Re-using an 8600GTS GPU

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I'm rebuilding my fathers PC for him. He wants to keep his EVGA 512MB 8600GTS graphics card. Will the following spec work with it okay? Any suggestions on the components?

Not looking for it to be a gaming PC, just a general family workhorse that'll run two monitors (hence the recycling of the 8600GTS)

Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3
Intel i3 2100
Corsair XMS3 8GB 1333mhz (2x4GB)
Agility 3 SSD
EVGA 8600GTS GPU
Q-Tec 550w Dual Fan 24P PSU (Never heard of this PSU? Any good?)
Two 250GB mechanical HDDs for storage/backup

Advice appreciated.
 
Thanks. So, a revised spec:

Gigabyte Z77-D3H
i3 2120
Corsair XMS3 8GB
Agility 3 SSD
EVGA 8600 GTS GPU
Corsair CX430 PSU
Two 250GB HDDs

Any issues with those together? Will the 430w PSU run it all okay, so no real need to go with the CX500?
 
For general day to day use can't the OP use the iGPU to connect to 2 monitors?
8600GTS would be much more powerful than iGPU but why?
 
Whilst choosing the best 'budget' PSU I went for a coolermaster GX450 over the Corsair when they were £33 on Overclockers :D

Seem to hear horror stories with the latest CX430s despite the good reviews
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x Intel Core i3-2120 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £86.39
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-500CXUKV2) £44.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £39.95
Total : £358.30 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Not sure what parts you already own and what you are buying....is there a budget?

THe M4 SSD is better as the guys have pointed out, what isn't as widely known is that as capacity increases so does write speed. Hence me adding the 128GB rather than the 64GB SSD. The RAM i've chosen is faster (1600mhz) than your corsair choice.

The Z77 mobo has lucid MVP which will boost the performance of that old nvidia GPU. Not that you mentioned gaming but still nice to know it's being put to good use. OCuk's PSU stock seems to have been hammered lately everyone i went to was out of stock :(

It's definately worth talking things through, at 100 posts you will lost the nasty P&P :)
 
Thanks for the advice. The budget is £400 including a copy of Win7 64bit.

We're keeping the case, 2 x HDDs and CD-ROMs, so need:

New mobo, processor, PSU, RAM and an SSD for the OS drive. A 60/64GB drive will do just fine as the budget doens't allow for a larger one, and it'll only be used as OS/Apps.
I think I'm pretty happy with the spec I posted, will maybe swap the RAM for the 1600. I've got a Vertex 2 in my PC which seems to be coping pretty well, so thought the Agility 3 would be even better at roughly twice the speed. As a general workhorse, its rarely (if ever) going to be put through its paces...
 
 
stulid said:
Just to check,

Your HDD's are SATA?

You need a DVD drive for the Windows disk, not a CD drive.

This is £400 with Win7,
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Yeah, the HDDs are SATA and we have DVD-ROMs.

So you think I should drop out the Z77 board and change it for an H61? I put an H67 in my PC a few years ago when sandybridge was just released as I had no need for overclocking or an additional GPU. Are the H61 boards the same idea? i.e. no clocking? Because my parents wont be clocking or anything like that. They just need a board suitable to run the 8600GTS with USB3 and SATA3 for future proofing, so if the H61 fits the bill we'll go with that...
 
No overclocking with H61 boards.

The i3 chip has a locked multiplier also.

That particular H61 board has two USB3.0 ports at the rear, two SATAIII ports.
 
stulid said:
No overclocking with H61 boards.

The i3 chip has a locked multiplier also.

That particular H61 board has two USB3.0 ports at the rear, two SATAIII ports.
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Sounds like that it'll be the one then, and the difference can improve the SSD.

With a 'basic' i3 2120, will there be a significant improvement in purchasing a CPU cooler like the Coolermaster TX3 over the stock Intel one? I know it will keep the temps down, but with the minimal stressing, would it be worth it?
 
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