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My first upgrade. Too much? Too little? Too wrong?

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March 16, 2014 4:23:15 PM

Hi. :) 

I plan to upgrade my pc, to restore some of its glory from the early days.
Im not the big gamer, but i like to have the option. :) 
Also my system is used a little for Autocad and other editing, wich is why i want to stay on the i7.
Current system specs:

MB: Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (USB3.0)
CPU: Intel Core 7-950 4x3.06GHz LGA1366
Ram: 6 x 2gb DDR3 SDRAM PC3-10600 (kingston)
GFX: Nvidia GF GTX 580 1536MB DDR5 
HDD1 : Intel X25-M 120GB
HDD2 : WD10EALX 1TB
PSU: Seasonic 750Watt 80+ Silver (http://www.seasonic.com.tw/pdf/datasheet/NEW/Bulk/PC/AT...)
Case: Unicorn Black* (http://www.avadirect.com/product_details_parts.asp?PRID...)

Things I think needs upgrading:

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3b49R
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3b49R/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3b49R/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard
Memory: Kingston Beast 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-2400 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk



I have never done any OC before, but i think i will give it a chance on the new system. In that case im unsure about the cooling. Air cooling seems to little, and liquid cooling seems to much.

I think I will keep my GTx580 for now. A descent upgrade seems pricy.

Let me know what you think. Suggestions har recieved with open arms.

Greetings from Denmark.



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March 16, 2014 4:37:06 PM

As far as I know, AMD is better for Autocad and other video-rendering software, simply because their CPU's have more cores. I don't know how individual AMD CPU's compare directly to that one, but reading this article (http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1906770/amd-intel-...) seemed to incline that an AMD FX 8350 will handle it very well. It also saves you $200, which you can use to upgrade that GPU of yours, which will very soon become a bottleneck in many newer games, decreasing performance. Hope it helps!
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March 16, 2014 4:45:41 PM

^ what he said with the GPU.
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