Hi everyone,
Quick background: I bought two of these near the end of last year.
They both arived with thermal paste in the sockets, and some nasty cheap PSU and memory
. I'm going through a tribunal to return them since the vendor will not agree to it, they want to 'fix every small problem'. All going well, I will be ready to purchase again in about 2 weeks. (I know; 'buy cheap, buy twice').
Approximate Purchase Date: 21 May 2013
Budget Range: up to $1250 for each PC, but can go a little more if it will make a decent difference.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (SWTOR), music editing, surfing web, email...
Are you buying a monitor: unsure, currently using Grundig 23.5" (1920 x 1080) LCD TV as monitor for one, and Philips 22" (1680 x 1050) for the other. Is there a reasonably priced monitor that would give a better experience? if so I'm open to it, and it would have additional budget over and above the PCs.
Parts to Upgrade: All
Do you need to buy OS: No, I have Win 7 64 bit.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php
(we live in the middle of nowhere, they have a shop within distance for overnight delivery)
Location: Deniliquin, NSW, Australia.
We do have a couple of PC shops here, but parts are generally more expensive due to the location, and I don't believe they have any online shop. I will check prices with them on any suggested build parts before I order.
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, NVIDIA GPU (The VTX HD 6970's would not run Heaven without the driver crashing, so back to NVIDIA?)
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Not planning on it, I understand one good card is better than two crappy ones.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080, 1680x1050
Additional Comments: I would like a quiet PC that doesn't use excessive power.
Would like to be able to play SWTOR (or similar) on high settings for a few years.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Old PC wont run SWTOR on high settings, and even then, FPS is very low.
Thank you in advance for any assistance.
Quick background: I bought two of these near the end of last year.
They both arived with thermal paste in the sockets, and some nasty cheap PSU and memory
. I'm going through a tribunal to return them since the vendor will not agree to it, they want to 'fix every small problem'. All going well, I will be ready to purchase again in about 2 weeks. (I know; 'buy cheap, buy twice').Approximate Purchase Date: 21 May 2013
Budget Range: up to $1250 for each PC, but can go a little more if it will make a decent difference.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (SWTOR), music editing, surfing web, email...
Are you buying a monitor: unsure, currently using Grundig 23.5" (1920 x 1080) LCD TV as monitor for one, and Philips 22" (1680 x 1050) for the other. Is there a reasonably priced monitor that would give a better experience? if so I'm open to it, and it would have additional budget over and above the PCs.
Parts to Upgrade: All
Do you need to buy OS: No, I have Win 7 64 bit.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php
(we live in the middle of nowhere, they have a shop within distance for overnight delivery)
Location: Deniliquin, NSW, Australia.
We do have a couple of PC shops here, but parts are generally more expensive due to the location, and I don't believe they have any online shop. I will check prices with them on any suggested build parts before I order.
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, NVIDIA GPU (The VTX HD 6970's would not run Heaven without the driver crashing, so back to NVIDIA?)
Overclocking: Yes
SLI or Crossfire: Not planning on it, I understand one good card is better than two crappy ones.
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080, 1680x1050
Additional Comments: I would like a quiet PC that doesn't use excessive power.
Would like to be able to play SWTOR (or similar) on high settings for a few years.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Old PC wont run SWTOR on high settings, and even then, FPS is very low.
Thank you in advance for any assistance.
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