Hello everyone.
First of all, I want to say that, even being my first thread here, I've always used Tom's Hardware (and forum) when it comes to PC'ware. So, that being said, I decided to come here to the forums this time and ask you guys some couple of questions and advices for what's gonna be my next upgrade buy.
For the moment, the part of my rig that I want to upgrade is something like this (I can't remember properly my RAM now, and I can't tell you for now, because I'm far from home, and I'm not really sure on what specific RAM is):
MOBO: Gibabyte X58A-UD3R rev 2.0 (I've had my share of problems :-|)
CPU: Intel i7 930
and a couple of old SATA II harddrives.
So, based in what I've searched here and in other sites, I'm thinking of buying this combo:
MOBO: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
CPU: Intel i5 3570K
RAM: a pack of 2 x 4Gb (8Gb total) Corsair CL9 Vengeance
But at the same time, I still didn't decide on what to buy on the harddrive level.
Do you guys have any advice? I'm thinking of one SSD and a new harddrive (or should I go for a couple and raid them?). Do you have any names? I would deeply appreciate it.
And by the way, if you can, tell me what do you guys think about the MOBO+CPU+RAM combo; if it is nice and non-conflictuous.
My PSU is a Corsair HX850 and my CPU cooler is a Corsair H50; would these both work perfectly? I was assuming they would.
I'm very much appreciated in advance.
Regards,
Ricardo Cardoso.
EDIT: And yes, I'm planning to OC a little. 🙂
First of all, I want to say that, even being my first thread here, I've always used Tom's Hardware (and forum) when it comes to PC'ware. So, that being said, I decided to come here to the forums this time and ask you guys some couple of questions and advices for what's gonna be my next upgrade buy.
For the moment, the part of my rig that I want to upgrade is something like this (I can't remember properly my RAM now, and I can't tell you for now, because I'm far from home, and I'm not really sure on what specific RAM is):
MOBO: Gibabyte X58A-UD3R rev 2.0 (I've had my share of problems :-|)
CPU: Intel i7 930
and a couple of old SATA II harddrives.
So, based in what I've searched here and in other sites, I'm thinking of buying this combo:
MOBO: ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
CPU: Intel i5 3570K
RAM: a pack of 2 x 4Gb (8Gb total) Corsair CL9 Vengeance
But at the same time, I still didn't decide on what to buy on the harddrive level.
Do you guys have any advice? I'm thinking of one SSD and a new harddrive (or should I go for a couple and raid them?). Do you have any names? I would deeply appreciate it.
And by the way, if you can, tell me what do you guys think about the MOBO+CPU+RAM combo; if it is nice and non-conflictuous.
My PSU is a Corsair HX850 and my CPU cooler is a Corsair H50; would these both work perfectly? I was assuming they would.
I'm very much appreciated in advance.
Regards,
Ricardo Cardoso.
EDIT: And yes, I'm planning to OC a little. 🙂