Hey everyone, Long time no posing
Just a brief question, my friend has an older build which consists of an old MSI p43 mobo and a q6600/HD4870. He wants to upgrade CPU,MOBO,RAM given my limited research on the newer sandy bridge cpu's and amd's current standings, i have recommend he goes with a couple of options.
i3 2300
GB p67-ud3(r/p) / asus p8p67
4GB cl7/8 ram
Its hard for me to rec something like this because although the 2300 performs extremely well for what he needs there will be no overclocking on it, basically, and a 2500k is out of budget.
A i5 from the 1156 socket would be better, but he will be outdated socket wise, seems its hard win.
The other option was possibly a phenom II x6 or even x4 which i know overclock well and although will probably only rival a 2300 in terms of gaming, should out perform it in applications, which is mainly what he will be using it for, as he now has a ps3 for gaming.
which will paired with a 880g or even 890gx ud3H and similar 4GB ram
Opinions please, whats the best go?
Just a brief question, my friend has an older build which consists of an old MSI p43 mobo and a q6600/HD4870. He wants to upgrade CPU,MOBO,RAM given my limited research on the newer sandy bridge cpu's and amd's current standings, i have recommend he goes with a couple of options.
i3 2300
GB p67-ud3(r/p) / asus p8p67
4GB cl7/8 ram
Its hard for me to rec something like this because although the 2300 performs extremely well for what he needs there will be no overclocking on it, basically, and a 2500k is out of budget.
A i5 from the 1156 socket would be better, but he will be outdated socket wise, seems its hard win.
The other option was possibly a phenom II x6 or even x4 which i know overclock well and although will probably only rival a 2300 in terms of gaming, should out perform it in applications, which is mainly what he will be using it for, as he now has a ps3 for gaming.
which will paired with a 880g or even 890gx ud3H and similar 4GB ram
Opinions please, whats the best go?