LG GH22N250 SATA DVD
Corsair 450W PSU
1GB XFX HD5750
Coolermaster CM690 Black Case
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
The system is so quiet compared to my old one, boots extremely quickly, and is not hot at all
Now to reinstall everything
Now to update your system specs
Now you also can check if you can unlock the Phenom II X2 to a quad core.Thought I'd provide an update now that the system is built and online!!
This is what I went with:
Gigabyte MA790XT-UD4P
Phenom II X2 Black Edition retail box
4GB Corsair XMS3
500GB Samsung F3
LG GH22N250 SATA DVD
Corsair 450W PSU
1GB XFX HD5750
Coolermaster CM690 Black Case
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
The system is so quiet compared to my old one, boots extremely quickly, and is not hot at all
Now to reinstall everything
Last edited by CAT-THE-FIFTH; 06-12-2009 at 01:34 PM.
Nothing like the joy at finding out you can. If you use a gigabyte board make sure to enable hybrid ACC in the BIOS in order to try unlocking.
Found out my X3 unlocks last night using the hybrid but if i dont it wont unlock.
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