I currently have:
Antec 900 ATX mid tower
Corsair HX750W PSU
Asus P5K-SE Mobo
Intel Q6600 CPU
8Gb OCZ PC2-6400 DDR2
Asus EAH6850 DirectCU 1Gb Gfx
Soundblaster X-fi PCI-e Sound card
128Gb Crucial M4 SSD
Samsung 1.5Tb Spinpoint F2 HDD
Samsung 500Gb Spinpoint T series HDD
Samsung 250Gb Spinpoint P120 HDD
Win 7pro 64-bit
and am wanting to upgrade. I'm intending, initially at least, to keep the case, psu and drives (tho I may drop the 250Gb drive as I'm not currently pushed for space).
I use my rig for gaming and play GW2 and The Secret World regularly, with the occasional single player game too - mainly RPGs (Dragon Age, Mass Effect Series, Napoleon). I have Skyrim waiting to be played, and fancy giving the Bioshock series a go at some point soon too. I also will, once I've moved house, be wanting to dust off my old steering wheel and play some driving games.
I don't video edit, photo process or any of that multi-threaded stuff.
I've got no set budget, but would prefer to keep costs down as much as possible (obviously), without ruining the spec. As you can see from my current set up, I tend not to upgrade very often, so something that will be ok for a couple of years would be nice.
I'm unlikely to be overclocking seriously. A gentle bump in speed will be fine for me. I'm also quite concerned about noise (or rather the wife is). The quieter the better.
My initial try is:
MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION**
£239.99
(£199.99)
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game
£185.99
(£154.99)
Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler!
£107.99
(£89.99)
Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit
£64.99
(£54.16)
for a total of £611.86
How could this be improved?
Antec 900 ATX mid tower
Corsair HX750W PSU
Asus P5K-SE Mobo
Intel Q6600 CPU
8Gb OCZ PC2-6400 DDR2
Asus EAH6850 DirectCU 1Gb Gfx
Soundblaster X-fi PCI-e Sound card
128Gb Crucial M4 SSD
Samsung 1.5Tb Spinpoint F2 HDD
Samsung 500Gb Spinpoint T series HDD
Samsung 250Gb Spinpoint P120 HDD
Win 7pro 64-bit
and am wanting to upgrade. I'm intending, initially at least, to keep the case, psu and drives (tho I may drop the 250Gb drive as I'm not currently pushed for space).
I use my rig for gaming and play GW2 and The Secret World regularly, with the occasional single player game too - mainly RPGs (Dragon Age, Mass Effect Series, Napoleon). I have Skyrim waiting to be played, and fancy giving the Bioshock series a go at some point soon too. I also will, once I've moved house, be wanting to dust off my old steering wheel and play some driving games.
I don't video edit, photo process or any of that multi-threaded stuff.
I've got no set budget, but would prefer to keep costs down as much as possible (obviously), without ruining the spec. As you can see from my current set up, I tend not to upgrade very often, so something that will be ok for a couple of years would be nice.
I'm unlikely to be overclocking seriously. A gentle bump in speed will be fine for me. I'm also quite concerned about noise (or rather the wife is). The quieter the better.
My initial try is:
MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION**
£239.99
(£199.99)
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game
£185.99
(£154.99)
Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler!
£107.99
(£89.99)
Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit
£64.99
(£54.16)
for a total of £611.86
How could this be improved?