Approximate Purchase Date: This week
Budget Range: I'm from England so terrible with dollar but my budget is around £300, that's about $450.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Photography + Editing, Web design, internet / videos etc, some light programming.
Parts Definitely Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor [though will upgrade in future], Speakers, OS, HDD, DVD Drives.
Parts I aim to Re-use: PSU (Cooler Master eXtreme Power Duo 650W), Case (front USB / Audio broken but otherwise fine Cooler Master Cavalier 3), Graphics Card (old Sapphire ATI Radeon 256mb X1950)
Parts I am replacing [for reference]: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 Motherboard, Intel Core 2 Duo E6400, 2 x 1GB GeIL DDR2 RAM PC2-6400 RAM.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: amazon.co.uk, scan.co.uk, overclockers.co.uk
Country: England
Parts Preferences: Intel processor, good reputation mobo not too expensive [Asus, ASRock, Gigabyte maybe?].
Overclocking: Perhaps, in the future when I need the extra performance.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe crossfire.
Monitor Resolution: Atm 1 is 1280x1024, 1 is 1024x768. Will replace second one for a new 1920 x 1080 monitor in the future.
Additional Comments: Thinking the intel 2500k Processor , Amazon have it at £160, that's about $250. Found an 8GB Ram kit reduced to £40 ($65) on Amazon.
I wanted the Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 motherboard but it's expensive, at £146.50 ($230). Considering the Asus P8Z68-V LX instead, that's only £89 ($140).
I'd like to know what the Asus P8Z68-V LX is like as a motherboard and whether these parts are compatible.
Any other comments would be amazing, and advice on a motherboard and stuff too.
Thanks very much
Budget Range: I'm from England so terrible with dollar but my budget is around £300, that's about $450.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Photography + Editing, Web design, internet / videos etc, some light programming.
Parts Definitely Not Required: Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor [though will upgrade in future], Speakers, OS, HDD, DVD Drives.
Parts I aim to Re-use: PSU (Cooler Master eXtreme Power Duo 650W), Case (front USB / Audio broken but otherwise fine Cooler Master Cavalier 3), Graphics Card (old Sapphire ATI Radeon 256mb X1950)
Parts I am replacing [for reference]: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3 Motherboard, Intel Core 2 Duo E6400, 2 x 1GB GeIL DDR2 RAM PC2-6400 RAM.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: amazon.co.uk, scan.co.uk, overclockers.co.uk
Country: England
Parts Preferences: Intel processor, good reputation mobo not too expensive [Asus, ASRock, Gigabyte maybe?].
Overclocking: Perhaps, in the future when I need the extra performance.
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe crossfire.
Monitor Resolution: Atm 1 is 1280x1024, 1 is 1024x768. Will replace second one for a new 1920 x 1080 monitor in the future.
Additional Comments: Thinking the intel 2500k Processor , Amazon have it at £160, that's about $250. Found an 8GB Ram kit reduced to £40 ($65) on Amazon.
I wanted the Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 motherboard but it's expensive, at £146.50 ($230). Considering the Asus P8Z68-V LX instead, that's only £89 ($140).
I'd like to know what the Asus P8Z68-V LX is like as a motherboard and whether these parts are compatible.
Any other comments would be amazing, and advice on a motherboard and stuff too.
Thanks very much
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