12.01.2013, 23:14
I have enough money for a new processor and motherboard... I have ddr2 ram, but the motherboard doesn't support ddr3 memory, so that needs an upgrade.
So is it worth doing this...
Getting a motherboard compatible for ddr2 and ddr3 memory and then getting an AM3+ socket processor... for example.
AMD:
MOBO - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-ASRock...item2ebfccfe01
CPU - http://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-ADX640WF...8037422&sr=8-1
INTEL:
MOBO - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-GIGABY...item35c256c619
CPU - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-E8400-...8037196&sr=8-8
Is this worth doing, and then upgrading of course. EG Buying DDR3 ram, and graphics card and extra hard drive space...
Or shall I just save up £300 (take me a couple of months, im only 16 and still go to school)
If i was to do this, my personal opinion would be to go for the AMD option as it is a quad core and I want this for gaming. So when i do get my graphics card, it will run smoothly on most games, on ultra.
Thanks in advance!
So is it worth doing this...
Getting a motherboard compatible for ddr2 and ddr3 memory and then getting an AM3+ socket processor... for example.
AMD:
MOBO - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-ASRock...item2ebfccfe01
CPU - http://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-ADX640WF...8037422&sr=8-1
INTEL:
MOBO - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-GIGABY...item35c256c619
CPU - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-E8400-...8037196&sr=8-8
Is this worth doing, and then upgrading of course. EG Buying DDR3 ram, and graphics card and extra hard drive space...
Or shall I just save up £300 (take me a couple of months, im only 16 and still go to school)
If i was to do this, my personal opinion would be to go for the AMD option as it is a quad core and I want this for gaming. So when i do get my graphics card, it will run smoothly on most games, on ultra.
Thanks in advance!