Ok here goes...
I've got a nearly 4yr old homebuilt system that is finally hitting the wall with DX11 games and requirements.
I'm looking at updating my current system, unless costs favor building new completely.
Approximate Purchase Date: 1- 4 weeks
Budget Range: 600-800 Before Rebates (depends on which way I go obviously)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, surfing the internet, home office productivity, watching movies
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com, amazon.com, or other reputable website(s)
Country of Origin: US
Parts Preferences: by brand or type: I know AMD and it's what I currently have but if a new build is cheaper I'm open
Overclocking: Maybe, I've never really needed to but it's a nice to have
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe, I currently have SLI and it's let me stretch out my current build until now... if I can get better performance without it then I'm open!
Monitor Resolution: all of them but 1920x1200 if you force me! (e.g.: 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200)
Additional Comments: Here are the specifics of my current setup
Monitor: Dell 2008WFP
Case: Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
PSU: Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 EPS12V 550W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Power Supply
Mobo: ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 4600+ Socket AM2 (89W) Retail
RAM: Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB (2X1GB) Kit DDR2-800 XMS2-6400 Xtreme Performance Memory Retail
GPU: Currently in SLI 2x - EVGA 256-P2-N584-AR GeForce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported KO Video Card
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive
FDD: MITSUMI Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal USB 2.0 Internal USB 2.0 digital card reader with Floppy Drive
ODD: LITE-ON 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With LightScribe and 5X DVD-RAM Write Black ATAPI/E-IDE Model SHM-165H6S
TDK 16X DVD±R DVD Burner
OS: Vista 64 bit Home
I'm definately going to upgrade the PSU, OS and SSD combo.
PSU I'm looking at is
CORSAIR Professional Series AX850 850W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
I intend to upgrade the OS to Win 7 64 bit Pro system builder version.
The SSD I'm looking at is
OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
After that I'm still deciding on whether to upgrade the CPU with the latest BIOS 5002 to 4 cores
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX
I'm still on the fence on the GPU... really depends on the setup I go with... utilize my current SLI set up with 2x GTS450's or maybe 1 GTX460 1GB for DX11 game or maybe 1 ATI HD5750... I just don't know about this really! Any ideas?
Of course if I build new I am limited in funds above my threshold above so the build would need to provide me my gaming fix as I build it.
TIA for any and all advice...
-CW
I've got a nearly 4yr old homebuilt system that is finally hitting the wall with DX11 games and requirements.
I'm looking at updating my current system, unless costs favor building new completely.
Approximate Purchase Date: 1- 4 weeks
Budget Range: 600-800 Before Rebates (depends on which way I go obviously)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: gaming, surfing the internet, home office productivity, watching movies
Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg.com, amazon.com, or other reputable website(s)
Country of Origin: US
Parts Preferences: by brand or type: I know AMD and it's what I currently have but if a new build is cheaper I'm open
Overclocking: Maybe, I've never really needed to but it's a nice to have
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe, I currently have SLI and it's let me stretch out my current build until now... if I can get better performance without it then I'm open!
Monitor Resolution: all of them but 1920x1200 if you force me! (e.g.: 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1600x1200, 1680x1050, 1920x1080, 1920x1200)
Additional Comments: Here are the specifics of my current setup
Monitor: Dell 2008WFP
Case: Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Aluminum / Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case
PSU: Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 EPS12V 550W ATX12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready Power Supply
Mobo: ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 4600+ Socket AM2 (89W) Retail
RAM: Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400C4 2GB (2X1GB) Kit DDR2-800 XMS2-6400 Xtreme Performance Memory Retail
GPU: Currently in SLI 2x - EVGA 256-P2-N584-AR GeForce 7900GT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported KO Video Card
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1001FALS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3320620AS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive
FDD: MITSUMI Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal USB 2.0 Internal USB 2.0 digital card reader with Floppy Drive
ODD: LITE-ON 16X DVD±R DVD Burner With LightScribe and 5X DVD-RAM Write Black ATAPI/E-IDE Model SHM-165H6S
TDK 16X DVD±R DVD Burner
OS: Vista 64 bit Home
I'm definately going to upgrade the PSU, OS and SSD combo.
PSU I'm looking at is
CORSAIR Professional Series AX850 850W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
I intend to upgrade the OS to Win 7 64 bit Pro system builder version.
The SSD I'm looking at is
OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD2-2VTXE120G 2.5" 120GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
After that I'm still deciding on whether to upgrade the CPU with the latest BIOS 5002 to 4 cores
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz 4 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor HDZ965FBGMBOX
I'm still on the fence on the GPU... really depends on the setup I go with... utilize my current SLI set up with 2x GTS450's or maybe 1 GTX460 1GB for DX11 game or maybe 1 ATI HD5750... I just don't know about this really! Any ideas?
Of course if I build new I am limited in funds above my threshold above so the build would need to provide me my gaming fix as I build it.
TIA for any and all advice...
-CW