- Mar 11, 2011
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First off, many thanks in advance!
Tom's was my go to forum for help when I first built my gaming PC, and has yet to steer me wrong.
I am looking to upgrade/rebuild my gaming rig.
I've had issues with my graphics card recently (fan is giving up on me) and given that the Christmas game season is fast approaching I wanted to treat myself.
It's also been about 3 years since my last upgrade, so I'm happy to spend what I need to and sell on what I can.
I do have some existing parts I think should carry over without too much problem, however please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Approximate Purchase Date: Before Feb 2015
Budget Range: £1000-1250 (around $2000) with a possible max of £1500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Game Development (Unity, UE4), Streaming, Watching Movies
Are you buying a monitor: No unless otherwise recommended (see part list below)
Parts to Upgrade: CPU, Mobo, RAM, GPU (as a minimum, I assume)
Do you need to buy OS: No will use current Windows 7 64bit key
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: http://www.scan.co.uk/ http://www.novatech.co.uk/ http://www.cclonline.com/ and http://amazon.co.uk
Location: Leeds, UK
Parts Preferences: Intel, NVidia
Overclocking: No - Experimented in the past and not for me
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe - Same as above
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 currently
Additional Comments: I will be aiming to play Dragon Age Inquisition and Witcher 3 on as high performance as is feasible.
Why Are You Upgrading: Current Graphics card has reached it's end, system has struggled with old games it used to run happily and despite formats and memory changes I've not had any real luck.
Existing Parts
Motherboard: Assus Sabertooth X58
GPU: MSI GTX 580
CPU: Intel i7 950
RAM: (Corsair XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 SDRAM Memory ) x2 ---> 12Gb of Ram
PSU: XFX 850W
Case: Silverstone Fortress FT02B-W
Heatsink: Thermaltake Frio CLP0564 CPU Cooler
Soundcard: ASUS Xonar
Wls Network Cd: TP-Link TL-WN781ND
Monitor: BenQ G2420HD
SSD: OCZ VERTEX 80Gb
HD: 1TB Samsung HD103SJ SATA F3
Parts I Intend To Carry Over:
PSU: XFX 850W
Case: Silverstone Fortress FT02B-W
Heatsink: Thermaltake Frio CLP0564 CPU Cooler
Soundcard: ASUS Xonar
Wls Network Cd: TP-Link TL-WN781ND (possibly worth changing?)
Monitor: BenQ G2420HD
SSD: OCZ VERTEX 80Gb
HD: 1TB Samsung HD103SJ SATA F3
New Parts I Like The Look Of:
GPU: EVGA 04G-2982-KR GeForce GTX 980
Additional Parts I'd Be Open To Getting:
New/Extra SSD
Extra HD
New PSU (if required)
New Wireless Network Card
New (Or 2nd) Monitor
Having only built this rig a few years back I'm still fairly new to the build your own PC game, so any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Much love in advance.
P.S. If people include suggestions on where to sell parts on beyond e-bay or gumtree I would be eternally grateful!
Tom's was my go to forum for help when I first built my gaming PC, and has yet to steer me wrong.
I am looking to upgrade/rebuild my gaming rig.
I've had issues with my graphics card recently (fan is giving up on me) and given that the Christmas game season is fast approaching I wanted to treat myself.
It's also been about 3 years since my last upgrade, so I'm happy to spend what I need to and sell on what I can.
I do have some existing parts I think should carry over without too much problem, however please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Approximate Purchase Date: Before Feb 2015
Budget Range: £1000-1250 (around $2000) with a possible max of £1500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Game Development (Unity, UE4), Streaming, Watching Movies
Are you buying a monitor: No unless otherwise recommended (see part list below)
Parts to Upgrade: CPU, Mobo, RAM, GPU (as a minimum, I assume)
Do you need to buy OS: No will use current Windows 7 64bit key
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: http://www.scan.co.uk/ http://www.novatech.co.uk/ http://www.cclonline.com/ and http://amazon.co.uk
Location: Leeds, UK
Parts Preferences: Intel, NVidia
Overclocking: No - Experimented in the past and not for me
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe - Same as above
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 currently
Additional Comments: I will be aiming to play Dragon Age Inquisition and Witcher 3 on as high performance as is feasible.
Why Are You Upgrading: Current Graphics card has reached it's end, system has struggled with old games it used to run happily and despite formats and memory changes I've not had any real luck.
Existing Parts
Motherboard: Assus Sabertooth X58
GPU: MSI GTX 580
CPU: Intel i7 950
RAM: (Corsair XMS3 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 SDRAM Memory ) x2 ---> 12Gb of Ram
PSU: XFX 850W
Case: Silverstone Fortress FT02B-W
Heatsink: Thermaltake Frio CLP0564 CPU Cooler
Soundcard: ASUS Xonar
Wls Network Cd: TP-Link TL-WN781ND
Monitor: BenQ G2420HD
SSD: OCZ VERTEX 80Gb
HD: 1TB Samsung HD103SJ SATA F3
Parts I Intend To Carry Over:
PSU: XFX 850W
Case: Silverstone Fortress FT02B-W
Heatsink: Thermaltake Frio CLP0564 CPU Cooler
Soundcard: ASUS Xonar
Wls Network Cd: TP-Link TL-WN781ND (possibly worth changing?)
Monitor: BenQ G2420HD
SSD: OCZ VERTEX 80Gb
HD: 1TB Samsung HD103SJ SATA F3
New Parts I Like The Look Of:
GPU: EVGA 04G-2982-KR GeForce GTX 980
Additional Parts I'd Be Open To Getting:
New/Extra SSD
Extra HD
New PSU (if required)
New Wireless Network Card
New (Or 2nd) Monitor
Having only built this rig a few years back I'm still fairly new to the build your own PC game, so any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Much love in advance.
P.S. If people include suggestions on where to sell parts on beyond e-bay or gumtree I would be eternally grateful!
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