Complete new system or go barebones?

[Pawnless Endgame]

I had a fire last week where some of my IT stuff got destroyed. I am selling off the bits that survived to raise money for a new system, but I'm unsure of my two WD Raptors, which both luckily, survived. Even though one of my Raptors is 5 years old and the other one is 3 years old, they are still higher spec than all of the current non-SSD drives, as they spin at 10k rpm. The question is, do I keep my Raptors or sell them off as well to get extra funds?

- If I keep the Raptors, I will be looking to buy one of the barebones from the OcUK Extreme range and build it up with the Raptors.

- If I lose the Raptors, then I'll probably go for a complete system from the Intel Gamer range.

Many thanks

 

[Vidar]

Personally id say go for a complete new system, simply for the fact that you will get more life out of a complete new system in my opinion...

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

Cool, many thanks NW. I'll flog the lot then and start afresh. Then go SSD next year