A Technical Question For PC Enthusiast

[Yostbeef]

Hello,I'm thinking about upgrading my computer and I wanted some insight.I'm mostly concerened about my mobo and if it can handle the upgrades that I'm looking into.

I have a Asus M4A785TD-V EVO,http://usa.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=fcsXWSxnhzZE9rnR

I would like to get an AMD Phenom II X6 Black edition 3.2 ghz
I have 4gb of G skill RAM and would like to get 4 more
I also want to get a second GTX 470.

From what I understand these upgrades are possible but I would like a more educated perspective,thank you.

 

[Yostbeef]

Anybody?

 

[darth.pixie]

That mobo only has 4 memory slots so I find getting RAM a bit difficult...

For the CPU I'm not sure. I only know some outdated info on AMD. I really recommend Intel, you can afford it. Much better.

Problem at video card as in note: 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (blue @ x16 mode,gray @ x4 mode). Means that the second one will be slow.

 

[Yostbeef]

That mobo only has 4 memory slots so I find getting RAM a bit difficult...

For the CPU I'm not sure. I only know some outdated info on AMD. I really recommend Intel, you can afford it. Much better.

Problem at video card as in note: 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (blue @ x16 mode,gray @ x4 mode). Means that the second one will be slow.

Thanks mate for the feedback I appreciate it.Just setup an account at tom's hardware for more input.Not getting a lot of feedback here.

 

[darth.pixie]

That mobo only has 4 memory slots so I find getting RAM a bit difficult...

For the CPU I'm not sure. I only know some outdated info on AMD. I really recommend Intel, you can afford it. Much better.

Problem at video card as in note: 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (blue @ x16 mode,gray @ x4 mode). Means that the second one will be slow.

Thanks mate for the feedback I appreciate it.Just setup an account at tom's hardware for more input.Not getting a lot of feedback here.

Good luck with that. Hope you get more info there and decide on some good hardware.

 

[MrTub]

That mobo doesnt support Sli. It only supports Crossfire

 

[Griffolion]

Firstly, that motherboard only supports Crossfire (ATI), not SLI, so no extra 470.

Even if you did crossfire something, the second card would be running in x4 mode, a performance crippler, barely making the upgrade worth it.

Unless you're doing CAD/CAM and Photoshop, there is no for a hex core processor, quad core will be just fine for gaming for a good time to come. You want more CPU performance? Get an after market HSF and over clock.

Simply sell your existing 4GB of ram and get a 2 x 4GB set of sticks, giving you 8GB overall and retaining dual channel memory performance.