Need a mobo upgrade for a Socket 478 Willamette 1.8

dmill89 · Oct 13, 2011

ViPeRMiMiS said: ↑

I don't know many about PSUs. That's why I said a sample PSU, cause Corsair is a great brand, so I assumed that the CX430 would be the best bang for buck on the budget arena .
Also you may not buy a separate graphics card as long this machine is not for 3D rendering (tough 3d rendering like games), cause some cpus have integrated GPU. The Phenom II x4 840 HAS an IGP (Integrated) so it would be the best value for money imo.
Correct my if I am wrong, but the Phenom II x4 840 is great for such a cheap cpu!
Good luck building the pc ;-)

Most current model CPUs have an IGP on the Chip. The 840 is a good deal although you can get a 945 for only around $10 more so it may be an even better deal. If you want to stay under $400 AMD is hard to beat since the competition from intel would primarily be the pentiun dual core however once you get to around $500 you can get an i3 (sandy bridge) that will match the phenom rather well and at $550+ you can get an i5 (sandy bridge) that will blow most AMD chips out of the water.

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