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System Name | Black Panther |
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Processor | i9 9900k |
Motherboard | Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO Wifi 1.0 |
Cooling | NZXT Kraken X72 360mm |
Memory | 2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4 3600Mhz |
Video Card(s) | Palit RTX2080 Ti Dual 11GB DDR6 |
Storage | Samsung EVO 970 500GB SSD M.2 & 2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200rpm |
Display(s) | 32'' Gigabyte G32QC 2560x1440 165Hz |
Case | NZXT H710i Black |
Audio Device(s) | Razer Electra V2 & Z5500 Speakers |
Power Supply | Seasonic Focus GX-850 Gold 80+ |
Mouse | Some Corsair lost the box forgot the model |
Keyboard | Motospeed |
Software | Windows 10 |
This winter I plan to upgrade my graphics card on desktop rig (see system specs 'blackpanther') and inevitably I got to upgrade the PSU as well.
Now I was thinking...
Rather then let my own 550W PSU and 8800GT rot on a shelf, I might use them to upgrade my daughter's pc.
She's got some 8 year old pre-built system....
An Athlon XP 1800+ (guess it's kinda equivalent to a Pentium 4 @ 1.53Ghz), 768MB DDR Ram (not DDR2), some 300W PSU and I had stuck my old 5500FX AGP inside it instead of the MX400 originally there.
Anyway, it's a pain watching her wait 10 minutes for Sims 3 to load, even though that game isn't even supposed to run according to the minimum requirements.
Anyway, I was thinking of building her a new system.
The parts which are to be included for sure are my 8800GT and 550W LC Power PSU.
Therefore I need to buy...
---- a pci-e mobo
---- RAM
---- Processor
And while we're at it... a case since she'd find it hard to believe she's got a new 'computer' inside the old case, and also if I keep the old pc I can always sell it for €200 to someone who wants it for internet/office...
What I needed advice about is the processor especially.
It must be cheap, decent for games like Sims 3, and preferably not bottleneck a BFG OC2 8800GT.
Thanks for any suggestions!
Now I was thinking...
Rather then let my own 550W PSU and 8800GT rot on a shelf, I might use them to upgrade my daughter's pc.
She's got some 8 year old pre-built system....
An Athlon XP 1800+ (guess it's kinda equivalent to a Pentium 4 @ 1.53Ghz), 768MB DDR Ram (not DDR2), some 300W PSU and I had stuck my old 5500FX AGP inside it instead of the MX400 originally there.
Anyway, it's a pain watching her wait 10 minutes for Sims 3 to load, even though that game isn't even supposed to run according to the minimum requirements.
Anyway, I was thinking of building her a new system.
The parts which are to be included for sure are my 8800GT and 550W LC Power PSU.
Therefore I need to buy...
---- a pci-e mobo
---- RAM
---- Processor
And while we're at it... a case since she'd find it hard to believe she's got a new 'computer' inside the old case, and also if I keep the old pc I can always sell it for €200 to someone who wants it for internet/office...
What I needed advice about is the processor especially.
It must be cheap, decent for games like Sims 3, and preferably not bottleneck a BFG OC2 8800GT.
Thanks for any suggestions!