Thinking of upgrading my current rig!

marl

marl

marl

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I've been out of PC gaming for a few years but am thinking of getting back into it again. My current rig is about 6/7 years old and obviously would not be up to the latest games.

My budget would be around 700/800, less would be better but, I'd like something that would last a few years.

Some of the overclocked bundles look good to me, but I'm not sure what to go for or what bits of my current spec I could hold onto. I'm assuming the case and monitor are okay, but unsure about the PSU. Also, would my retail version of Win 7 still work in a new set-up, and would a Solid State HD offer a big improvement. Current spec is-:

NEC 20WGX2 Monitor.
Q6600
Abit IP35 MB
6GB corsair dominator DDR2 RAM
NVIDIA 8800 GT GPU
2 x Samsung Spinpoint 50GB HD's
Infinity Enermax 650 watt powersupply
Lian Li Tower Case
O/S - Windows 7.
 
Hows this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £199.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £82.99
1 x Silverstone Strider Plus 500W Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (SST-ST50F-P) £67.99
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £54.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £39.95
Total : £787.88 (includes shipping : £10.00).



I would think about changing the PSU, so spec'd a new one. Although, depending on the age, you could keep it. Wouldn't need more than 500/550w. If you can also keep your HDD's and use the SSD for the OS, this would save the budget also.

What case is it you have? Just want to make sure the parts will fit :)
 
That's a good plan snips,

Will keep the op going for a good 3-5 years.

Its best to check whether the K2 will fit. Otherwise the d14 is smaller and should fit in any case which can house a 120mm in the rear (measuring purposes).

I want that strider PSU....:)
 
Thanks for suggestion. I'm not sure what type of Lian Li case its approx 52cm tall, 57 cm long and 22cm wide. It also has a removeable motherboard tray.
 
Doomedspeed said:
That's a good plan snips,

Will keep the op going for a good 3-5 years.

Its best to check whether the K2 will fit. Otherwise the d14 is smaller and should fit in any case which can house a 120mm in the rear (measuring purposes).

I want that strider PSU....:)
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Nice to see I can still be useful ;)

marl said:
Thanks for suggestion. I'm not sure what type of Lian Li case its approx 52cm tall, 57 cm long and 22cm wide. It also has a removable motherboard tray.
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Do you know the model? Can you find it on their website or on OcUK's?
 
Enermax is a top PSU.


Ace Modder said:
Corsair did have Seasonic as the OEM for the whole range a few years ago. However due to the range becoming bigger and Corsair offering more "value" based items within their PSU catalogue, of course they are working with more OEM's to build their units. The CX range is aimed at a budget audience so of course the quality of the units will not be of what the AX range offers for example - pricing is reflected in this though.

However with the coil whine on the OP's video I would suggest you RMA that back to us (if you bought it from us), it should not make that noise and we will honour a replacement for you.

The return rates for Corsair are still very low (these include DSR/unwanted too - not just faulty). for example.

CX range = 2.5%
CX-M range = 1.75%
GS range = 2.2%
TX V2 range = 2.8%
TX-M range = 3.2%
HX+ range = 2.6%
AX range = 2.1%
AX i range = 1.1%

Compared to OCZ which is around 4.5% overall.
Antecs PSU return rate overall is around 1.4%.
The OcUK range is around 5%.
Seasonic retail products are around 2% overall.
Silverstone PSU returns are around 1.8%.
Thermaltake is about 5%.
Xigmatek is around 5.6%.
XFX is around 2.3%.
Zalman are good with less than 1% back overall.
Enermax is at 0.4% - amazing!
Coolermaster is around 3%
BeQuiet is around 2.6%
Akasa is around 2.4%


Hope this all helps.
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^^ Didnt say it was'nt :) He'll be wanting a new psu after 6/7 years and thought it a better one than the strider. Just had a look at the enermax equvilant.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £76.99
1 x Enermax Triathlor FC 550w '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (ETA550AWT-M) £76.99
Total : £165.38 (includes shipping : £9.50).



Same price same power both modular. Seasonic is gold rated so one would asume better at this price point?
Plus seasonic offer a 5year warrantee as aposed to enermaxs 3.
 
PSU's have come on a long way in the last 3 or so years. The Strider is more than good enough..

If the case is 22cm wide, im pretty sure the K2 will fit. :)
 
 
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