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Ok, so I was thinking of getting new stuff (hardware) for my system.
Look to the left to see what my current system is. I'm planning this, because when I get my ASUS case back, I want new and a bit faster stuff in it. Also there is something wrong with this mobo, can't explain it in words. But I need a new one anyway. (Warranty already gone, company I bought from is gone aswell..).

And, yes it will still be an AMD based system..

Motherboard: Asus M4A79 DELUXE
CPU: AMD Phenom2 X4 920
Cooling for above: Not a clue..
Memory: Not sure, but can I use my existing? Read somewhere about "limitations"..
PSU: Current
Graphics: Maybe I'll keep the same, maybe I wont.. can't decide right now.


I'm on a tight budget. I do not shop via internet, the price's I have to go after are the ones here in Sweden, and the price on hardware is currently controlled by US$.


So any thought's about the above system? Good? Bad?? I mainly play like CS:S, Q4, car games and not so "graphically enhanced" games..
 
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Memory 16GB Kingston DDR3
Video Card(s) Gigabyte GTX 770 4GB
Storage 2x Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSDs, RAID0
Display(s) 2x 27" Samsung curved
Case Coolermaster HAF 932
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Interested as well because I'm thinking about the same kind of thing, except I was looking into the M3A79-T with 4GB of OCZ Reaper DDR2 1066.

What does the M4A79 give you over the M3A79-T?

Some of the customer reviews say that you need to update the BIOS to support Phenom X2s, so have a proc on hand just to run the update. I don't have another AM2 proc, so I don't know if that's going to work very well.
 

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Processor E7400
Motherboard P5KPL-E Bios flashed to 0601 (Piece of poo!!)
Cooling Thermalright Ultra 120a
Memory GENERIC 2 GB DDR2 800
Video Card(s) NONE!! Beat that!!
Storage 500GB SAMSUNG SATAII, 250GB SAMSUNG SATAII and o'l crappy 4gb maxtor
Display(s) ACER X223W Q
Case AEROCOOL ZERODEGREE (planning to mod)
Audio Device(s) REALTEK ONBOARD
Power Supply GIGABYTE 460W
Software Win 7 x86 build 7022
Benchmark Scores Super Pi 1m 17.000 :(
get the Phenom II X4 940 black, nearly the same speed as the i7 and more future proof...
I'm aalso a ASUS freak :toast:
 
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System Name Serenity
Processor Intel i7-4770K
Motherboard Asus Maximus VI Hero
Cooling Xigmatek Dark Knight II SD1283
Memory 16GB Kingston DDR3
Video Card(s) Gigabyte GTX 770 4GB
Storage 2x Samsung 840 Pro 256GB SSDs, RAID0
Display(s) 2x 27" Samsung curved
Case Coolermaster HAF 932
Audio Device(s) HT Omega Striker 7.1
Power Supply Thermaltake 1200w
Software Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
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