NOTE: I won't be needing harddisks, moniter, case, DVD drives, OPerating system etc - just the components in the opening post, so the £1500 is just for the following components
Hello Guys and Gals,
I need to upgrade my PC as the latest games/applications are not compatible with my old system anymore.
Need the following specs:
- Budget ~ £1500, but a bit more if you can convince me to spank the credit card
- At least 4GB RAM
- A top end/high end Video Card (don't mind dual ones, SLI etc), so that I won't require any upgrades for a long time,
- Motherboard - willing to spend good money for a quality board
- VERY VERY good Power supply
- Cooling system, since I am a developer and travel around a lot, and it can get pretty hot in the countries where I am consulting in, need a good cooling system that can even brave 48 Degree Centigrade temps.
- A ROCK SOLID (I can't stress this enough, I am willing to sacrifice speed over stability) system that won't reboot in my face. On my current PC (got the PC specced here by a kind soul about 4 years ago) and believe it or not, I still have not re-installed windows xp.
Need multiple recommendations for each component if possible to see if I can mix and match
Here is what I think would be ok as a starter, but need feedback on price and if I can replace components so that the price can be brought down a little bit.
Would appreciate some feedback - thanks!
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Power :
Cooler Master 750W Real Power Pro RS-750
OR
Corsair TX750W
Motherboard:
ASUS Striker II Formula (I'm a fan of Intel processors - sorry)
Video:
Two GeForce 8800GTX 768MB graphics cards in SLI
OR
Dual Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB graphics cards in Crossfire
Sound:
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
OR
SoundBlaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series
Memory:
OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 Reaper HPC 4GB Edition
OR
2x2GB Corsair Dominator PC2-8500 (TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF)
CPU:
Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.16GHz) Retail
FAN:
Zalman CNPS9500 AT
OR
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Keyboard:
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
EDIT: Won't be overclocking my system
Hello Guys and Gals,
I need to upgrade my PC as the latest games/applications are not compatible with my old system anymore.
Need the following specs:
- Budget ~ £1500, but a bit more if you can convince me to spank the credit card
- At least 4GB RAM
- A top end/high end Video Card (don't mind dual ones, SLI etc), so that I won't require any upgrades for a long time,
- Motherboard - willing to spend good money for a quality board
- VERY VERY good Power supply
- Cooling system, since I am a developer and travel around a lot, and it can get pretty hot in the countries where I am consulting in, need a good cooling system that can even brave 48 Degree Centigrade temps.
- A ROCK SOLID (I can't stress this enough, I am willing to sacrifice speed over stability) system that won't reboot in my face. On my current PC (got the PC specced here by a kind soul about 4 years ago) and believe it or not, I still have not re-installed windows xp.
Need multiple recommendations for each component if possible to see if I can mix and match
Here is what I think would be ok as a starter, but need feedback on price and if I can replace components so that the price can be brought down a little bit.
Would appreciate some feedback - thanks!
------------
Power :
Cooler Master 750W Real Power Pro RS-750
OR
Corsair TX750W
Motherboard:
ASUS Striker II Formula (I'm a fan of Intel processors - sorry)
Video:
Two GeForce 8800GTX 768MB graphics cards in SLI
OR
Dual Radeon HD 3870 X2 1GB graphics cards in Crossfire
Sound:
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
OR
SoundBlaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series
Memory:
OCZ DDR2 PC2-8500 Reaper HPC 4GB Edition
OR
2x2GB Corsair Dominator PC2-8500 (TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF)
CPU:
Core 2 Duo E8500 (3.16GHz) Retail
FAN:
Zalman CNPS9500 AT
OR
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Keyboard:
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
EDIT: Won't be overclocking my system
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