So I received my parts for my upgrade to my PC:
Old PC Specs:
AMD 9950 Black Edition 2.6GHz Quad-Core (using stock fan for cooling)
8GB Patriot Gaming Memory
Gigabyte Nvidia GTX 560Ti
Western Digital 500GB Hard Drive 7200RPM (not a very good drive - Wal-Mart buy)
Biostar TF8200 Mobo (sub-standard mobo - but did what I needed it to do)
Xion Blue Steel Case (old crappy case with only 3 120mm fans)
Corsair 750W Power Supply
New Specs:
Intel Core i5 3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (Turbo Boost 3.8GHz)
8GB G. Skill Ripjaw Memory (I have never needed more than 8GB - beyond that is overkill IMO)
Keeping the 560Ti graphics card as previously mentioned
Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Intel
Intel BOXDP67BGB3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Azza Solano 1000R Case
Corsair H80i All-In-One Water Cooling Kit
Keeping the Corsair 750W Power Supply
This will be my first machine to try and overclock. I am not interested in "skyrocketing" the speed to like 5GHz...I am only interested in reaching low-to-mid 4GHz range. Is this easily achievable with this setup? Concerns on cooling? Concerns on power? This project I know will be a blast as I am basically building a brand new machine. Any input of personal experience would be helpful. Thanks in advance!
Old PC Specs:
AMD 9950 Black Edition 2.6GHz Quad-Core (using stock fan for cooling)
8GB Patriot Gaming Memory
Gigabyte Nvidia GTX 560Ti
Western Digital 500GB Hard Drive 7200RPM (not a very good drive - Wal-Mart buy)
Biostar TF8200 Mobo (sub-standard mobo - but did what I needed it to do)
Xion Blue Steel Case (old crappy case with only 3 120mm fans)
Corsair 750W Power Supply
New Specs:
Intel Core i5 3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (Turbo Boost 3.8GHz)
8GB G. Skill Ripjaw Memory (I have never needed more than 8GB - beyond that is overkill IMO)
Keeping the 560Ti graphics card as previously mentioned
Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Intel
Intel BOXDP67BGB3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Azza Solano 1000R Case
Corsair H80i All-In-One Water Cooling Kit
Keeping the Corsair 750W Power Supply
This will be my first machine to try and overclock. I am not interested in "skyrocketing" the speed to like 5GHz...I am only interested in reaching low-to-mid 4GHz range. Is this easily achievable with this setup? Concerns on cooling? Concerns on power? This project I know will be a blast as I am basically building a brand new machine. Any input of personal experience would be helpful. Thanks in advance!
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