- Mar 15, 2001
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Been a long time since I've upgraded and I'm looking to build a new rig. I've browsed some threads, but I'm not as up to date on hardware as I once was. I have some parts I can repurpose, but I'll be upgrading mostly everything. Hopeful to spend less than $1000. I'm willing to overclock with a balance towards stability rather than pushing limits--but uptime is not mission critical or anything. This is my home machine, so I'm paying for it, but if I can get work done, it means I don't have to get dressed in the morning...well some days
Here's what I'm leaving behind:
c2d e4300 @ 1.8ghz stock
4gb ddr2 pc2-6400
8800gt
Parts I have available:
case: p180
psu: Corsair vx550, Antec neo 620c, Seasonic s12-380 (which one is best suited? efficiency vs max load)
bootdisk: intel g2 80gb ssd
os: win7x64
What I need it to do:
Heavy multitasking
Gaming
Software development
OpenCL
RDP
web browsing, general purpose, etc.
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parts to buy:
cpu: 2500k + hyper 212 $250
ram: 2(4?) x 4gb 1.5v value series ddr3 1333 $80
gpu: [ 560ti ] vs [ 6950 2gb (unlocked to 6970) ] vs [ 2 x 460 1gb ] ~$250
mb: no idea ~$150
hdd: 2 x no idea (raid 1) so I don't have to worry about losing the important data (cough) ~$100
dvd: samsung $20
total ~= $850
Here's what I'm leaving behind:
c2d e4300 @ 1.8ghz stock
4gb ddr2 pc2-6400
8800gt
Parts I have available:
case: p180
psu: Corsair vx550, Antec neo 620c, Seasonic s12-380 (which one is best suited? efficiency vs max load)
bootdisk: intel g2 80gb ssd
os: win7x64
What I need it to do:
Heavy multitasking
Gaming
Software development
OpenCL
RDP
web browsing, general purpose, etc.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
parts to buy:
cpu: 2500k + hyper 212 $250
ram: 2(4?) x 4gb 1.5v value series ddr3 1333 $80
gpu: [ 560ti ] vs [ 6950 2gb (unlocked to 6970) ] vs [ 2 x 460 1gb ] ~$250
mb: no idea ~$150
hdd: 2 x no idea (raid 1) so I don't have to worry about losing the important data (cough) ~$100
dvd: samsung $20
total ~= $850