Spec me an upgrade

SpaghettiOs

SpaghettiOs

SpaghettiOs

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Hey all,

I've had the following system since 2006 and it's done well, but a few recent hardware failures mean it won't boot (think it's a RAM issue), and it's not worth replacing components. Could you let me know what parts are worth salvaging, and then spec me an upgrade for around £450? Primarily for gaming.

Intel C2D E6600
Asus P5B Deluxe
Crucial 4GB (Dead, I think)
ATi 5850 1GB (Might try and live with this for a while if it brings the rest of the spec up)
Corsair HX520W (not sure if this is up to Haswell)
2x Seagate Barracuda (think I can salvage these)

Thanks in advance,
James
 
Resuse you psu , hard drives, gpu and i presume your case . Do you have a sata optical drive ?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £194.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £74.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3K2/8GX) £49.99
Total : £440.76 (includes shipping : £9.00).

 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £194.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £95.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Predator 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17066C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (KHX21C11T2K2/8X) £65.99
Total : £367.76 (includes shipping : £9.00).



As already said, reuse your Psu, as it should be ok.

According to Intel's presentation at IDF, the new Haswell processors enter a sleep state called C7 that can drop processor power usage as low as 0.05A. Even if the sleeping CPU is the only load on the +12V rail, most power supplies can handle a load this low. The potential problem comes up when there is still a substantial load on the power supply's non-primary rails (the +3.3V and +5V). If the load on these non-primary rails are above a certain threshold (which varies by PSU), the +12V can go out of spec (voltages greater than +12.6V). If the +12V is out of spec when the motherboard comes out of the sleep state, the PSU's protection may prevent the PSU from running and will cause the power supply to "latch off". This will require the user to cycle the power on their power supply using the power switch on the back of the unit.
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I think you can turn off a couple of the power states in the bios, 3&6, but maybe someone else can clarify this. The Psu appears on the list in the link but is not a 100% certain. http://techreport.com/review/24897/the-big-haswell-psu-compatibility-list#corsair

Do you have a cooler?
 
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