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Ok here is my old gaming machine...purchased from OC 5 years ago. I dusted it off a few weeks back and whilst it can play games fine it's not up to the speed and quality that I am used too!!
Replacement Parts
I am mainly playing Cities Skylines which is extremely resource heavy, but the over the top upgrade is for movement into 4K and possibly VR down the line.
I have been reading up, and it looks like i7-5930K 3.50GHz is a waste for the extra money and only beneficial if you're going to use 40x lanes. Is this correct? should I just get the i7-5820K 3.30GHz? I might dual card at some point but won't triple or quad card :/
Sound ok?
- Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gbs Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3-BK) Keeping
- Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 850W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CMPSU-850TXV2UK) Keeping
- Cooler Master CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case - Black Keeping
- Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA 6Gbs 32MB Cache - OEM (ST31000524AS) Keeping
- Samsung SH-S222ABBEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM Keeping
- Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard Replacing
- Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Replacing
- Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) Replacing
- Prolimatech Genesis Mega Performing CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775136611551156AMD AM2 AM2+AM3) Replacing
- Gainward GeForce GTX 580 "GOOD Edition" 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card Replacing
Replacement Parts
- Rampage V Extreme USB 3.1 Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 EATX Motherboard
- i7-5930K 3.50GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75930K) but possibly i7-5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K)
- Fury Black 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (HX424C15FBK4/32
- GeForce GTX 980Ti DC3 Strix 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GTX980TI-6GD5)
- CM Storm Quickfire TK Mechanical Keyboard - Brown Switch
I am mainly playing Cities Skylines which is extremely resource heavy, but the over the top upgrade is for movement into 4K and possibly VR down the line.
I have been reading up, and it looks like i7-5930K 3.50GHz is a waste for the extra money and only beneficial if you're going to use 40x lanes. Is this correct? should I just get the i7-5820K 3.30GHz? I might dual card at some point but won't triple or quad card :/
Sound ok?
Not convinced on the Strix however, would consider EVGA or Gigabyte over ASUS.