Mid-Gaming PC Upgrade ~700€

[hertock]

Hey guys, I hope you can help me with upgrading my old system =)



Approximate Purchase Date: This month

Budget Range: 600-750€

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, watching movies, browsing the net, .

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, speakers, HDD, graphic card (maybe?)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: amazon, www.geizhals.at ,

Country: Austria

Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, slight preference to nvidia graphic cards

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Yes / Maybe

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: I would like to have a quiet pc - not like "no sound at all", but it shouldnt be annoying. Additonally, the most important part for me in buying this new PC is the price-performance ratio.
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To my old system:

At the moment I am using an Intel Dual Core 3.0 GHz, 2x SLI Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 (here), a cheap Asus Board, 700W PSU, 4GB Corsair RAM, a large Coolermaster case and 1x 2 TB HDD + 1x 250GB HDD.

CPU: I plan to buy the Intel Core i-5 2500k

Cooler: No idea which one I should buy, I would like to overclock to atleast 4 GHz, maybe later even more. I read that CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO this one seems quite nice with that CPU - what do u think?

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 - I am only thinking about which version I should buy, since I dont know if I can/should use my old graphic cards. If yes - in my old motherboard it is a slight problem that the two graphic cards are so large that they conceal my third PCIe Port so i cant use it. This shouldnt happen with my new board!

Graphic Card(s): As I mentioned above, the thing I am struggling the most, is, if I should use my graphic cards in my new system, or whether I should buy a new one?

Memory: I want to have atleast 8 GB in my new system, even 16 GB would be an option if the pricing is okay.

OS: I have windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit

PSU: No idea which one i should get

Case: It would be nice to use my existing one - the hardest problem with it is that i dont have any dust filter inbuilt which is quite annoying. But I know that it is possible to build a dust filter into a case - maybe someone could give me a link to such a dust filter.. To the cooling, in the case there are 2x 120mm in-built fans. I dont know if thats enough for the cooling thing^^ If u would say a new case would be better, please give me an option for a good case either!

Thanks in advance!

 

[metal orient]

Hey guys, I hope you can help me with upgrading my old system =)



Approximate Purchase Date: This month

Budget Range: 600-750€

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, watching movies, browsing the net, .

Parts Not Required: keyboard, mouse, speakers, HDD, graphic card (maybe?)

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: amazon, www.geizhals.at ,

Country: Austria

Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, slight preference to nvidia graphic cards

Overclocking: Yes

SLI or Crossfire: Yes / Maybe

Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080

Additional Comments: I would like to have a quiet pc - not like "no sound at all", but it shouldnt be annoying. Additonally, the most important part for me in buying this new PC is the price-performance ratio.
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To my old system:

At the moment I am using an Intel Dual Core 3.0 GHz, 2x SLI Nvidia Geforce GTX 260 (here), a cheap Asus Board, 700W PSU, 4GB Corsair RAM, a large Coolermaster case and 1x 2 TB HDD + 1x 250GB HDD.

CPU: I plan to buy the Intel Core i-5 2500k

Cooler: No idea which one I should buy, I would like to overclock to atleast 4 GHz, maybe later even more. I read that CoolerMaster Hyper 212 EVO this one seems quite nice with that CPU - what do u think?

Motherboard: Asus P8P67 - I am only thinking about which version I should buy, since I dont know if I can/should use my old graphic cards. If yes - in my old motherboard it is a slight problem that the two graphic cards are so large that they conceal my third PCIe Port so i cant use it. This shouldnt happen with my new board!

Graphic Card(s): As I mentioned above, the thing I am struggling the most, is, if I should use my graphic cards in my new system, or whether I should buy a new one?

Memory: I want to have atleast 8 GB in my new system, even 16 GB would be an option if the pricing is okay.

OS: I have windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit

PSU: No idea which one i should get

Case: It would be nice to use my existing one - the hardest problem with it is that i dont have any dust filter inbuilt which is quite annoying. But I know that it is possible to build a dust filter into a case - maybe someone could give me a link to such a dust filter.. To the cooling, in the case there are 2x 120mm in-built fans. I dont know if thats enough for the cooling thing^^ If u would say a new case would be better, please give me an option for a good case either!

Thanks in advance!

A few pointers:

1. Good choice of CPU

2. Cooler is fine, depending on how hard you plan to overclock you could just stick with a stock one, and move up later.

3. The P8P67 cannot SLI, can Crossfire though. You'll need a P8P67 Pro or the P8Z68-V which can.

4. On graphics cards if you're happy with the performance you don't need to upgrade, but if you do i'd say go with the 560 Ti, best price/performance around.

5. Really 8GB is all you're going to need for a while but if you want more go nuts, not like it's massively expensive these days.

6. For a PSU if you go for SLI 560 Ti's you'll want at least a 750W PSU. Maybe an Antec Truepower or XFX Pro Series would be best. I can't really speak for price/performance in Austria.

7. Would help if we knew what case, and yes you can buy dust filters e.g.
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/silverstone-sst-ff122b-120mm-fan-filter-with-magnet
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-043-AK&groupid=701&catid=1428&subcat=
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-000-LL&groupid=701&catid=1428&subcat=

But io couldn't say where you'd need to go

 

[hertock]

Thanks for your fast reply. At the moment its impossible for me to play Battlefield 3. My Framerate is pretty low (when nothing happens and i just stand around). But when actual fight starts its just totally unplayable; its just "lagging" very hard (i know, lagging is not the correct word, is it spiking?). BUT the system specs from bf 2 bad company 2 were "recommended graphic card: 1x 260 GTX. I cant really believe that u now need 2x 260 gtx to play bf 3 (even with low graphics!). So I guess it has something to do with my CPU - or that I installed and played BF 3 on a Hard Drive I had only some GBs left...

If u say 8 GB RAM are more than enough, I will buy it

I searched for my case and I am pretty much sure that this is mine: Click here What do u think about this case?

 

[metal orient]

I can imagine your CPU is the thing bottlenecking your GTX 260. So why not get your upgrades and wait to buy a graphics card, Kepler and Tahiti will be out soon.

Lagging or stuttering i think are the correct terms, but lagging works just as well.

That is a fine case, so don't bother upgrading. See if you can stick in the dust filters somewhere.