- Dec 15, 2011
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Approximate Purchase Date: Aquiring and building all parts through Thanksgiving Break
Budget Range: Around $1000 after rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: 3D Modeling Photoshop Digital Art Video Games
Are you buying a monitor: Yes / No
Parts to Upgrade: Everything except for keyboard/mouse/HDD/displays
Do you need to buy OS: Yes / No Dad has an extra copy floating around
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg/amazon
Location: Las Cruces, NM, USA
Parts Preferences: by brand or type: None
Overclocking: Yes / No / Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Yes / No / Maybe In the future if I ever buy an additional graphics card
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: I would like to know what you think of my pc part hunting I gathered today and what I could improve upon it.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My current pc is unreliable and old.
Current PC SPECS
WINDOWS 7 ultimate 64 bit (fresh install on new HDD)
Asus crosshair motherboard w/sli support and led screen posting
OCZ ddr2-6400 4-GB 2x2GB sticks
AMD athlon 64 x2 6000+ brisbane 3.1 GHz dual core cpu
PNY nvidia gforce 9800+ gtx video card
HP dual layer burner with lightscribe
RAIDMAX Tornado ATX case
SEAGATE barracuda 7200 320 gig HDD
ULTRA 550W X2-Connect modular Power Supply - Titanium w/ Blue UV
SupremeFX Audio Card 8 channel hd audio (came with motherboard)
PC UPGRADE BUILD
PSU: CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W $160
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z77 $110 ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX / GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP $160
CPU: INTEL CORE I5-2500K $200
RAM: 2x G.SKILL Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) $60.00 ($120.00)
Video Card: GeForce GTX 650 $150.00
Tower Case: Rosewill THOR V2-White Edition (comes with 4 fans) $120.00
SSD: SAMSUNG 830 Series 64GB $50.00
Total Range: $850-960
Will 32GB of RAM make any big of a difference or should I stick to 16GB for now? I'm also unsure which motherboard to get from my list (feel free to suggest other boards as well). This being my very first PC Build I am very excited to get started and any help is very much appreciated. Also I was thinking of not opting on buying a optical drive because I don't use disks at all. Can I just upgrade my drivers and such strictly online or are there mandatory things from disks?
Budget Range: Around $1000 after rebates
System Usage from Most to Least Important: 3D Modeling Photoshop Digital Art Video Games
Are you buying a monitor: Yes / No
Parts to Upgrade: Everything except for keyboard/mouse/HDD/displays
Do you need to buy OS: Yes / No Dad has an extra copy floating around
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: newegg/amazon
Location: Las Cruces, NM, USA
Parts Preferences: by brand or type: None
Overclocking: Yes / No / Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Yes / No / Maybe In the future if I ever buy an additional graphics card
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Additional Comments: I would like to know what you think of my pc part hunting I gathered today and what I could improve upon it.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My current pc is unreliable and old.
Current PC SPECS
WINDOWS 7 ultimate 64 bit (fresh install on new HDD)
Asus crosshair motherboard w/sli support and led screen posting
OCZ ddr2-6400 4-GB 2x2GB sticks
AMD athlon 64 x2 6000+ brisbane 3.1 GHz dual core cpu
PNY nvidia gforce 9800+ gtx video card
HP dual layer burner with lightscribe
RAIDMAX Tornado ATX case
SEAGATE barracuda 7200 320 gig HDD
ULTRA 550W X2-Connect modular Power Supply - Titanium w/ Blue UV
SupremeFX Audio Card 8 channel hd audio (came with motherboard)
PC UPGRADE BUILD
PSU: CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W $160
Motherboard: GIGABYTE GA-Z77 $110 ASRock Fatal1ty 990FX / GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP $160
CPU: INTEL CORE I5-2500K $200
RAM: 2x G.SKILL Sniper Gaming Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) $60.00 ($120.00)
Video Card: GeForce GTX 650 $150.00
Tower Case: Rosewill THOR V2-White Edition (comes with 4 fans) $120.00
SSD: SAMSUNG 830 Series 64GB $50.00
Total Range: $850-960
Will 32GB of RAM make any big of a difference or should I stick to 16GB for now? I'm also unsure which motherboard to get from my list (feel free to suggest other boards as well). This being my very first PC Build I am very excited to get started and any help is very much appreciated. Also I was thinking of not opting on buying a optical drive because I don't use disks at all. Can I just upgrade my drivers and such strictly online or are there mandatory things from disks?
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