Hi
Long time lurker, could do with a little advice.
My graphics card has just gone pop, so I'm using that as an excuse for a long overdue upgrade.
Current setup is
(What I'm planing on replacing)
E6750 processor overclocked to 3.5ghz
Radon HD 4890, now dead.
4gb Giel ram
Asus p5k motherboard
Titan Fenrir heat sink.
(What I think I can keep)
3 1tb drives
128gb SSD
Antec P182 case
Antec Truepower 750w
Monitor/keyboard/mouse.
So I think I need a new CPU, motherboard, ram, heatsink and graphics card, and possibly a new monitor for a dual monitor setup to go with my existing 22". My budget is reasonably unlimited but i'm not looking to spend a silly amount trying to build the ultimate machine but rather a good setup which should last me a while before I need to to a big overhaul again.
I will mainly use it for gaming, browsing, office apps.
From reading these forums it looks like the processor I should probably go for is the i5-3570k and overclocking it. Where I am reallly struggling is should I be going for a Hd7970 or GTX 670, that sort of thing. Which Motherboard? Which Ram I should go for.
Thank you.
Long time lurker, could do with a little advice.
My graphics card has just gone pop, so I'm using that as an excuse for a long overdue upgrade.
Current setup is
(What I'm planing on replacing)
E6750 processor overclocked to 3.5ghz
Radon HD 4890, now dead.
4gb Giel ram
Asus p5k motherboard
Titan Fenrir heat sink.
(What I think I can keep)
3 1tb drives
128gb SSD
Antec P182 case
Antec Truepower 750w
Monitor/keyboard/mouse.
So I think I need a new CPU, motherboard, ram, heatsink and graphics card, and possibly a new monitor for a dual monitor setup to go with my existing 22". My budget is reasonably unlimited but i'm not looking to spend a silly amount trying to build the ultimate machine but rather a good setup which should last me a while before I need to to a big overhaul again.
I will mainly use it for gaming, browsing, office apps.
From reading these forums it looks like the processor I should probably go for is the i5-3570k and overclocking it. Where I am reallly struggling is should I be going for a Hd7970 or GTX 670, that sort of thing. Which Motherboard? Which Ram I should go for.
Thank you.