New rig advice

beardyweirdy · 12 May 2011 at 16:09

Hi - I am looking for new rig and selling mine. I was thinking of i5 cpu but saw this 2nd hand rig for sale - nice but older technology- what do you think?

Cheers:

Intel 3.0Ghz Quad Core processor (45nm, Yorkfield)
Internal DVD RW+-
Internal BLU Ray Player
Thermalright Ultra 120 Heatsink with 120mm Fan and Carbon Fibre Mount
4GB Corsair Dominator 1066Mhz with Triple Fan and Heat Sink
XFX NVIDIA 780i Tri SLi Motherboard with Tri-SLi Bridge, 8GB DDR2 Capacity.
2x XFX NVIDIA GTX 280 1GB GDDR3 DX10
1x EVGA GTX 280 1GB GDDR3 DX10
300GB 10,000 RPM WD Velociraptor HDD
Corsair HX 1000W Tri SLi Modular Dual Rail Power Supply

sk82jack · 12 May 2011 at 16:17

At what price?

beardyweirdy · 12 May 2011 at 16:18

400 ish

Cheers

AshenShugar1873 · 12 May 2011 at 16:51

Looks a bargain at that price, from a friend you know or ebay, gumtree, etc? You getting any warranty? Only downside is where you go with future upgrades. What you looking to do with it games wise, resolutions etc?

beardyweirdy · 12 May 2011 at 16:57

Gaming mainly.
My current set up, which is for sale is a Qx6850, with 2 x 460 gtxs SLI'd so I guess it wouldn't be much of an upgrade, just a slightly better chip. I agree with you that there is no room for an upgrade without changing MOBO, CPU and memory.
Cheers

Pohly · 12 May 2011 at 18:26

beardyweirdy said:
Gaming mainly.
My current set up, which is for sale is a Qx6850, with 2 x 460 gtxs SLI'd so I guess it wouldn't be much of an upgrade, just a slightly better chip. I agree with you that there is no room for an upgrade without changing MOBO, CPU and memory.
Cheers

is there really any point buying it then just stick with your gtx 460's psu case etc and just buy new cpu, mobo and ram could spec a decent i5 2500k for around £350

Pohly · 12 May 2011 at 18:32

intel i5 2500k. £155.99
MSI P67A-GD65 Intel P67 £132
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3
£335.38 (with postage)

and if you want a decent cooler for over clocking get the A50 easaliy get 4ghz plus

stick your old cpu mobo and ram on ebay should get at least £150

AshenShugar1873 · 12 May 2011 at 20:04

I agree with Pohly, get a i5-2500k and the XMS3, I just have :-)

Could also look at the Asus P8P67 motherboard which is also on special.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-447-AS

Pohly · 12 May 2011 at 20:25

AshenShugar1873 said:
I agree with Pohly, get a i5-2500k and the XMS3, I just have
Could also look at the Asus P8P67 motherboard which is also on special.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-447-AS

yeah thats a better offer didnt see that

only problem is it has x16 pcie and x4 pcie so only x8 band width with boths card so i would still stick with the msi board with 2 x16 plus i have one in my rig and couldnt reccomend it more great for overclocking too

RiskyRix · 12 May 2011 at 23:38

would build new tbh wont be much more and new tech

DennisMenace · 13 May 2011 at 05:21

If buying a new mobo, I'd look at Z68. You could then upgrade later with a small (<60GB) SSD to use the RST (SSD caching) feature, seriously boosting HDD speed.

That said, since the Z68 launch, there are some tempting deals on P67 mobos.