Need new Mobo, CPU & RAM

[Dowly]

Right, it's getting closer to Christmas and my birthday shortly after, so I think
it's a good time to start carefully wishing I get enough money to finally upgrade my rig.

Currently, I'm running AMD Athlon X2 64 6000+ and 4GB DDR2 RAM on a ASUS M2N AM2 socket mobo.

Anywho, time to upgrade but no idea what I should get. Money wise, 400€
would be the absolute limit.

Any suggestions?

Mobo: Asus M4A87TD/USB3 AMD 870 AM3 ATX
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition
RAM: ???

EDIT: Actually, could go with Phenom II X6

[Herr-Berbunch]

Are you happy with AMD or would you consider Intel?

And is that cost just for Mobo, RAM and Processor?

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Are you happy with AMD or would you consider Intel?

And is that cost just for Mobo, RAM and Processor?

Always had AMD, so I'd be happy to stay with it.

Cost would be the total for CPU, MOBO, RAM.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Do you plan on SLI/Crossfire?

If so that MSI board is only single PCIe. If not, is there an outside chance that you would in the future?

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Do you plan on SLI/Crossfire?

If so that MSI board is only single PCIe. If not, is there an outside chance that you would in the future?

No, not planning on SLI.


Mmmm

Anything one would want to change in this:

MOBO: Asus M4A87TD/USB3 AMD 870 AM3 ATX
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition 3.3 GHz
RAM: 16GB 1066mhz DDR3 Kingston

Could get it for ~315e through a mate.

[Herr-Berbunch]

I'd just been eyeing up that processor, about £160-ish here.

[Arclight]

Looks good, maybe a bit heavy on the RAM. (ooh deja vu)


For comparison, I r looking at dis:

Gigabyte GA-Z68ZP-UD4
Intel i5-2500k
Kingston 4GB kit of 2 (KHX1333C7AD3K2/4G)

€360,-, without a mate.

Can save a few bucks on the board, doubt many people really need a board like that. (I do, for the frickin USB ports. Actually filled up all 6 on this Asus... ok it's just really shiny).

I really really wants it, but I don't really really needs it.

[Victor Schutze]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Do you plan on SLI/Crossfire?

If so that MSI board is only single PCIe. If not, is there an outside chance that you would in the future?

Any CPU(AMD)/MOBO/RAM/PSU suggestion for PCIe SLI x2 cards?

I want to improve my system to play Sh3 GWX with new interiors(FM mods)

[Spike88]

I'm a bit late to the show, but jesus, 16gigs of ram?

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Spike88

I'm a bit late to the show, but jesus, 16gigs of ram?

Ordered 12GB, I do a lot of 3d and VFX stuff, Vue, FumeFx etc. take a lot of resources. For example, I made almost photorealistic comparion of the Belize Blue Hole, but don't have the computing power to render it.

If I can get a rig that can handle 3D stuff, hopefully I can start to push myself
to the business. Always wanted to be an 3D artists, it's just my rig that has been holding me back.

RenderCows help bit still, tends to be a standard to have 8 cores these days, but I can try.

Just got GeoControl2 today, which is awesome pair to Vue. I could write my name in GC2 and rednder all the letters as islands in Vue 10. Amazing poop!

[Spike88]

Ah, using it for 3D rendering makes sense, I was under the impression it was just for gaming, which would be a tad extreme.

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by Spike88

Ah, using it for 3D rendering makes sense, I was under the impression it was just for gaming, which would be a tad extreme.

My currenct CPU, MOBO & RAM are from 2007, so I don't upgrade my rig very often anywho.

Tend to go with this what I ordered for another 4-5 years and hope 3D and
gaming industry calms down a bit, so I don't have to upgrade that soon.

For example the island scenes in Pirates of Caribbean II were rendered in Vue 7 or 8, so they can already make some fancy stuff.

I have Vue 10 and the only difference I can really see is a bit faster render times.
(and the new spline crap, but GC2 is already for that)

[danurve]

How about a nice ssd boot drive