- May 28, 2013
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Having just watched #1 son build a fairly quick Core i5 gaming rig, the time has come to replace the trusty old XPS-430 (Core2 Quad Q8200@2.33GHz & an ATI HD4600 with 1912MB....) for something new and shiny.
Now (and to the Gates' quote) this was more than capable 4 years ago but is now completely un-upgradeable so I'm looking for you guys / gals to get your crystal balls out.
It seems the Haswell / Xeon / Ivy Bridge chips are about reaching parity price wise and, if that seems a bit Intel centric - I have no idea what AMD are doing at the moment.
I'm not a prolific Gamer but do (home - not those sorts of
) video editing, Powerpoint - with Roxio Creator running in the background.
OK, who's still reading this diatribe?
The exam question is what is my best option for a new build (i.e. something I can drop a new engine in 2 / 3 years time)
pcspecialist (in the UK) has given me some ideas around the £8 - 900 level such as:
i7-4770, ASUS Z87, 2 Gig GTX650
E3-1220V2, ASUS P8Z77, 2 Gig GTX650
AMD FX-4130, ASUS M5A97, 2 gig Firepro V5900
All with 8 Gig RAM
And 1TB SEAGATE Hybrid Gen3 SSHD (Comments invited?)
So, if you had an £800 budget, what would you build?
TY
PS - I can salvage 4 things from the XPS ... Monitor, Mouse, Keyboard and a 32Gb SanDisk Ready Cache.
Now (and to the Gates' quote) this was more than capable 4 years ago but is now completely un-upgradeable so I'm looking for you guys / gals to get your crystal balls out.
It seems the Haswell / Xeon / Ivy Bridge chips are about reaching parity price wise and, if that seems a bit Intel centric - I have no idea what AMD are doing at the moment.
I'm not a prolific Gamer but do (home - not those sorts of
) video editing, Powerpoint - with Roxio Creator running in the background.OK, who's still reading this diatribe?
The exam question is what is my best option for a new build (i.e. something I can drop a new engine in 2 / 3 years time)
pcspecialist (in the UK) has given me some ideas around the £8 - 900 level such as:
i7-4770, ASUS Z87, 2 Gig GTX650
E3-1220V2, ASUS P8Z77, 2 Gig GTX650
AMD FX-4130, ASUS M5A97, 2 gig Firepro V5900
All with 8 Gig RAM
And 1TB SEAGATE Hybrid Gen3 SSHD (Comments invited?)
So, if you had an £800 budget, what would you build?
TY
PS - I can salvage 4 things from the XPS ... Monitor, Mouse, Keyboard and a 32Gb SanDisk Ready Cache.
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