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System Name | Main / Home Media Serever |
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Processor | Intel i5 2500k @ 4.75ghz / AMD AM3 5200+ x2 |
Motherboard | ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Performance / Biostar 790GX |
Cooling | Xigmatek Dark Knight / XIGMATEK Apache |
Memory | 12gb of G.Skill Value Series DDR3 / 4x 1gb DDR2 |
Video Card(s) | XFX Radeon 6870 1gb / Asus Radeon 5450 512mb |
Storage | 2x Samsung 830 64gb SSD Raid 0 & 750gb WD Blue HDD / OCZ Vertex II 80GB & 10TB of HDD Space |
Display(s) | 2x Acer 24" LED / Samsung 50" LED |
Case | Xigmatek Asgard II / APEX PC-389-C |
Power Supply | Rosewill 750w / Antec EArthwatts 380w |
Software | Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 / Ubuntu 14.04 |
So basically I just got a raise at work and I worked a bunch of over time the last week and a half so I might be interested in getting a sweet sandy bridge set up but not sure if its worth it.
Right now I have 12gb of dd3 1333 ram which I plan on keeping and using with my build. Also I have msi 870-g45 motherboard that I just sent in for rma. The rest of my system is also listed in the specs. I just won a 1035t x6 thuban on ebay for $100 shipped but havent paid for it yet cause I am flat broke till payday and when financial aid goes through.
So anyways what I was thinking was instead buy a i2500k and a lower end motherboard to go with it. Spending a little over $300 and selling my motherboard when it returns from RMA. I would also just not pay for the 1035t and take the non payment strike (no big deal).
Here is what I was thinking about getting:
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Tu...
Motherboard: BIOSTAR TZ68A+ LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s ...
Also get this so I can use my xigmatek dark knight: XIGMATEK ACK-I5363 Intel Core i7/Core i5 1155 comp...
So what do you guys think? Should I fork out a little more get a motherboard that supports 8x/8x crossfire instead of 16x/4x and get a second 6870 and a beefier psu down the road?
Right now I have 12gb of dd3 1333 ram which I plan on keeping and using with my build. Also I have msi 870-g45 motherboard that I just sent in for rma. The rest of my system is also listed in the specs. I just won a 1035t x6 thuban on ebay for $100 shipped but havent paid for it yet cause I am flat broke till payday and when financial aid goes through.
So anyways what I was thinking was instead buy a i2500k and a lower end motherboard to go with it. Spending a little over $300 and selling my motherboard when it returns from RMA. I would also just not pay for the 1035t and take the non payment strike (no big deal).
Here is what I was thinking about getting:
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Tu...
Motherboard: BIOSTAR TZ68A+ LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s ...
Also get this so I can use my xigmatek dark knight: XIGMATEK ACK-I5363 Intel Core i7/Core i5 1155 comp...
So what do you guys think? Should I fork out a little more get a motherboard that supports 8x/8x crossfire instead of 16x/4x and get a second 6870 and a beefier psu down the road?