New Computer

[Sajuuk]

Hehe, Thanks for the clarification on that Nearly 4 am here, so forgive my mistakes

After comparing the differences between the black edition and the normal edition, Black offers upgrades and the potential for easier overclocking should i need to in the future... And looking on Amazon, a £20 difference between the 2 I have chosen to get the black edition.
The one i'm looking at is:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/AMD-HDZ940XC...1946249&sr=1-2
Please don't hesitate to inform me if i'm wrong :P

Also, yes i'm aware that with upgrading my computers cpu etc, I will upgrade my graphics card also.
As it happens, i have a Nvidia geforce 9600 gt spare, but I'm unsure as to whether it is any good with the cpu or if it's even compatible... Where can i see what kind of graphics cards are compatible with my motherboard?

The 9600GT (with 512MB RAM) is the EXACT card I used for over a year. The only concern you would have with a graphics card is if it's AGP or PCIE, and I don't think any AGP 9600GT cards were ever made ( or if any 9xxx series cards were made with AGP). The second concern I'd have is if you can power it. For more details specs on your motherboard, here's the page for it: http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.as...10N78&s=AM2%2b . The 9600GT is a PCIE card, your motherboard has one PCIE slot.

Read the above as: You shouldn't have an issue with the 9600GT, unless you have a power supply with a low wattage rating. (Read: Less than 400W, power requirements taken from Nvidia's page on the 9600GT)

I think you'll see a noticeable difference even now if you plopped in the 9600GT.