My 6-7 years old computer is running on:
ASROCK 939n something SATA2
Lian Li tower case
dual core 2 GHz
2 GB RAM DDR1.
Raid 0 with 2 HDD 500 GB total.
GT 240 1 GB
Enermax 475 watt.
The newest component is the GPU (1-2 years old) while the rest are half a decade old.
The thing is this:
I want to get a new mobo and CPU for about $600-700, but I didn't really follow hardware news that much anymore:
Here are my criteria:
Low power consumption:
With my old system running 100% on both CPU and GPU, I see it only uses about 130 watts. And that's impressive. In fact, I am satisfied with ~30 fps or so on Starcraft 2 with everything on ultra setting. That's more than sufficient for me.
Stability:
My old system never went above 50 c even when running at 100% for hours. For the new CPU, I would not really need higher-end CPU. In fact, an i5 is enough for me. ( I am also fine with AMD side ) A 3 cores (6 virtual cores) CPU is fine too. Adding a non-default sink would be a plus.
Medium gaming capability:
Given 2 above criteria, I only expect that I can run modern games on medium setting with 30 fps or so. I'm not that serious really about going all ultra in games. GT 240 is sufficed for me.
Summary:
Budget: $600-700
Mandatory:
New CPU.
New motherboard.
New RAM DDR3 4 GB.
Optional:
Add RAM to 8 GB.
Non-default sink for CPU.
New PSU.
So can somebody throw some suggestion around these lines?
ASROCK 939n something SATA2
Lian Li tower case
dual core 2 GHz
2 GB RAM DDR1.
Raid 0 with 2 HDD 500 GB total.
GT 240 1 GB
Enermax 475 watt.
The newest component is the GPU (1-2 years old) while the rest are half a decade old.
The thing is this:
I want to get a new mobo and CPU for about $600-700, but I didn't really follow hardware news that much anymore:
Here are my criteria:
Low power consumption:
With my old system running 100% on both CPU and GPU, I see it only uses about 130 watts. And that's impressive. In fact, I am satisfied with ~30 fps or so on Starcraft 2 with everything on ultra setting. That's more than sufficient for me.
Stability:
My old system never went above 50 c even when running at 100% for hours. For the new CPU, I would not really need higher-end CPU. In fact, an i5 is enough for me. ( I am also fine with AMD side ) A 3 cores (6 virtual cores) CPU is fine too. Adding a non-default sink would be a plus.
Medium gaming capability:
Given 2 above criteria, I only expect that I can run modern games on medium setting with 30 fps or so. I'm not that serious really about going all ultra in games. GT 240 is sufficed for me.
Summary:
Budget: $600-700
Mandatory:
New CPU.
New motherboard.
New RAM DDR3 4 GB.
Optional:
Add RAM to 8 GB.
Non-default sink for CPU.
New PSU.
So can somebody throw some suggestion around these lines?