Approximate Purchase Date: This week
Budget Range: 400-700
System Usage from most to Least Important: Gaming, Work (excel/access/tableau workbooks)
Are you buying a monitor: Not immediately. Have two 1080p monitors but may consider getting a 4k monitor in a couple months
On the way:
Do you need to buy OS: Assuming that since I want to switch the OS to an SSD I need to.
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Not in the immediate future
Monitor Resolutions: 1080p (x2)
Why are you upgrading: My GPU got damaged when shipping.
Budget Range: 400-700
System Usage from most to Least Important: Gaming, Work (excel/access/tableau workbooks)
Are you buying a monitor: Not immediately. Have two 1080p monitors but may consider getting a 4k monitor in a couple months
On the way:
■ GPU: My old one got hurt when shipping it cross country for my new job, but my brother is a champ and got me a https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171049 It's overkill for my monitors but hence why I'm considering a 4k monitor in a couple months.
■ CPU (presumably): Don't know exactly what I had in my last build because my ex girlfriends dad worked for Western Digital and got me a free processor when he was meeting with counterparts from AMD. I believe it was this though http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/K10/AMD-Phenom%20II%20X6%201090T%20Black%20Edition%20-%20HDT90ZFBK6DGR%20(HDT90ZFBGRBOX).html
Assuming that I might want to upgrade from that to maximize the GPU en route but will happily be told I'm wrong.
■ Motherboard (presumably): Old one is https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130274. Don't mind switching over to intel, and for hyperthreading I feel like I probably should, but it's been years since I've done any kind of research relating to hardware so I'm here to learn as much as anything.
■ SSD: Looking to invest in one since in my last build I only had an HDD (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAAEE46T6117&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleMKP-PC-_-pla-_-Hard+Drives-_-9SIAAEE46T6117&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI16-j8ImU1QIVjXt-Ch0IYQD0EAQYASABEgLWdvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds again courtesy of the ex girlfriends dad)
■ RAM: This might be an absolutely stupid question but again I'm here to learn: Does the quality of ram change depending on when it was purchased? AKA does 12gb of ram from 6 years ago perform the same as 12gb of ram sold today? Old ram was https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231358
■ PSU: I'm assuming my old 1000W PSU will do just fine but, again, it's been ages since I've looked anything up. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171049
Do you need to buy OS: Assuming that since I want to switch the OS to an SSD I need to.
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Not in the immediate future
Monitor Resolutions: 1080p (x2)
Why are you upgrading: My GPU got damaged when shipping.
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