I am finally making the upgrade from my Socket 775 LGA Core2 Duo E6850/4 gig DDR2 525 based EVGA-NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI MCP system to a:
gen 4 Haswell i5 4670k/8 gig DDR3 1866 based MSI Z87-GD65 system.
Going to reuse my 256 gig Velocaraptor for OS/games and old samsung 500 gig HDDs until I can save up for a nice mSATA and some other SSDs!
But my real concern is my PSU vs. my future upgrades.
Not only is it an 'on-top' case (Thermaltake Xaser VI), but its a *gulp* BFG 1000 watt!
While I plan to run the 8800 GTXs SLI until I save up for the GTX 760, I was wondering if I should look for a new PSU and/or case before moving on the card upgrade or let the fact that it's run fine on my old build for three years now (after my first 1000 watt burned after 3 years) speak for it's continued use?
Not that it should matter, but I have plenty of space in the case, and am switching from Air-Cooled Thermaltake V1 CPU Heat-sync to an Corsair H60. So hopefully heat won't be a concern.
Thanks for any ideas involving this transition! It's been since January '08. Time to upgrade, and do it right!
gen 4 Haswell i5 4670k/8 gig DDR3 1866 based MSI Z87-GD65 system.
Going to reuse my 256 gig Velocaraptor for OS/games and old samsung 500 gig HDDs until I can save up for a nice mSATA and some other SSDs!
But my real concern is my PSU vs. my future upgrades.
Not only is it an 'on-top' case (Thermaltake Xaser VI), but its a *gulp* BFG 1000 watt!
While I plan to run the 8800 GTXs SLI until I save up for the GTX 760, I was wondering if I should look for a new PSU and/or case before moving on the card upgrade or let the fact that it's run fine on my old build for three years now (after my first 1000 watt burned after 3 years) speak for it's continued use?
Not that it should matter, but I have plenty of space in the case, and am switching from Air-Cooled Thermaltake V1 CPU Heat-sync to an Corsair H60. So hopefully heat won't be a concern.
Thanks for any ideas involving this transition! It's been since January '08. Time to upgrade, and do it right!
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