Hello and a wonderful Christmas to you all,
This is what I’m considering so far:
PSU: I have my old Zalman ZM750-HP
As for the other parts, they are basically straight from Tom's hardware charts. But what I would like to ask are they compatible?
GPU: GeForce GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II $290 (215€)
Or Radeon HD 6950 DirectCU II, 2GB $360(€265)
CPU: Core i5 2500K, LGA1155, 3.3 GHz, 6MB $275 (€205)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 $175 (€130)
Memory: As for memory, no idea. I suppose I'd go for 2 x 4Gb Kit, maybe Kingston? The price range would be around the same as the mobo: $100-140 (€75-100)
HDD My old HDD Western Digital 750GB
Total: $850 (€625)
PSU: The old PSU should be enough, right?
GPU: Is it worth paying $70 (€50) more for the 2GB Radeon?
CPU: Any suggestion for silent but efficient cooler if I’ll overclock? Scythe perhaps?
MOBO: I'm really not sure about this. I guess I'd go for Z68 rather than P67 but what Z68 model? No idea really. I don’t need any fancy things though. Ideally it would only cost around $100 - 160 (€80 - 120)
Memory:
HDD: Will upgrading my HDD and perhaps even SDD yield much performance gain?
Approximate Purchase Date: In a week or two, before Christmas anyway (unless there is a really good reason to wait)
Budget Range: Approximately $750 - 850 = €550 - 650, take into consideration that parts cost more here in Finland.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (80%), Internet (15%) and school work/Office (5%)
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: A site that searches best prices in Finland
Here are few independent sites:
Verkkokauppa
Jimms
Multitronic - The only one with english as option but all the rest have the basic searchbox which should be enough, I presume.
Country: Finland
Parts Preferences: No preferences, just looking for the best price/performance ratio
Overclocking: Maybe, never done it before but this might be a good time to start.
SLI or Crossfire: No, I'm running SLI now and don't have much positive to say about it.
Monitor Resolution: 1280x1024
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
Additional Comments: I would like a quiet PC, period. I'm running a 3,5 - 4 year old computer on SLI and my ears are bleeding. I want silence but not too much on the cost of performance. I'm also hoping to keep the next system for another 3 - 4 years as well, so keeping the future in mind would be great.
I'd really appreciate any comments and tips. If I left out any info I'll be happy to answer.
Thanks in advance!
This is what I’m considering so far:
PSU: I have my old Zalman ZM750-HP
As for the other parts, they are basically straight from Tom's hardware charts. But what I would like to ask are they compatible?
GPU: GeForce GTX 560 Ti DirectCU II $290 (215€)
Or Radeon HD 6950 DirectCU II, 2GB $360(€265)
CPU: Core i5 2500K, LGA1155, 3.3 GHz, 6MB $275 (€205)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3 $175 (€130)
Memory: As for memory, no idea. I suppose I'd go for 2 x 4Gb Kit, maybe Kingston? The price range would be around the same as the mobo: $100-140 (€75-100)
HDD My old HDD Western Digital 750GB
Total: $850 (€625)
PSU: The old PSU should be enough, right?
GPU: Is it worth paying $70 (€50) more for the 2GB Radeon?
CPU: Any suggestion for silent but efficient cooler if I’ll overclock? Scythe perhaps?
MOBO: I'm really not sure about this. I guess I'd go for Z68 rather than P67 but what Z68 model? No idea really. I don’t need any fancy things though. Ideally it would only cost around $100 - 160 (€80 - 120)
Memory:
HDD: Will upgrading my HDD and perhaps even SDD yield much performance gain?
Approximate Purchase Date: In a week or two, before Christmas anyway (unless there is a really good reason to wait)
Budget Range: Approximately $750 - 850 = €550 - 650, take into consideration that parts cost more here in Finland.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming (80%), Internet (15%) and school work/Office (5%)
Parts Not Required: Keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, OS.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: A site that searches best prices in Finland
Here are few independent sites:
Verkkokauppa
Jimms
Multitronic - The only one with english as option but all the rest have the basic searchbox which should be enough, I presume.
Country: Finland
Parts Preferences: No preferences, just looking for the best price/performance ratio
Overclocking: Maybe, never done it before but this might be a good time to start.
SLI or Crossfire: No, I'm running SLI now and don't have much positive to say about it.
Monitor Resolution: 1280x1024
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
Additional Comments: I would like a quiet PC, period. I'm running a 3,5 - 4 year old computer on SLI and my ears are bleeding. I want silence but not too much on the cost of performance. I'm also hoping to keep the next system for another 3 - 4 years as well, so keeping the future in mind would be great.
I'd really appreciate any comments and tips. If I left out any info I'll be happy to answer.
Thanks in advance!
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