- Apr 22, 2012
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Hi all,
I am replacing some parts in my current system.
My current system has the following reusable parts:
A 5 year old tower that's missing a side.
600w power supply
a 72gb 10,000rpm hd
a 500gb 7200rpm hd
cd/dvd burner.
everything else in it must be replaced.
I have a $650 budget. Assume I do not want to make a singe other purchase for at least 3 years, and that I simply cannot go over $650.
These are the new components I am looking to buy.
GAMMA Classic Series ATX Mid Tower --$40 -(lowest priority, the old case works)
Asus p8p67 pro motherboard - --$87 manufacturer refurbished
Core i5 2500k - --$199
Cooler Master Hyper 212+ --$20 used
Artic Silver Ceramique --$4
8gb Patriot Gamer 2 Series Division 2 DDR3 @ 1600mhz --$44
Asus Radeon 7850 2gb --$250
total $644
I am getting all of these as of may 12th. I am $6 under budget with this setup. Are there any components you would substitute out for any reason?
I will be using this system for Dolphin and PCSX2 emulation (which already run almost just fine on my old e6600 and 320mb 8800gts), PC gaming with modern games as they come out, and Photoshop artwork. My target goal in games is the best visuals possible at 30fps, and I'm willing to play at 1280x800 because I don't notice a huge difference in visual fidelity between that and 1920x1200. Finally, I have no qualms with overclocking, and I don't mind buying used products.
Examples of helpful comments:
"you could substitute out the 8gb of ram for 4, and use the $20 towards a better mobo" or
"if you can live with your old case, and less memory, buy a $60 SSD to put your OS on" or
"given your target gaming experience and that you're going to upgrade in 3 years, drop the graphics card down to a 560 ti and use the money for a better ____" or
"That processor is way overkill for your needs, given the gpu you'll have, you could drop down to an i5 2310 to save $35 or even an i3 2120 to save $80 because neither of those would bottleneck that gpu enough to justify the price difference. If you went down to the i3 you could up your graphics card to a 7870, which would do you a lot better overall."
Any advice is very much appreciated.
I am replacing some parts in my current system.
My current system has the following reusable parts:
A 5 year old tower that's missing a side.
600w power supply
a 72gb 10,000rpm hd
a 500gb 7200rpm hd
cd/dvd burner.
everything else in it must be replaced.
I have a $650 budget. Assume I do not want to make a singe other purchase for at least 3 years, and that I simply cannot go over $650.
These are the new components I am looking to buy.
GAMMA Classic Series ATX Mid Tower --$40 -(lowest priority, the old case works)
Asus p8p67 pro motherboard - --$87 manufacturer refurbished
Core i5 2500k - --$199
Cooler Master Hyper 212+ --$20 used
Artic Silver Ceramique --$4
8gb Patriot Gamer 2 Series Division 2 DDR3 @ 1600mhz --$44
Asus Radeon 7850 2gb --$250
total $644
I am getting all of these as of may 12th. I am $6 under budget with this setup. Are there any components you would substitute out for any reason?
I will be using this system for Dolphin and PCSX2 emulation (which already run almost just fine on my old e6600 and 320mb 8800gts), PC gaming with modern games as they come out, and Photoshop artwork. My target goal in games is the best visuals possible at 30fps, and I'm willing to play at 1280x800 because I don't notice a huge difference in visual fidelity between that and 1920x1200. Finally, I have no qualms with overclocking, and I don't mind buying used products.
Examples of helpful comments:
"you could substitute out the 8gb of ram for 4, and use the $20 towards a better mobo" or
"if you can live with your old case, and less memory, buy a $60 SSD to put your OS on" or
"given your target gaming experience and that you're going to upgrade in 3 years, drop the graphics card down to a 560 ti and use the money for a better ____" or
"That processor is way overkill for your needs, given the gpu you'll have, you could drop down to an i5 2310 to save $35 or even an i3 2120 to save $80 because neither of those would bottleneck that gpu enough to justify the price difference. If you went down to the i3 you could up your graphics card to a 7870, which would do you a lot better overall."
Any advice is very much appreciated.
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