Hey guys long time lurker here. I'm looking at giving my old gaming rig new life. I recently bought some DDR3 RAM and discovered it didn’t fit in the mobo and realized I needed to replace my mobo and thus my CPU. I have learned a lot reading here at Tom's but I realize I still need to learn more before I plunge into my new build.
Current PC:
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz
Mobo: Stock HP DDR2 ATX
HDD: 7200 RPM 500 GB
GPU: Radeon 4770 512
Ram: 4x2GB DDR2 (Own Gskill DDR3 4X4GB 1600 RAM)
PSU: Thermaltake 650W
Looking at this for my new build:
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz ($200) (Want to OC maybe to 4.0 GHz, never tried it so I’m not sure about Mobo compatibility/fan situation/etc)
Mobo: ASrock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA 1155 ($140)
SSD: Samsung 830 128 GB 2.5 ($110) (Might go 256GB version)
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB ($220) (might dual card later)
RAM: Gskill DDR3 4x4GB 1600 (Own already)
PSU: Thermaltake 650W (Own Already)
Monitor: Honestly I don’t know much about them. Mine right now runs 1600X900 resolution natively
It will mainly be for a variety of games: GW2, Fallout New Vegas, Borderlands 2. I don’t play BF3 so it doesn’t need to be blazing fast, not really sure how much machine I need.
Any input would help! Ideas on compatibility, bottlenecks, better components for the price, or whatever comes to mind would be great!
Current PC:
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 620 @ 2.6 GHz
Mobo: Stock HP DDR2 ATX
HDD: 7200 RPM 500 GB
GPU: Radeon 4770 512
Ram: 4x2GB DDR2 (Own Gskill DDR3 4X4GB 1600 RAM)
PSU: Thermaltake 650W
Looking at this for my new build:
CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz ($200) (Want to OC maybe to 4.0 GHz, never tried it so I’m not sure about Mobo compatibility/fan situation/etc)
Mobo: ASrock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA 1155 ($140)
SSD: Samsung 830 128 GB 2.5 ($110) (Might go 256GB version)
GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2GB ($220) (might dual card later)
RAM: Gskill DDR3 4x4GB 1600 (Own already)
PSU: Thermaltake 650W (Own Already)
Monitor: Honestly I don’t know much about them. Mine right now runs 1600X900 resolution natively
It will mainly be for a variety of games: GW2, Fallout New Vegas, Borderlands 2. I don’t play BF3 so it doesn’t need to be blazing fast, not really sure how much machine I need.
Any input would help! Ideas on compatibility, bottlenecks, better components for the price, or whatever comes to mind would be great!