- May 20, 2016
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Howdy everyone. I am a longtime reader of reviews and advice, and first time posting. There was no intro thread, so I figure this is my chance. I have been a PC gamer since I was 6, not counting high school and college when I had no money and resorted to console. Bought a CyberpowerPC build in 2012 with a i7 3770k and EVGA GTX 680 overclocked. It's starting to show some heat problems and is having trouble keeping up with the newest games; Doom is the first game I can't run on full High settings. So, I have been reading and shopping and came up with this build (in the forum's sticky format):
Approximate Purchase Date: 5-6 months (after my expensive wedding)
Budget Range: 1200-1400. PC Part Picker shows this build at $1386
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, multitasking, overclocking, office work, internet
Are you buying a monitor: Immediately, no. May grab a 1440 or 4k eventually.
Parts to Upgrade: Full system
CPU - i5 6600K
CPU Cooler - Corsair H110i GTX Liquid cooler
Mobo - MSI Gaming M5
Memory - 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4-3000 (red)
Storage - PNY CS1311 240GB SSD, Western Digital BLACK 1TB HDD
GPU - ASUS GTX 980 4GB STRIX (or just wait for 1080s?)
PSU - Corsair CX600
Case - Corsair 450D
Extras - Wifi card, fan controller
Do you need to buy OS: Yes - Windows 7. Haven't seen a reason to do 10.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: PC Part Picker
Location: El Paso, TX
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, nvidia GPUs
Overclocking: Yes. I have not overclocked myself before, but want to try it.
SLI or Crossfire: Probably not.
Monitor Resolution: Would like to get 1440p, but 1080p is fine.
Additional Comments: Quiet is nice, I think the Corsair's quiet case fans will help. Also want to make this one look nicer, preferably red/black theme. Might do an LED strip.
Why Are I am Upgrading: My GTX 680 is showing heat increases, even after replacing the paste and keeping it clean. The fan is also extremely loud on it under load. I could upgrade just the card, but I figure if I'm going to upgrade, just do it all, since DDR4 is a thing now. I also hate having this full tower.
Any advice would be great. This will be my first time building from scratch - I have replaced components before. Should I get a cheap 200-300 build to test? Maybe find an old one and take it apart to rebuild as practice? Thanks everyone.
Approximate Purchase Date: 5-6 months (after my expensive wedding)
Budget Range: 1200-1400. PC Part Picker shows this build at $1386
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, multitasking, overclocking, office work, internet
Are you buying a monitor: Immediately, no. May grab a 1440 or 4k eventually.
Parts to Upgrade: Full system
CPU - i5 6600K
CPU Cooler - Corsair H110i GTX Liquid cooler
Mobo - MSI Gaming M5
Memory - 2x8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR4-3000 (red)
Storage - PNY CS1311 240GB SSD, Western Digital BLACK 1TB HDD
GPU - ASUS GTX 980 4GB STRIX (or just wait for 1080s?)
PSU - Corsair CX600
Case - Corsair 450D
Extras - Wifi card, fan controller
Do you need to buy OS: Yes - Windows 7. Haven't seen a reason to do 10.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: PC Part Picker
Location: El Paso, TX
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, nvidia GPUs
Overclocking: Yes. I have not overclocked myself before, but want to try it.
SLI or Crossfire: Probably not.
Monitor Resolution: Would like to get 1440p, but 1080p is fine.
Additional Comments: Quiet is nice, I think the Corsair's quiet case fans will help. Also want to make this one look nicer, preferably red/black theme. Might do an LED strip.
Why Are I am Upgrading: My GTX 680 is showing heat increases, even after replacing the paste and keeping it clean. The fan is also extremely loud on it under load. I could upgrade just the card, but I figure if I'm going to upgrade, just do it all, since DDR4 is a thing now. I also hate having this full tower.
Any advice would be great. This will be my first time building from scratch - I have replaced components before. Should I get a cheap 200-300 build to test? Maybe find an old one and take it apart to rebuild as practice? Thanks everyone.
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