So I want to upgrade something(s). I'm mildly disappointed with my motherboard, since my MSI Z68A-GD65 crapped after about 6 months and at the worst possible moment, I just bought the exact same board except it's the Z77. When the replacement Z68 came I just sold it to my boss. I mainly play video games, some photo editing, I will be studying computer programming and the like so my computer usage will change.
System
CPU........................ i7 2600k @ 4.5 GHz
RAM........................ 8GB G.Skills Ripjaws 1600 DDR3
Motherboard.......... MSI Z77A-GD65
GPU........................ EVGA GTX 670 4GB (SCREAMING deal @ 399.99, was cheaper than the 2GB!!!)
Heatsink................ Hyper 212+
PSU....................... Antec 750W of some sort
Hard Drives............ Older Corsair 60GB SSD, Crucial M4 256GB SSD, some 256gb HDD, some 1TB HDD
Disc Drive.............. some blu ray thing
Case...................... Corsair 600T
OPTIONAL READING BELOW!!!
This is what I'm considering upgrading, in order of interest greatest to least:
1) RAM. I hear that more RAM = a greater MINIMUM FPS increase in games. My Max will stay the same, but my min will get a bump. But really, how much of a bump? Vanilla Skyrim with the highest settings is around 70- 200 with vsync off, with my 30 mods it goes from about 45 - 70. In BF3 with the highest settings on multiplayer I get about 55+.
2) Heatsink. My cpu runs a little warmer than I see others getting with a 2600k overclock. Idle temps are at about 32 -35c when ambient is around 18 - 20c. With Prime95 the temps go to about 75c max, and 78c when ambient is 27c. They never reach those temps other than torture testing, though. I'm interested in a custom water cooling rig, but I get discouraged everytime I do some research.
3) CPU - But should I just wait for Haswell? Is Ivy worth the PCIe 3.0, despite the crappy thermal paste they use inside the chip?
4) PSU - Not for the Watts, but my PSU was an emergency purchase and it's not modular. I would love to have a modular PSU.
5) Your surprise suggestions!
System
CPU........................ i7 2600k @ 4.5 GHz
RAM........................ 8GB G.Skills Ripjaws 1600 DDR3
Motherboard.......... MSI Z77A-GD65
GPU........................ EVGA GTX 670 4GB (SCREAMING deal @ 399.99, was cheaper than the 2GB!!!)
Heatsink................ Hyper 212+
PSU....................... Antec 750W of some sort
Hard Drives............ Older Corsair 60GB SSD, Crucial M4 256GB SSD, some 256gb HDD, some 1TB HDD
Disc Drive.............. some blu ray thing
Case...................... Corsair 600T
OPTIONAL READING BELOW!!!
This is what I'm considering upgrading, in order of interest greatest to least:
1) RAM. I hear that more RAM = a greater MINIMUM FPS increase in games. My Max will stay the same, but my min will get a bump. But really, how much of a bump? Vanilla Skyrim with the highest settings is around 70- 200 with vsync off, with my 30 mods it goes from about 45 - 70. In BF3 with the highest settings on multiplayer I get about 55+.
2) Heatsink. My cpu runs a little warmer than I see others getting with a 2600k overclock. Idle temps are at about 32 -35c when ambient is around 18 - 20c. With Prime95 the temps go to about 75c max, and 78c when ambient is 27c. They never reach those temps other than torture testing, though. I'm interested in a custom water cooling rig, but I get discouraged everytime I do some research.
3) CPU - But should I just wait for Haswell? Is Ivy worth the PCIe 3.0, despite the crappy thermal paste they use inside the chip?
4) PSU - Not for the Watts, but my PSU was an emergency purchase and it's not modular. I would love to have a modular PSU.
5) Your surprise suggestions!
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