Upgrade My Computer - Please help =)

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Nightblaze1 wrote:

Sorry these are the items I want:

Motherboard: Open Box: MSI 870A-G54 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard ($75)

Graphics Card: GIGABYTE GV-R677D5-1GD Radeon HD 6770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card ($125)

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition, 3.20GHz, Quad Core, Socket AM3, 125W TDP, 4x512KB L2 Cache, 6MB L3 Cache, Stepping C3, Boxed, Deneb (HDZ955FBGMBOX) (HDZ955FBGMBOX) ($120)

Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL ($60)

All together they are $380. So I just want to know if I can use these with the system I have already, obviously replacing these items with my current ones?

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LoLaZo wrote:

LOL i5 2500k is much faster than Phenom II 955... and the price difference between those two cpu are close...

go to i5 2500k if you want an updated cpu in next years... (or i7 2600k if you have money)

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

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LoLaZo wrote:

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Nightblaze1 wrote:

Sorry these are the items I want:

Motherboard: Open Box: MSI 870A-G54 AM3 AMD 870 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard ($75)

Graphics Card: GIGABYTE GV-R677D5-1GD Radeon HD 6770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card ($125)

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition, 3.20GHz, Quad Core, Socket AM3, 125W TDP, 4x512KB L2 Cache, 6MB L3 Cache, Stepping C3, Boxed, Deneb (HDZ955FBGMBOX) (HDZ955FBGMBOX) ($120)

Memory: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBRL ($60)

All together they are $380. So I just want to know if I can use these with the system I have already, obviously replacing these items with my current ones?

LOL i5 2500k is much faster than Phenom II 955... and the price difference between those two cpu are close...

go to i5 2500k if you want an updated cpu in next years... (or i7 2600k if you have money)

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html

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Nightblaze1 wrote:

Thank You heaps guys for all your suggestions.

Now I have one more little problem. My mate told me that I have to make sure that the motherboard will fit inside my PC case. How would i know if it does or doesn't?

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ajilejay wrote:

IMO get on new egg, Get some AMD / ATI parts on special and get the most performance possible for your $.

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Chainer wrote:

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Nightblaze1 wrote:

Thank You heaps guys for all your suggestions.

Now I have one more little problem. My mate told me that I have to make sure that the motherboard will fit inside my PC case. How would i know if it does or doesn't?

All you have to really worry about is whether or not your case is tall enough. That motherboard you have right there is a standard ATX motherboard. Most cases (like 98% of them) will fit this kind. If you are really worried about it buy yourself a nice case too since you have to remove almost all of the components anyway to replace the motherboard.