In keeping witht he guidance in the sticky:
Approximate Purchase Date: January 2013
Budget Range: Ideally less than $100 for SSD or $1500 for the replacement system (tower only, not monitor or speakers)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Games, mostly older titles (Fallout series, Skyrim, Dragon Age, Path of Exile), web browsing, watching videos, prefer an optical drive, doing my taxes and word processing
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Primary SSD drive from 250 gig to 500 or 512 (or more)
Do you need to buy OS: If replacing would purchase wiht OS. i'm not a builder
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: New Egg, Amazon for parts. AVA Direct for new system or mainstream seller.
Location: Baltimore, MD
Parts Preferences: Crucial MX500 seems well reviewed. Would need SATA connector for old motherboard
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: I don't know what that is
Your Monitor Resolution: I don't recall but 9 years old
Additional Comments:
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My primary SSD drive is very full and Path of Exile crashes but no room to install on the primary drive
My current set up is:
CORSAIR, Builder Series� CX600 V2 600W Power Supply, 80 PLUS� Bronze, 24-pin ATX12V v2.3 EPS12V, 2x 8/6-pin PCIe
ASUS, P8H77-M/CSM, LGA1155, Intel� H77, DDR3-2200 (O.C) 32GB /4, PCIe x16, SATA 3Gb/s RAID 5 /4, 6Gb/s /2, HDMI + DVI + VGA, USB 3.0 /4, HDA, GbLAN, mATX, Retail
INTEL, Core� i5-3570 Quad-Core 3.4 - 3.8GHz TB, HD Graphics 2500, LGA1155, 6MB L3 Cache, 22nm, 77W, EM64T EIST VT-d VT-x XD, Retail
CRUCIAL, 8GB (2 x 4GB) Ballistix Elite PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL8 (8-8-8-24) 1.5V SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC
SAPPHIRE, Radeon� HD 7870 GhZ OC 1050MHz, 2GB GDDR5 5000MHz, PCIe x16 CrossFire, DVI + HDMI + 2x mini-DP, Retail
SAMSUNG, 250GB 840 Series SSD, TLC Samsung MDX, 530/240 MB/s, 2.5-Inch, 7mm, SATA 6 Gb/s, Retail
SEAGATE, 2TB Barracuda�, SATA 6 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 64MB cache, Retail
RAID, No RAID, Independent HDD Drives
LITE-ON, iHDS118 Black 18x48x DVD-ROM Drive, SATA, OEM
LITE-ON, iHAS324 Black 24x DVD�RW Dual-Layer Burner, SATA, Retail
ROSEWILL, RCR-IM5001 Black/Silver 75-in-1 Card Reader/Writer Drive w/ 3 USB 2.0 and eSATA ports, 3.5" Bay, SATA, USB 2.0
I've ahd surprisingly litte trouble with it. I had the secondary HDD die and replaced it myself with Acronis free version. The OS had some weird glitches a few years abck but seemed to fix itself.
Thanks!
Approximate Purchase Date: January 2013
Budget Range: Ideally less than $100 for SSD or $1500 for the replacement system (tower only, not monitor or speakers)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Games, mostly older titles (Fallout series, Skyrim, Dragon Age, Path of Exile), web browsing, watching videos, prefer an optical drive, doing my taxes and word processing
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Primary SSD drive from 250 gig to 500 or 512 (or more)
Do you need to buy OS: If replacing would purchase wiht OS. i'm not a builder
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: New Egg, Amazon for parts. AVA Direct for new system or mainstream seller.
Location: Baltimore, MD
Parts Preferences: Crucial MX500 seems well reviewed. Would need SATA connector for old motherboard
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: I don't know what that is
Your Monitor Resolution: I don't recall but 9 years old
Additional Comments:
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My primary SSD drive is very full and Path of Exile crashes but no room to install on the primary drive
My current set up is:
CORSAIR, Builder Series� CX600 V2 600W Power Supply, 80 PLUS� Bronze, 24-pin ATX12V v2.3 EPS12V, 2x 8/6-pin PCIe
ASUS, P8H77-M/CSM, LGA1155, Intel� H77, DDR3-2200 (O.C) 32GB /4, PCIe x16, SATA 3Gb/s RAID 5 /4, 6Gb/s /2, HDMI + DVI + VGA, USB 3.0 /4, HDA, GbLAN, mATX, Retail
INTEL, Core� i5-3570 Quad-Core 3.4 - 3.8GHz TB, HD Graphics 2500, LGA1155, 6MB L3 Cache, 22nm, 77W, EM64T EIST VT-d VT-x XD, Retail
CRUCIAL, 8GB (2 x 4GB) Ballistix Elite PC3-12800 DDR3 1600MHz CL8 (8-8-8-24) 1.5V SDRAM DIMM, Non-ECC
SAPPHIRE, Radeon� HD 7870 GhZ OC 1050MHz, 2GB GDDR5 5000MHz, PCIe x16 CrossFire, DVI + HDMI + 2x mini-DP, Retail
SAMSUNG, 250GB 840 Series SSD, TLC Samsung MDX, 530/240 MB/s, 2.5-Inch, 7mm, SATA 6 Gb/s, Retail
SEAGATE, 2TB Barracuda�, SATA 6 Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 64MB cache, Retail
RAID, No RAID, Independent HDD Drives
LITE-ON, iHDS118 Black 18x48x DVD-ROM Drive, SATA, OEM
LITE-ON, iHAS324 Black 24x DVD�RW Dual-Layer Burner, SATA, Retail
ROSEWILL, RCR-IM5001 Black/Silver 75-in-1 Card Reader/Writer Drive w/ 3 USB 2.0 and eSATA ports, 3.5" Bay, SATA, USB 2.0
I've ahd surprisingly litte trouble with it. I had the secondary HDD die and replaced it myself with Acronis free version. The OS had some weird glitches a few years abck but seemed to fix itself.
Thanks!
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