After a few blue screens on my 2yo toshiba laptop...it's time for a change. I've gotten by with cheap laptops for a years, but I really don't need mobility anymore. It's time to build my first desktop.
I've been reading the forums and reviews on this site for about a month and I think I know the basis of what I'm looking for. I don't game much (civ v only - but it would be nice to actually have that run smoothly). Interwebs, music, video, and productivity are important . Who knows, maybe I will get more into some games with the new rig - my laptop is more than limited.
Let me know if something below looks bad, incompatible, or if there's a cheap upgrade. I'm sold on the CPU and 99% sold on the graphics card. Definitely going with SSD/HDD but open to different brands/models/capacities. Case/power is up in the air. Soundcard I'm clueless. I think I'm sold on the memory as well.
Case: Antec Sonata IV (w/ 620w power)
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme 7 Gen3
CPU: Intel i5-2500k
Graphics: Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2gb
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 2x 4gb
SSD: Samsung 830 64gb
HD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500gb
Sound Card: Vantec UGT-S100 7.1
Whatcha think?
Thanks in advance.
I've been reading the forums and reviews on this site for about a month and I think I know the basis of what I'm looking for. I don't game much (civ v only - but it would be nice to actually have that run smoothly). Interwebs, music, video, and productivity are important . Who knows, maybe I will get more into some games with the new rig - my laptop is more than limited.
Let me know if something below looks bad, incompatible, or if there's a cheap upgrade. I'm sold on the CPU and 99% sold on the graphics card. Definitely going with SSD/HDD but open to different brands/models/capacities. Case/power is up in the air. Soundcard I'm clueless. I think I'm sold on the memory as well.
Case: Antec Sonata IV (w/ 620w power)
Motherboard: ASRock Z68 Extreme 7 Gen3
CPU: Intel i5-2500k
Graphics: Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2gb
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 2x 4gb
SSD: Samsung 830 64gb
HD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500gb
Sound Card: Vantec UGT-S100 7.1
Whatcha think?
Thanks in advance.