I’m considering upgrading my Blackbird. This would be my first build. I considered buying a new PC from one of the boutique builders but I think a rebuild would be a fun challenge and I like the Blackbird case. Price is not my primary concern so if you have upgrade advice, feel free. I realize I’m asking a lot here, but any input is appreciated…compatibility, upgrades, brands, heads up, forum link….etc. I may water cool and OC later so keep that in mind.
Experience level – Low – a few hours reading this and other forums
Budget - $3k - $4k
Primary use – Gaming, surfing, MS office, the usual stuff.
Purchase date- This week, or whenever I have enough info gathered.
Buying components online, Newegg I suppose
Brains – questionable
Keeping original:
Blackbird case
Win7 64 bit
Creative Labs PCI sound card - SB0460 (doesn’t matter much to me, upgrade or drop it advice)
Seagate Barracuda HD 7200 – 500 GB – (can upgrade this but I want the data on it. Move the data and keep the drive for backups?...don’t know how)
Pop up Media card reader and USB ports
Front panel start/restart
DVD/CD Drives
Monitor, keyboard/mouse
New:
ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i7-2700K Sandy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623i72700K (The extra $50 is ok)
1 GeForce GTX 580 (will add another in SLI later if I need it)
16GB DDR3 SDRAM (need help here. Brand? 1333 – 1600?)
240 GB SSD (Brand? Will add another one later if needed. Not sure about RAID 0 config)
PSU (Don’t know. A good one
Plenty of headroom, 1000W +
Oh, and fans. No idea. Quiet is good.
Thanks in advance for your advice, even if it’s just to say, go buy a new PC, you don’t know what you’re getting in to.
Experience level – Low – a few hours reading this and other forums
Budget - $3k - $4k
Primary use – Gaming, surfing, MS office, the usual stuff.
Purchase date- This week, or whenever I have enough info gathered.
Buying components online, Newegg I suppose
Brains – questionable
Keeping original:
Blackbird case
Win7 64 bit
Creative Labs PCI sound card - SB0460 (doesn’t matter much to me, upgrade or drop it advice)
Seagate Barracuda HD 7200 – 500 GB – (can upgrade this but I want the data on it. Move the data and keep the drive for backups?...don’t know how)
Pop up Media card reader and USB ports
Front panel start/restart
DVD/CD Drives
Monitor, keyboard/mouse
New:
ASUS MAXIMUS IV EXTREME (REV 3.0) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Extended ATX Intel Motherboard
Intel Core i7-2700K Sandy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80623i72700K (The extra $50 is ok)
1 GeForce GTX 580 (will add another in SLI later if I need it)
16GB DDR3 SDRAM (need help here. Brand? 1333 – 1600?)
240 GB SSD (Brand? Will add another one later if needed. Not sure about RAID 0 config)
PSU (Don’t know. A good one
Plenty of headroom, 1000W +Oh, and fans. No idea. Quiet is good.
Thanks in advance for your advice, even if it’s just to say, go buy a new PC, you don’t know what you’re getting in to.
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