Crysalis
Systems Engineer
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Hey all!
I'm so out of date that it really is quite funny being that I'm a full time IT guy. Anyway - My Phenom 9850, 9800GT, 4gb ram just aint cuttin' it no more. Once I upgrade, probably be donating this machine. I'm looking to upgrade CPU and MOBO. I'll be getting the 560ti at some point as far as GPU goes. I do game (Bf3, bf2, etc etc) once in a great while. I need something pretty beastly (quad core minimum - I don't overclock... no really... no I'm not gonna do it... NO). I do a lot of multimedia stuff more so than gaming so my computers are usually well-used.
My only question is, given a mid-range budget, what would you get for mobo and CPU? I've always been an AMD guy, but my eyes aren't impressed lately from the benchmarks. I know you're gonna want a specific budget, but I don't have one yet as I'm gonna be moving at the same time. Still undecided if I'm gonna do this.
Just gimme what you personally would buy. I'll take care of the RAM and what not... just gimme your recommendation for CPU and MOBO.
I'm so out of date that it really is quite funny being that I'm a full time IT guy. Anyway - My Phenom 9850, 9800GT, 4gb ram just aint cuttin' it no more. Once I upgrade, probably be donating this machine. I'm looking to upgrade CPU and MOBO. I'll be getting the 560ti at some point as far as GPU goes. I do game (Bf3, bf2, etc etc) once in a great while. I need something pretty beastly (quad core minimum - I don't overclock... no really... no I'm not gonna do it... NO). I do a lot of multimedia stuff more so than gaming so my computers are usually well-used.
My only question is, given a mid-range budget, what would you get for mobo and CPU? I've always been an AMD guy, but my eyes aren't impressed lately from the benchmarks. I know you're gonna want a specific budget, but I don't have one yet as I'm gonna be moving at the same time. Still undecided if I'm gonna do this.
Just gimme what you personally would buy. I'll take care of the RAM and what not... just gimme your recommendation for CPU and MOBO.