Hi all
My son and I refreshed our home pc (original build 2007) about 1 year ago by replacing the cpu, boot drive, air cooler, and psu but we're now interested in a major upgrade. I now it would be preferred to simply replace the whole machine but I would like to teach my son how best to re-purpose some components like air cooler, psu, and graphics card as I think these are still very capable and relatively new. That said, if main purpose of the machine is online gaming at 1440p IPS 165Hz (fortnite, apex legends etc) and 3D CAD Creo, what's a solid "value" build using the re-purposed components that isn't over the top expensive. We are open to either Intel or AMD cpu architecture.
Thanks in advance
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit, Motherboard: ASUS P6T DELUXE (LGA1366)
CPU: Intel Xeon X5680@ 4.20GHz (OCd)--- upgraded from i7 920
CPU fan: Noctua D15--- upgraded from stock fan
RAM: G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7T (2GB X4)
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti GAMING 08G-P4-5670-KR 8GB GDDR5- upgraded from Sapphire Radeon HD4870 512MB
SSD (boot drive): SanDisk Ultra 3D NAND 500GB Internal SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm - SDSSDH3-500G-G25--- upgrade from HDD
HDD: WDC WD10EADS-00L5B1 (1TB SATA II)--- NEW
PSU: Corsair RM750xW--- NEW
Tower: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower
My son and I refreshed our home pc (original build 2007) about 1 year ago by replacing the cpu, boot drive, air cooler, and psu but we're now interested in a major upgrade. I now it would be preferred to simply replace the whole machine but I would like to teach my son how best to re-purpose some components like air cooler, psu, and graphics card as I think these are still very capable and relatively new. That said, if main purpose of the machine is online gaming at 1440p IPS 165Hz (fortnite, apex legends etc) and 3D CAD Creo, what's a solid "value" build using the re-purposed components that isn't over the top expensive. We are open to either Intel or AMD cpu architecture.
Thanks in advance
OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit, Motherboard: ASUS P6T DELUXE (LGA1366)
CPU: Intel Xeon X5680@ 4.20GHz (OCd)--- upgraded from i7 920
CPU fan: Noctua D15--- upgraded from stock fan
RAM: G.SKILL 8GB (4 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Triple Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL7T (2GB X4)
Graphics: EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti GAMING 08G-P4-5670-KR 8GB GDDR5- upgraded from Sapphire Radeon HD4870 512MB
SSD (boot drive): SanDisk Ultra 3D NAND 500GB Internal SSD - SATA III 6 Gb/s, 2.5"/7mm - SDSSDH3-500G-G25--- upgrade from HDD
HDD: WDC WD10EADS-00L5B1 (1TB SATA II)--- NEW
PSU: Corsair RM750xW--- NEW
Tower: Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower