The Computer Megathread

[alex dude]

Apparently my mainboard, 'Asus P8H61-M LX2' dosen't allow me to overclock my Intel Core i5 2500K, is there any way to do it? Or will I not be able to do it at all?

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[BlockFry]

Is this a good AMD Card : AMD Athlon II x2 250 3 ghz

[SpreadsPlague]

Is this a good AMD Card : AMD Athlon II x2 250 3 ghz

sorry what? that's a processor

[D3ATH LORD]

would an AMD Athlon II X2 260 Processor be better than an Intel Pentium G480?

btw, il be using the geforce 550 Ti

[Alyx Vance]

I lost my decent computer... Whats a good computer for me?
What I need is
Good processing power (preferably at least a duel core with each at GHz)
At least GB-terabyte of hard drive disk
A good amount of ram
Good graphics (for gaming and other things such as that)
And over all just a computer than can run complex things such as Garry's Mod or Hammer map editor.

[Fluff-is-back]

Apparently my mainboard, 'Asus P8H61-M LX2' dosen't allow me to overclock my Intel Core i5 2500K, is there any way to do it? Or will I not be able to do it at all?

It should do. Have you tried looking in the bios?

[Tokthree]

would an AMD Athlon II X2 260 Processor be better than an Intel Pentium G480?

btw, il be using the geforce 550 Ti

Athlon II x2 doesn't cut it these days in my opinion, I'll be upgrading to a Phenom II x4 black edition soon since it's a solid processor for the price-range.
If you're not on a budget you can always get an i7, though.

Might be looking into a Bulldozer as an alternative, but I've heard mixed reviews on them compared to the Phenom II's

[D3ATH LORD]

Athlon II x2 doesn't cut it these days in my opinion, I'll be upgrading to a Phenom II x4 black edition soon since it's a solid processor for the price-range.
If you're not on a budget you can always get an i7, though.

Might be looking into a Bulldozer as an alternative, but I've heard mixed reviews on them compared to the Phenom II's

I would get the latest stuff there is, but I'm paying a maximum of £80 for the GPU and CPU each (so it's a total of £160 altogether). I've seen the Phenom 2, but it's quite a bit more expensive than the Athlon, and from what I've seen, the Athlon 2 is completely capable of gaming.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVs6TRx-BxE

[Soulpelt]

how the forget to clean out useless trialprograms

[Tokthree]

I have an Athlon II x2 with a HD 6770, it doesn't pull the weight as well as it should.
It'd definitely be worth it to spring a bit extra for a Phenom II x4

[Freeze]

I have a phenom ii BE x4, it's brilliant.
I think my gpu is 6770 to :D

[steve5451]

Phenom II X4 Black Edition 980 3.7GHx B)

[D3ATH LORD]

I have an Athlon II x2 with a HD 6770, it doesn't pull the weight as well as it should.
It'd definitely be worth it to spring a bit extra for a Phenom II x4

Thanks for the advice, I'l be sure to think about it.

Anyway, I've asked ethan to compose a descent list of components for me, so I'm waiting for that to come out.

[Legodude77]

Ok guys something is taking up my internet connection and is running in the background or something. I believe this started to happen after I installed Tribes Ascend Beta but I am not quite sure.