Gonna be upgrading my system in about 1 month and ½ , and since my 1st upgrade (after my initial intel pentrium pro pc ) i went the AMD way. I use my pc mostly for gaming. I am not up to date on all the new shiny components and how they work together so i am asking u guys for ur help
things i wanna get
CPU: AMD Phenom II 940
GPU: ATI Radeon 4870...
RAM: 8GB ddr2 1066Mhz (4x 2GB ... or less if the mobo u guys sugest doesnt have enough slots)
MOBO: ???
I have everything else needed.
Main purpose is gaming
From what i saw online ASUS M3A32 line caught my eye ... however i realize that mobo is too much for what i want ... in my experience i don't go crossfire or SLI, the system i get i use for 2-3 years then upgrade to the next thing. So i don't need a system with more space to add more GPU's or integrated GPU since i have my eye on one already, onboard SOUND is necessary tho. And since i went for the radeon card + amd cpu i fugured i should get some mobo with the 700 series chipsets cuz i read something somewhere about dragon system or some such...
I decided to get 8 GB ddr2 cuz ram doesnt really affect FPS just load times ( 98½ % sure on that ) so i figured its not worth it to shell out for more expensive "faster" ram and have only 4gb ram, unless i might be wrong and go overboard with 8 GB and just 4 is enough ?
My decisions are not set in stone if u give me good arguments about CPU and GPU i will change my mind ( tho its the 2nd time i am gonna try n use ATI instead of Nvidia... last time it didnt quite go so well ... i think i had about 5 or 6 different versions of the catalyst drivers ( or even if they were called catalyst back then ) so to make them work on all my games ... a bug i hated a lot was extreme FPS loss in KOTOR in certain places on certain driver versions ... and ofc on other games i played the driver that worked in KOTOR had bugs there... )
PS: what kind of power supply am i looking at with that cpu + gpu + 2 hdd +2 optical units + 3 case fans ... should my curent PSU of 600 Watts be enough ?
things i wanna get
CPU: AMD Phenom II 940
GPU: ATI Radeon 4870...
RAM: 8GB ddr2 1066Mhz (4x 2GB ... or less if the mobo u guys sugest doesnt have enough slots)
MOBO: ???
I have everything else needed.
Main purpose is gaming
From what i saw online ASUS M3A32 line caught my eye ... however i realize that mobo is too much for what i want ... in my experience i don't go crossfire or SLI, the system i get i use for 2-3 years then upgrade to the next thing. So i don't need a system with more space to add more GPU's or integrated GPU since i have my eye on one already, onboard SOUND is necessary tho. And since i went for the radeon card + amd cpu i fugured i should get some mobo with the 700 series chipsets cuz i read something somewhere about dragon system or some such...
I decided to get 8 GB ddr2 cuz ram doesnt really affect FPS just load times ( 98½ % sure on that ) so i figured its not worth it to shell out for more expensive "faster" ram and have only 4gb ram, unless i might be wrong and go overboard with 8 GB and just 4 is enough ?
My decisions are not set in stone if u give me good arguments about CPU and GPU i will change my mind ( tho its the 2nd time i am gonna try n use ATI instead of Nvidia... last time it didnt quite go so well ... i think i had about 5 or 6 different versions of the catalyst drivers ( or even if they were called catalyst back then ) so to make them work on all my games ... a bug i hated a lot was extreme FPS loss in KOTOR in certain places on certain driver versions ... and ofc on other games i played the driver that worked in KOTOR had bugs there... )
PS: what kind of power supply am i looking at with that cpu + gpu + 2 hdd +2 optical units + 3 case fans ... should my curent PSU of 600 Watts be enough ?