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Hi All,
I've had a great rig for a long period of time. Bought from a lovely person on this forums back in 2011!
I have a birthday coming up so an opportunity to consider an upgrade or reset with a new rig but I've been out of the loop on developments so much that I don't have a clue right now beyond looking at the OCuk prebuilts to see what 'must' be good cos of the prices lol.
So I don't put the machine under much stress as I don't do any rendering, no streaming - basically just play Overwatch and will play OW2 when it's out (I'm old so no time to play latest greatest AAA titles lol) so I don't think it needs to be a monster but I like that this current rig lasted so long.
This is the current rig, taken from his original sale post lol:
i7 2600K @ 4.6Ghz with 1.35v
Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z
16GB Mushkin Blackline 1600mhz 1.5v
128GB Crucial M4 SSD
EVGA GTX580 1.5GB
X-FI Titanium PCIE
Corsair AX850 Gold PSU
Silverstone TJ07 in mint condition
Watercooling -
EK Supreme Full Nickel CPU Block with Easymount Kit and 1155 mounting kit
EK GTX580+ (EN) Acetal/Nickel GPU Block
EK GTX580 Backplate (Black)
Laing DDC Ultra with XSPC Top V3
Phobya Balancer 150 Res (Black Nickel)
Thermochill TA120.4 Radiator been flushed properly
5 x Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control Fans (been sprayed but not a good job, one has a fin missing)
Silver Kill Coil
Bitspower Compression fittings (Black)
Braided cables (Red & Black), 1 x 24p, 1 x 8p, 1 x 8p PCIE, 1 x 6p PCIE
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I've not maintained the WC system over the time which is bad I know but life gets in the way. I plan to take a closer look at it this or next weekend but I'm open to trying to incorporate the upgrades into the WC system or go air cool for simplicity.
I understand there are some new intel cpu coming out next month ppl are excited about?
Is it worth a cpu/mobo/gfx/ram upgrade?
Shall I just do the gfx card to a 3070?
I have up to around £2k but obv open to spending a fraction of it if it's just the gfx card I should do. However, I do like the idea of boosting this up again for another good period of time...
Don't need HDD, OS, Key/Mouse, monitor.
Thanks for your thoughtful insight in advance...
I've had a great rig for a long period of time. Bought from a lovely person on this forums back in 2011!
I have a birthday coming up so an opportunity to consider an upgrade or reset with a new rig but I've been out of the loop on developments so much that I don't have a clue right now beyond looking at the OCuk prebuilts to see what 'must' be good cos of the prices lol.
So I don't put the machine under much stress as I don't do any rendering, no streaming - basically just play Overwatch and will play OW2 when it's out (I'm old so no time to play latest greatest AAA titles lol) so I don't think it needs to be a monster but I like that this current rig lasted so long.
This is the current rig, taken from his original sale post lol:
i7 2600K @ 4.6Ghz with 1.35v
Asus Maximus IV Gene-Z
16GB Mushkin Blackline 1600mhz 1.5v
128GB Crucial M4 SSD
EVGA GTX580 1.5GB
X-FI Titanium PCIE
Corsair AX850 Gold PSU
Silverstone TJ07 in mint condition
Watercooling -
EK Supreme Full Nickel CPU Block with Easymount Kit and 1155 mounting kit
EK GTX580+ (EN) Acetal/Nickel GPU Block
EK GTX580 Backplate (Black)
Laing DDC Ultra with XSPC Top V3
Phobya Balancer 150 Res (Black Nickel)
Thermochill TA120.4 Radiator been flushed properly
5 x Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control Fans (been sprayed but not a good job, one has a fin missing)
Silver Kill Coil
Bitspower Compression fittings (Black)
Braided cables (Red & Black), 1 x 24p, 1 x 8p, 1 x 8p PCIE, 1 x 6p PCIE
---
I've not maintained the WC system over the time which is bad I know but life gets in the way. I plan to take a closer look at it this or next weekend but I'm open to trying to incorporate the upgrades into the WC system or go air cool for simplicity.
I understand there are some new intel cpu coming out next month ppl are excited about?
Is it worth a cpu/mobo/gfx/ram upgrade?
Shall I just do the gfx card to a 3070?
I have up to around £2k but obv open to spending a fraction of it if it's just the gfx card I should do. However, I do like the idea of boosting this up again for another good period of time...
Don't need HDD, OS, Key/Mouse, monitor.
Thanks for your thoughtful insight in advance...