Bang for buck

jwilliams · 09-08-10, 12:17 AM

I finally talked the wife into letting me upgrade my system.

But my budget is limited....

So im looking for the best bang for buck....

I'll need to keep my current graphics card, as im happy with it performance, maybe will upgrade it in a year. So im looking at upgrading the Mobo, CPU, RAM, and Case as my 7 year old system is struggling with todays multicore games.

I was thinking of getting :-

AMD Phenom II x4 965 @ 3.4 ghz. Black Edition, cpu.
Asus M4A79T - Deluxe ATX, mobo.
4gb ram (not to worried about this as its not too expensive)
CoolerMaster CM690 II, case.
Windows 7 ultimate 64bit OEM

What i would like to know is would this give me the best bang for buck?
If not can you suggest what would, that is similarly priced.

I was also looking at the i5 and i7 cpu's but didnt think the extra performace was worth the extra cost.

09-08-10, 12:17 AM	#1
jwilliams Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,013 Downloads: 124 Uploads: 0	Bang for buck I finally talked the wife into letting me upgrade my system. But my budget is limited.... So im looking for the best bang for buck.... I'll need to keep my current graphics card, as im happy with it performance, maybe will upgrade it in a year. So im looking at upgrading the Mobo, CPU, RAM, and Case as my 7 year old system is struggling with todays multicore games. I was thinking of getting :- AMD Phenom II x4 965 @ 3.4 ghz. Black Edition, cpu. Asus M4A79T - Deluxe ATX, mobo. 4gb ram (not to worried about this as its not too expensive) CoolerMaster CM690 II, case. Windows 7 ultimate 64bit OEM What i would like to know is would this give me the best bang for buck? If not can you suggest what would, that is similarly priced. I was also looking at the i5 and i7 cpu's but didnt think the extra performace was worth the extra cost. __________________ Windows 7, 64bit. Phenom II 965BE (OC 4cores @ 3.8 Ghz). Radeon HD4870 (1gb gddr5). 6gb Ram.