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System Name | Built. 1st time. Yay. :D |
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Processor | Q6600 retail - stock speed for now |
Motherboard | Abit IP35-Pro |
Cooling | Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 CPU, CM Fans on Case+Antec 120mm Tricools extra |
Memory | Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2, PC2-6400 |
Video Card(s) | Xpertvision(Palit) 8800GT 512MB |
Storage | 36GB Western Digital Raptor, 500GB Samsung Spinpoint[HD501LJ] + S'S' F1 [HD103UJ] 1TB |
Display(s) | Samsung Syncmaster 225BW |
Case | Coolermaster Cosmos-1000 |
Power Supply | OCZ Stealthstream |
Software | XPSP3 |
Hi guys, been a while since I visited TPU, nice to see everyone's alive and kicking!
Long Story Short:
So my previous rig (which was my 1st) has been dead in the water for more than a year and a half now (spent too much energy on it previously trying to fix it to no avail) and left everything to concentrate on the "real world"..
Now that I am older, wiser.. and have slightly more disposable cash I've decided to go back to my gaming roots and order myself a lovely new rig.
So I wanted to ask the experts.. what do you think?
CPU: i5-3570K
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H
RAM: 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Low Profile Jet Black PC3-12800 (1600)
GPU: Palit 2GB GeForce GTX 680 JetStream NVIDIA Graphics Card
HD: 1TB Western Digital WD1000DHTZ VelociRaptor, 3.5"
CASE: Cooler Master HAF XM
Recycling:
New PSU - 850W CORSAIR CMPSU-850HXUK
Optical Drive
+
all peripherals
I am not sure what cooling paste/fan to get for the CPU. (not a fan of stock fans)
Would probably leave it at stock speeds but would like option to mildly OC in future.
Thanks for reading... hopefully I haven't embarrassed myself with what I am aiming for.
Long Story Short:
So my previous rig (which was my 1st) has been dead in the water for more than a year and a half now (spent too much energy on it previously trying to fix it to no avail) and left everything to concentrate on the "real world"..
Now that I am older, wiser.. and have slightly more disposable cash I've decided to go back to my gaming roots and order myself a lovely new rig.
So I wanted to ask the experts.. what do you think?
CPU: i5-3570K
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H
RAM: 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Low Profile Jet Black PC3-12800 (1600)
GPU: Palit 2GB GeForce GTX 680 JetStream NVIDIA Graphics Card
HD: 1TB Western Digital WD1000DHTZ VelociRaptor, 3.5"
CASE: Cooler Master HAF XM
Recycling:
New PSU - 850W CORSAIR CMPSU-850HXUK
Optical Drive
+
all peripherals
I am not sure what cooling paste/fan to get for the CPU. (not a fan of stock fans)
Would probably leave it at stock speeds but would like option to mildly OC in future.
Thanks for reading... hopefully I haven't embarrassed myself with what I am aiming for.