Hi guys,
With the impending excitement of new games like Mechwarrior Online, Hawken, D3, etc., I'm thinking it's time for me to build a new rig. My last one was a Q6600 and it served me faithfully, but let it be known that after 5 years is time for one to retire. I'm a designer/developer so I am rationalizing this as a 'necessary upgrade'
After going through the usual benchmarks I scrapped together this rig:
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=23558707
I have extra fans and I'm going to take the sound card from my old box.
Besides your feedback on the hardware, I'd love to know what kind of new tech should be taken into consideration. Is there anything coming out in the near future that is worth waiting for / will affect prices of existing hardware?
I have been reading about Intel SRT -- do you recommend it? I like the idea of keeping my files and applications on separate drives, and my original plan was to put all apps on the SSD and use the HDD for storage.
I already have a backup system that I'm going to carry over from my old rig so I'm not too worried about keeping things redundant.
I've also had some random BSOD trouble with my last build which I *think* was due to a cheaper Gigabyte mobo so I splurged on this new one. However, I am going a little above my price expectations (I wanted to keep it under $1000) so if you can suggest a way to cut down cost without a significant performance hit that would be great.
Like always, thanks so much guys.
With the impending excitement of new games like Mechwarrior Online, Hawken, D3, etc., I'm thinking it's time for me to build a new rig. My last one was a Q6600 and it served me faithfully, but let it be known that after 5 years is time for one to retire. I'm a designer/developer so I am rationalizing this as a 'necessary upgrade'
After going through the usual benchmarks I scrapped together this rig:
http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=23558707
I have extra fans and I'm going to take the sound card from my old box.
Besides your feedback on the hardware, I'd love to know what kind of new tech should be taken into consideration. Is there anything coming out in the near future that is worth waiting for / will affect prices of existing hardware?
I have been reading about Intel SRT -- do you recommend it? I like the idea of keeping my files and applications on separate drives, and my original plan was to put all apps on the SSD and use the HDD for storage.
I already have a backup system that I'm going to carry over from my old rig so I'm not too worried about keeping things redundant.
I've also had some random BSOD trouble with my last build which I *think* was due to a cheaper Gigabyte mobo so I splurged on this new one. However, I am going a little above my price expectations (I wanted to keep it under $1000) so if you can suggest a way to cut down cost without a significant performance hit that would be great.
Like always, thanks so much guys.
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