Hey all,
Right, I've just killed my current system (I think I have broken the motherboard whilst transporting it, not too sure!), but I have decided its about time to upgrade. My current system is as my sig .
I basically have always liked and used AMDs as they are good value and great to overclock, but the Core2Duos seem to be very good and although slightly more expensive than the AMD64x2, seem to perform a lot better. I would also like to save as many components from my currnet rig, unless they will massively reduce the performance of the new one, in which case I'll compromise a bit more! Unfortunately I've lost touch with the newer technologies, speeds, and decent components, as I'm in the Navy and have been working very hard away from home for a while !
I'm looking to spend about £400 (I'll keep the HDD, Case, Monitors, Drives, etc) and it will be used for gaming, editing photos, watching films, web browsing, music, tv, and maybe a bit of video editing! My first 2 basic setup ideas are as follows:
1) Athlon 64x2 4600+ (or 4400+... which is better-overclocked or not!)
AsRock 939 Dual SATA 2
2) Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 or E6600
AsRock 775 Dual VSTA
The remaining money I will either spend on newer faster memory for the rig, or if my current Geil memory isn't going to be the bottleneck, then a newer faster graphics card. Or possibly put in a dedicated sound card if the onboard one is slowing the system down.
So, what do you think? Will these motherboards & setups be any good for gaming, performance & overclocking and how will they perform if and when I have the money to upgrade all the rest of the parts in the future?
Or would I be better off starting with off with a completely different motherboard, cpu, memory, and graphics, and cutting my losses with my old components - I could use it as a second 'backup' rig (assuming I replace the mobo if that was the problem), or something like that- I'm unlikely to get a lot of money for it, if I try to sell it!
Any and all help and comments appreciated! Thanks in advance
Cocksy