My All-AMD 2011 PC Rig

[gatteen]

Hi all,

I am new to this forum but been a linus follower since a while just wanted to show off my rig (wich i love hehe), I first built it 7 years ago and still runs ok for my usage.

 

Also, wanted to know some suggestion to upgrade or so, because the graphics card is a little old (7 years hehe) and its not fully capable for 2018's tasks and programs.

 

Also, there has been a little problem since I ever built it, which after a while running (playing games or 3D modelling) the screen just freezes and a buzzing sound comes out from the speakers. It is certainly annoying because I cant play without thinking that in some time, the pc will just freeze... I think its the Graphics card as it is the only device I havent touch of the whole system.

 

So, here are the rig specs hope you can help me out... I am trying to buy a nvidia gtx670 for upgrade as the games i play are mostly old and some emulators.

 

CPU FX-6100 @ 3.3GHz, Stock Cooler

RAM Patriot G2 Series 2x4GB@1333MHz

MOBO MSI 7641GM-P23

GRAPHICS ATI RADEON HD5770 1GBDDR5

PSU COOLER MASTER 500W 80 Plus

SSD 400GB O.Z. DENEVA SATA II 

OS Windows 7 Home Premium (Linux Mint with GRUB)

ODD LiteOn DVD/CD Reader/Writer SATA

CASE Cooler Master ELITE 430

 

(Will be adding photos soon )

Edited February 4, 2018 by gatteen
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[kelvinhall05]

Haha, YES! ANOTHER AYYMD FAN! WE MUST REJOICE AND BATTLE THE NVIDIOTS!

[gatteen]

4 hours ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Haha, YES! ANOTHER AYYMD FAN! WE MUST REJOICE AND BATTLE THE NVIDIOTS!

Haha yup! Actually found my AMD CPU very powerful B) 

 

Did you have any trouble mixing Intel CPU with AMD graphics? I may mix AMD cpu with Intel graphics but dont know if it is a good idea

[Yung Lead]

1 hour ago, gatteen said:

Haha yup! Actually found my AMD CPU very powerful B) 

 

Did you have any trouble mixing Intel CPU with AMD graphics? I may mix AMD cpu with Intel graphics but dont know if it is a good idea

Mixing the AMD CPU with an Nvidia GPU wouldn't have trouble (from my experience), and instead of buying the 670 you should buy a 770 as it performs better and is less expensive. Also upgrading your RAM would help with your system all around and 16gb is becoming more of the standard.

[kelvinhall05]

10 hours ago, gatteen said:

Haha yup! Actually found my AMD CPU very powerful B) 

 

Did you have any trouble mixing Intel CPU with AMD graphics? I may mix AMD cpu with Intel graphics but dont know if it is a good idea

Nope. I would've gone all AyyMD, but Ryzen wasn't a thing when I was building my PC, and AyyMD GPUs were affected by miners.

[gatteen]

On 3/2/2018 at 6:56 PM, Yung Lead said:

Mixing the AMD CPU with an Nvidia GPU wouldn't have trouble (from my experience), and instead of buying the 670 you should buy a 770 as it performs better and is less expensive. Also upgrading your RAM would help with your system all around and 16gb is becoming more of the standard.

Wow thats true! I will see what I can get from eBay or so haha but 770 sounds good. Also, I may upgrade RAM in short term in the future but may change my MOBO at the same time. The one I have only has 2 memory slots...