Approximate Purchase Date: Latest, mid May
Budget Range: No solid budget, would like to get the best value for my money and spend within reason. If need be, $700
System Usage from Most to Least Important: %50 gaming - 50% somewhat general use (Some photoshop and the like).
Parts Not Required: Monitor, keyboard, mouse, HHD, PSU (Antec EA 650)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Canadian retailers (NCIX, Newegg, Tigerdirect, etc).
Country: Canada
Overclocking: Most likely
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe down the line
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Parts I'm considering:
MOBO: MSI ZZ7A-GD65 or 55, still trying to figure out if there would be any future benefits of the 65 over the 55- http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130643
CPU: i5-2500K - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
VIDCARD: Radeon 7850 (still unsure of which brand to go for) - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102986
Case: Corsair Obsidian 550D - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139012
RAM: No idea
Now for what makes this odd, my current rig looks like this, and keep in mind it's a little old
CPU: Q6600
GPU: 8600GT
RAM: 2gigs of OCZ reaper
MOBO: EVGA 680i
With school and some other junk, I wasn't able to upgrade my old rig, so I'm a little behind. To add to things, this rig is going to be built in parts, portions till I settle some funds, but I'd like to at least have a decent rig for when D3 comes out, specifically, and then finish it off within the month or so.
So I was thinking of grabbing the 7850 for now (maybe the case as well), then a two weeks or so (end of May), to pick up the rest of the junk.
First, do the parts look solid, any issues? I know the 7850s had some stability issues, but I'm hoping that's no longer a problem. And hopefully my use of the 7850 with my current setup won't be SO bad (I know there are a few bottlenecks there).
Extra fun: I'm on XP, but I'll be moving to windows 7 x64 as well.
Budget Range: No solid budget, would like to get the best value for my money and spend within reason. If need be, $700
System Usage from Most to Least Important: %50 gaming - 50% somewhat general use (Some photoshop and the like).
Parts Not Required: Monitor, keyboard, mouse, HHD, PSU (Antec EA 650)
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Canadian retailers (NCIX, Newegg, Tigerdirect, etc).
Country: Canada
Overclocking: Most likely
SLI or Crossfire: Maybe down the line
Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Parts I'm considering:
MOBO: MSI ZZ7A-GD65 or 55, still trying to figure out if there would be any future benefits of the 65 over the 55- http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130643
CPU: i5-2500K - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
VIDCARD: Radeon 7850 (still unsure of which brand to go for) - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102986
Case: Corsair Obsidian 550D - http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139012
RAM: No idea
Now for what makes this odd, my current rig looks like this, and keep in mind it's a little old
CPU: Q6600
GPU: 8600GT
RAM: 2gigs of OCZ reaper
MOBO: EVGA 680i
With school and some other junk, I wasn't able to upgrade my old rig, so I'm a little behind. To add to things, this rig is going to be built in parts, portions till I settle some funds, but I'd like to at least have a decent rig for when D3 comes out, specifically, and then finish it off within the month or so.
So I was thinking of grabbing the 7850 for now (maybe the case as well), then a two weeks or so (end of May), to pick up the rest of the junk.
First, do the parts look solid, any issues? I know the 7850s had some stability issues, but I'm hoping that's no longer a problem. And hopefully my use of the 7850 with my current setup won't be SO bad (I know there are a few bottlenecks there).
Extra fun: I'm on XP, but I'll be moving to windows 7 x64 as well.
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