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Chuckk3723

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Hi all,

First post and after some advice on some new components.

My son has kindly passed on his i7-920 CPU and Asus ENGTX295 video card to replace my aging CPU and GTX260.

I was therefore seeking advice on a good motherboard, RAM (both brand and amount ie 4GB/8GB etc), HSF and SSD that would enable me to use these 'new' parts. I use the computer to mainly surf and play games like Mass Effect 3, Far Cry 3 and Bioshock Infinite. The more eye candy the better.

I won't be overclocking any of the components.

My current system is as follows:
CPU - Core2 Duo E6750 (being replaced with the free i7-920), stock speed and cooling.
Motherboard - Gigabyte P35C-DS3R
Graphics - GTX260 (being replaced with free GTX295).
Monitor - Dell 2408WFP LCD
RAM - 4GB Team Extreem Dark DDRII 1066 (2 x 2GB sticks)
Audio - Onboard Realtek HD audio
PSU - Silverstone SST-ST75ZF 750W
Drives - Samsung HD501LJ, Seagate ST3250823AS, Western Digital WD15EADS
OS - Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit, including latest updates.

I would like the recommended SSD to be big enough to contain the OS and around half a dozen games. All my usual stuff like photos, documents and associated programs would be run on the normal drives.

I would be very grateful for any advice provided.
 
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Someone Somewhere

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LGA1366 is starting to go out of fashion/obsolete. I could only find two boards, and this is the cheapest: http://us.ncix.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=55266&vpn=131%2DGT%2DE767%2DTR&manufacture=eVGA It'll be fine - nice board.

This for RAM if 6GB is fine: http://us.ncix.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=58954&vpn=CMZ6GX3M3A1600C9&manufacture=Corsair
Or 12GB: http://us.ncix.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=52621&vpn=998776&manufacture=Mushkin%20Enhanced
The LGA1366 chips had a triple-channel memory controller, so come in sets of three. I'd normally recommend 8GB for a gaming build, and 6GB should be fine, but it's up to you.

One of these is pretty good if you aren't OCing: http://us.ncix.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=64385&vpn=RR%2D212E%2D20PK%2DR2&manufacture=COOLERMASTER&promoid=1371

This is a pretty sweet deal for a 256GB SSD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147164&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

Or try to convince your son to give you his mobo/ram/cooler, as he likely won't have any use for them without a CPU.
 
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Chuckk3723

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Hi Someone Somewhere,

Many thanks for your response. Having been out of the PC building game for the last 5 years or so I'm finding it very difficult to get back into it....I thought the i7 chip was the 'monkey's nuts' so to speak, only to find out that I'm on the trailing edge of technology rather than the leading edge!:ouch:

I'm in two minds as to what to do now, given that I'll have to change my MB, RAM and other bits and pieces. I'm now thinking that I should give it all I can afford and hope it lasts me for a few years. By that stage I'll probably be a decrepit soul sitting in a chair in an old person's home drooling into my porridge.:pt1cable:

Again, thanks for your help - I've got some thinking to do as well as some convincing of the wife.
 
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Someone Somewhere

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Yeah, it's still an pretty good chip, but it's now at least a generation obsolete, and the enthusiast platforms (e.g. LGA1366/LGA2011 (its successor)) are less common, as the standard platforms is enough for almost everybody.

The i7s are still the best, just wrong i7 :)

Given your son no longer has the CPU, what's he doing with the motherboard? It's useless without a CPU.
 
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