- Jul 1, 2013
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So about this time in 2011 I came to this community to help me build a brand new gaming rig. I'm looking to upgrade the computer I have already. Please see below for the parts I purchased, what I'm looking to upgrade and why. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
My Current Rig:
Motherboard: 1 x ASRock P67 EXTREME4 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB)
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K
GPU: 1 x HIS H697F2G2M Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5
Hard Drive: Hitachi GST Deskstar 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA
Case: COOLER MASTER Storm Enforcer
PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX850 850W
What I'm looking to Upgrade:
CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K
GPU: SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF XM mid-tower
Rationale:
I'm looking to upgrade the cpu just for raw processing power. I could do an "upgrade" from sandy bridge to ive bridge i5 but this time around I am using this computer for both gaming and video editing/graphic design via adobe cloud membership and I believe the hyper-threading will help me out in this area. From my research the Ivy Bridge uses the same socket as the sandy bridge so this would be an easy upgrade without having to upgrade the motherboard and RAM.
The fans on the case i have now are becoming very noisy and I'm finding, even with additional fans, that the airflow on my case is pretty crappy. Not really an upgrade more like a side grade but a change of face would be nice.
The GPU is what started this mini upgrade frenzy. I have been having issues with the 6970 since about a month after I purchased it. I found that, under load with a custom fan profile, it requires the gpu fan to run very high to keep the gpu at around 70C. Why keep it at 70C? because anything over that causes the computer to freeze to a striped screen usually accompanied by whatever the last sound being played repeating. I'm hoping that it is a gpu issue and upgrading to a new card will fix this issue.
Again, thanks in advance for any help.
My Current Rig:
Motherboard: 1 x ASRock P67 EXTREME4 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Ram: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB)
CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K
GPU: 1 x HIS H697F2G2M Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5
Hard Drive: Hitachi GST Deskstar 1.5TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA
Case: COOLER MASTER Storm Enforcer
PSU: CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX850 850W
What I'm looking to Upgrade:
CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K
GPU: SAPPHIRE Vapor-X Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition 3GB
Case: COOLER MASTER HAF XM mid-tower
Rationale:
I'm looking to upgrade the cpu just for raw processing power. I could do an "upgrade" from sandy bridge to ive bridge i5 but this time around I am using this computer for both gaming and video editing/graphic design via adobe cloud membership and I believe the hyper-threading will help me out in this area. From my research the Ivy Bridge uses the same socket as the sandy bridge so this would be an easy upgrade without having to upgrade the motherboard and RAM.
The fans on the case i have now are becoming very noisy and I'm finding, even with additional fans, that the airflow on my case is pretty crappy. Not really an upgrade more like a side grade but a change of face would be nice.
The GPU is what started this mini upgrade frenzy. I have been having issues with the 6970 since about a month after I purchased it. I found that, under load with a custom fan profile, it requires the gpu fan to run very high to keep the gpu at around 70C. Why keep it at 70C? because anything over that causes the computer to freeze to a striped screen usually accompanied by whatever the last sound being played repeating. I'm hoping that it is a gpu issue and upgrading to a new card will fix this issue.
Again, thanks in advance for any help.
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