So finally I managed to upgrade from my X2 3600+ to something significantly better
It all started with me getting the urge to start gaming again, so picked up this 4870 1GB
However the processor seemed to be a major bottleneck, so decided to go for something better. The Phenom X2 555 seemed to be a good choice even if it didn't unlock.
Luckily for me I managed to unlock it into a X4 hyeah:
Now I needed a good mobo with enough SATA ports, USB 3 would be a bonus. After a long search ended up with this ...
Since I had already overspent, decided to get something better than the usual value RAM.
Here's everything in the box.
Played a little bit of MW2, BC2 and Dirt2 and the graphics are really amazing, since I'm not used to playing at full settings with AA (coming from a 8800gts :ashamed, so far everything seems to be running smooth as butter :hap2:
and finally thank a lot to Bikey, Stormy and Zhoppy for all the inputs and Bikey specially for being so damn patient with me
It all started with me getting the urge to start gaming again, so picked up this 4870 1GB
However the processor seemed to be a major bottleneck, so decided to go for something better. The Phenom X2 555 seemed to be a good choice even if it didn't unlock.
Luckily for me I managed to unlock it into a X4 hyeah:
Now I needed a good mobo with enough SATA ports, USB 3 would be a bonus. After a long search ended up with this ...
Since I had already overspent, decided to get something better than the usual value RAM.
Here's everything in the box.
Played a little bit of MW2, BC2 and Dirt2 and the graphics are really amazing, since I'm not used to playing at full settings with AA (coming from a 8800gts :ashamed, so far everything seems to be running smooth as butter :hap2:
and finally thank a lot to Bikey, Stormy and Zhoppy for all the inputs and Bikey specially for being so damn patient with me