Upgrade Advice

Sc1mitar · Jan 8, 2012

Currently running an OC'd Q6600 and a 4870 with some DDR2-800. I figure its had its 4 year run, time for an upgrade. Ive been out of the computer/gaming scene for the past couple years, and im not current on the latest and greatest hardware.

I need a bleeding-edge CPU, Mobo, ram, gfx card, possibly a SSD if its worth it for gaming performance. Budget 800-1000 dollars, but its flexible. Resolution 1920x1080. I was thinking an i7, 8GB DDR3, preferably an AMD gfx card. Any advice??

Cheers

Jetster · Jan 8, 2012

Ivy bridge is around the corner (New Intel) But I just did an upgrade so check out my specs. The i7 only has Hyper Threading over the i5 so no real benefit for gaming. As I opted for the i5 2500K. And the AMD 7970 would be your bleeding edge

phobias23 · Jan 8, 2012

wait til amd new brand hd7970 comes out, cuz half of your budget will go there right now if you choose a gtx580,
if youre planning just a gaming rig go i5 2500k $220
, save for a ssd.
mobo asrock z68 extreme4 gen 3, lot of people here have it and recommend this board. $185
8gb gskill $40/$50
want to go OC, grab a corsair likuid cooler,h60,h80,h100.
cheap cooler CM 212 hyper evo, you can add an extra fan later.. $30/35
luck on your build.

System Name	LANBOX
Processor	Core2Quad Q6600 G0 + Zalman CNPS7500 Blue LED
Motherboard	Asus P5K-VM mATX
Cooling	2x 120mm, 2x80mm Coolermaster Blue LED
Memory	4GB OCZ DDR2-800 Platinum
Video Card(s)	VisionTek HD4870 512mb GDDR5
Storage	Maxtor 500GB+1TB Samsung External
Display(s)	Acer x223w
Case	Cooler Master Centurion 540 mATX
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer
Power Supply	Ultra Modular 600W

System Name	Juliette // HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// GTX 1650
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	Cooler Master MM710 53G
Keyboard	Logitech 920-009300 G512 SE
Software	Windows 10 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Phobias23
Processor	Core i5 2500K
Motherboard	Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z/GEN3
Cooling	CM 212 EVO
Memory	G.SKILL SNIPER 8GB/1866
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 570 TwinFrozr III OC/PE
Storage	WD250gb/Hitachi1TB/Samsung750gb
Display(s)	Asus 23 led
Case	Corsair Carbide 500R white
Power Supply	Corsair TX850
Software	w7x64

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