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Hi folks, been a while since i commented on these forums.
Anyways, I think the time has come for me to start looking at upgrading my system, though my current CPU (a Q6600 @ stock 2.4GHz) has served me faithfully for about 7 years now, the RAM is starting to reach it's limit, i'm currently using 6 GB of DDR2 clocked at 400MHz, and when i fire up chrome, MODO or Zbrush, the usage gauge i have on my desktop climbs into the 70+% range, even now, it's sat at 65%.
I'm currently also running a Samsung SATA 400GB hard drive (I have a external backup), of which i've only got about 62.2 GB free left, and the capacity indicator has gone into the red a couple of times on that.
My current Motherboard is a Asus P5K, current graphics card is a XFX 9750, all of this is running Win 7 Pro. I don't really intend to go Win 10 until they sort out the whole Data-mining thing.
I intend to recycle a few components, such as the Case, DVD/CD rewriter, power supply (Cooler Master 850W) and Graphics card.
It's going to be an all purpose DCC (MODO, Zbrush, UE4)/casual gaming setup.
I've never used Watercooling before, and i've heard that AIOs can leak sometimes, and the last thing i want is to get one of those and have it one day leak.
I originally thought of going for an X99 board, so i could get a 6-core chip, but with skylake coming in cheaper, and with a higher stock clock, I'm not sure which to go for.
Drive wise, I've come to the conclusion that 400GB just isn't enough, so i was thinking of at least 1.5TB SSD for boot drive/main drive.
Overclocking wise, i have little experience, as the Bios in this motherboard is horrible to navigate, and i have no idea what to do with it.
What advice do the rest of you have? Any you can give me will be appreciated.
Anyways, I think the time has come for me to start looking at upgrading my system, though my current CPU (a Q6600 @ stock 2.4GHz) has served me faithfully for about 7 years now, the RAM is starting to reach it's limit, i'm currently using 6 GB of DDR2 clocked at 400MHz, and when i fire up chrome, MODO or Zbrush, the usage gauge i have on my desktop climbs into the 70+% range, even now, it's sat at 65%.
I'm currently also running a Samsung SATA 400GB hard drive (I have a external backup), of which i've only got about 62.2 GB free left, and the capacity indicator has gone into the red a couple of times on that.
My current Motherboard is a Asus P5K, current graphics card is a XFX 9750, all of this is running Win 7 Pro. I don't really intend to go Win 10 until they sort out the whole Data-mining thing.
I intend to recycle a few components, such as the Case, DVD/CD rewriter, power supply (Cooler Master 850W) and Graphics card.
It's going to be an all purpose DCC (MODO, Zbrush, UE4)/casual gaming setup.
I've never used Watercooling before, and i've heard that AIOs can leak sometimes, and the last thing i want is to get one of those and have it one day leak.
I originally thought of going for an X99 board, so i could get a 6-core chip, but with skylake coming in cheaper, and with a higher stock clock, I'm not sure which to go for.
Drive wise, I've come to the conclusion that 400GB just isn't enough, so i was thinking of at least 1.5TB SSD for boot drive/main drive.
Overclocking wise, i have little experience, as the Bios in this motherboard is horrible to navigate, and i have no idea what to do with it.
What advice do the rest of you have? Any you can give me will be appreciated.
