Hi, I'm moving out of the US soon, and planning to buy components to build a new PC, possibly reusing some old parts. Here's what I'm looking at so far:
Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next week or so
Budget Range: ~$800, but less is better
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming and a bit of basic coding
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: (see below)
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com, microcenter.com, amazon.com
Location: Currently Boston, MA, USA; moving to Vietnam
Parts Preferences: n/a
Overclocking: Maybe, but only some minor OC
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: Vietnam is a hot country, so cooling is important; quiet is preferable.
Why Are You Upgrading: Upgrading my 5-year-old PC, squeezing maximum gaming performance.
To save money, I plan to reuse my 5-year-old PSU (which has been working perfectly on my old set-up):
Case, optical drive, monitor, keyboard/mouse I will get abroad, although I plan to use a 1080p 24-inch screen for gaming, and a possible smaller second screen. I don't plan to do Crossfire, and plan to do minimal overclocking for the CPU (maybe up to 4.0-4.2GHz or so).
Will I have any issues with this set-up? I think the H60 cooler fits the motherboard and Haswell CPU, even though the newegg page hasn't updated its socket compatibility specs. My main concerns are compatibility between my old PSU with the newer components - does anyone see a possible problem? Also, I've never used an HIS graphics card, so I'm worried about durability since I won't be in the US to claim replacements, etc.
Any comments or concerns are very welcome!
Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next week or so
Budget Range: ~$800, but less is better
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming and a bit of basic coding
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: (see below)
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com, microcenter.com, amazon.com
Location: Currently Boston, MA, USA; moving to Vietnam
Parts Preferences: n/a
Overclocking: Maybe, but only some minor OC
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: Vietnam is a hot country, so cooling is important; quiet is preferable.
Why Are You Upgrading: Upgrading my 5-year-old PC, squeezing maximum gaming performance.
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate Socket LGA 1150 ATX Intel Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core i5 4670K 3.4GHz Socket LGA 1150 - Haswell (mobo + CPU combo: $255)
Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler ($60)
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-12800CL9D-8GBXL ($61)
SSD: Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive ($90)
VGA: HIS H785F2G2M Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 ($140)
To save money, I plan to reuse my 5-year-old PSU (which has been working perfectly on my old set-up):
Case, optical drive, monitor, keyboard/mouse I will get abroad, although I plan to use a 1080p 24-inch screen for gaming, and a possible smaller second screen. I don't plan to do Crossfire, and plan to do minimal overclocking for the CPU (maybe up to 4.0-4.2GHz or so).
Will I have any issues with this set-up? I think the H60 cooler fits the motherboard and Haswell CPU, even though the newegg page hasn't updated its socket compatibility specs. My main concerns are compatibility between my old PSU with the newer components - does anyone see a possible problem? Also, I've never used an HIS graphics card, so I'm worried about durability since I won't be in the US to claim replacements, etc.
Any comments or concerns are very welcome!
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