Ok so my Mobo finally went dead and I think it's time to upgrade anyway but I don't have a lot of money. $400-$500.
That makes it hard to find anything worth a damn so I need some help on what to buy.
What I have now:
680i LT Mobo - DEAD
corsair XMS memory - 8gb
Q6600 - Kentsfield socket 775 - 2.4 GHZ
6 WD Black 2.5 GB HDD's
I'd love to upgrade but I'm not going to get far because if I upgrade the CPU I want an I7 2700 or nothing. No point in upgrading to a new cpu without looking into the future. I'd rather spend next to nothing just to get the Q6600 back up and running and wait.
Anyway, what i'd really love is a new MOBO, ram and CPU for the above price range. Or just a new MOBO.
Anybody know of a good board that will accept my ram and CPU and can still upgrade to I7? That'd be perfect. Even if I need new ram.
I've been looking at getting this board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131821
This ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231568
and I want the I7 to be this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115095
I am willing to negotiate but I don't just want some cheap crap that's not upgradable SO ideally the MOBO would have to accept my CPU until I can get the I7.
So, who can help.
That makes it hard to find anything worth a damn so I need some help on what to buy.
What I have now:
680i LT Mobo - DEAD
corsair XMS memory - 8gb
Q6600 - Kentsfield socket 775 - 2.4 GHZ
6 WD Black 2.5 GB HDD's
I'd love to upgrade but I'm not going to get far because if I upgrade the CPU I want an I7 2700 or nothing. No point in upgrading to a new cpu without looking into the future. I'd rather spend next to nothing just to get the Q6600 back up and running and wait.
Anyway, what i'd really love is a new MOBO, ram and CPU for the above price range. Or just a new MOBO.
Anybody know of a good board that will accept my ram and CPU and can still upgrade to I7? That'd be perfect. Even if I need new ram.
I've been looking at getting this board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131821
This ram
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231568
and I want the I7 to be this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115095
I am willing to negotiate but I don't just want some cheap crap that's not upgradable SO ideally the MOBO would have to accept my CPU until I can get the I7.
So, who can help.