- Oct 15, 2014
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Hi everyone!
This rather long post is actually just a simple question: Do you see more upgrades I can make in 2014?!
First, I am a gamer that likes his games pretty
Everything maxed out as much as possible. I built this PC back in 2009 from scratch and made a few upgrades along the way, the last major one being the GPU in 2011 if I remember correctly. So here it is:
CASE: Cooler Master HAF 922 with 3x200mm blue LED fans and 1x120mm fans
Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D - LGA1156 with P55 Chipset... No USB 3.0, No SATA 3.0
CPU: Intel Core i5 750 Quad Core Processor Lynnfield LGA1156 2.66Ghz 8MB Cache OC @ 3.7Ghz
CPU cooling solution: Corsair H80 with 2x(can't remember the model) fans in push/pull
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Memory
Power supply: Seasonic 660W 80+Platinum fully modular
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Hawk OC 950MHZ 1GB GDDR5 DX11 PCI-E Video Card
SSD: Crucial M4 SSD Micron C400 64GB 2.5IN Solid State Disk Flash Drive SATA3 6Gbps
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB SATA2 7200RPM 8MB 3.5IN Hard Drive OEM
Soundcard: Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium FATAL1TY Champion PCI-E 1X 24BIT Sound Card 7.1 Optical
External HDD: Western Digital WD My Passport Essential SE 1TB USB ULTRA-PORTABLE USB 3.0
Screen: LG Flatron W2253V 22inch - Full HD Display 1920 x 1080p
Speakers: Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Speaker System 75W RMS
Keyboard: Logitech G11 (OLD and in bad shape... to be replaced soon maybe by a Razer one... haven't decided yet)
Mouse: Logitech MX500 (old but still in very good shape)
Mousepad: Razer Vespula
Now, the first obvious upgrades I will officially make are:
1) My case, I already ordered the HAF XM (for next gen features and the looks of it)
2) My GPU, I will most likely buy this one (if it can be available someday!):
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready G-SYNC Support Video Card - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125684&AID=10657534&PID=1886881&nm_mc=AFC-C8JunctionCA&cm_mmc=AFC-C8JunctionCA-_-na-_-na-_-na
3) A cheap USB 3.0 Card to plug my HAF XM's USB 3.0 front ports (I bought this one: Silverstone PCI Express Card with USB 3.0 Internal Connector Model SST-EC01-P)
Finally, next year, I plan to upgrade my CPU/Motherboard/RAM trio with the newest intel Skylake processor and DDR4 RAM!
So there you have it!
Comment as you wish, I just wanna know if there is anymore I can do this year (without going full on 4K 3D gaming! Not ready for that yet )
Thanks!
- Skyz91
This rather long post is actually just a simple question: Do you see more upgrades I can make in 2014?!
First, I am a gamer that likes his games pretty
Everything maxed out as much as possible. I built this PC back in 2009 from scratch and made a few upgrades along the way, the last major one being the GPU in 2011 if I remember correctly. So here it is:CASE: Cooler Master HAF 922 with 3x200mm blue LED fans and 1x120mm fans
Motherboard: ASUS P7P55D - LGA1156 with P55 Chipset... No USB 3.0, No SATA 3.0
CPU: Intel Core i5 750 Quad Core Processor Lynnfield LGA1156 2.66Ghz 8MB Cache OC @ 3.7Ghz
CPU cooling solution: Corsair H80 with 2x(can't remember the model) fans in push/pull
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X 8GB 2X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Memory
Power supply: Seasonic 660W 80+Platinum fully modular
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti Hawk OC 950MHZ 1GB GDDR5 DX11 PCI-E Video Card
SSD: Crucial M4 SSD Micron C400 64GB 2.5IN Solid State Disk Flash Drive SATA3 6Gbps
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB SATA2 7200RPM 8MB 3.5IN Hard Drive OEM
Soundcard: Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium FATAL1TY Champion PCI-E 1X 24BIT Sound Card 7.1 Optical
External HDD: Western Digital WD My Passport Essential SE 1TB USB ULTRA-PORTABLE USB 3.0
Screen: LG Flatron W2253V 22inch - Full HD Display 1920 x 1080p
Speakers: Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Speaker System 75W RMS
Keyboard: Logitech G11 (OLD and in bad shape... to be replaced soon maybe by a Razer one... haven't decided yet)
Mouse: Logitech MX500 (old but still in very good shape)
Mousepad: Razer Vespula
Now, the first obvious upgrades I will officially make are:
1) My case, I already ordered the HAF XM (for next gen features and the looks of it
)2) My GPU, I will most likely buy this one (if it can be available someday!):
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 970 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 HDCP Ready G-SYNC Support Video Card - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125684&AID=10657534&PID=1886881&nm_mc=AFC-C8JunctionCA&cm_mmc=AFC-C8JunctionCA-_-na-_-na-_-na
3) A cheap USB 3.0 Card to plug my HAF XM's USB 3.0 front ports (I bought this one: Silverstone PCI Express Card with USB 3.0 Internal Connector Model SST-EC01-P)
Finally, next year, I plan to upgrade my CPU/Motherboard/RAM trio with the newest intel Skylake processor and DDR4 RAM!
So there you have it!
Comment as you wish, I just wanna know if there is anymore I can do this year (without going full on 4K 3D gaming! Not ready for that yet ) Thanks!
- Skyz91
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