'ello,
I'm upgrading my PC. I have an E8400 CPU, which no longer cuts it. Games like BF2 are bottlenecked so bad they are almost unplayable, and even GW2 doesn't run well. I plan on going with an i5-3750k. I currently have an HD 6970, and may add a second (I won't be running quad, however). I have two drives (a 250 GB SSD and 500 GB HDD), with plans on adding a second 500 GB HDD for Raid 1. I also have a Soundblaster Xtremegamer that I want to keep.
I don't plan on spending the money on water cooling, so my overclocking will be limited, however I plan on doing some.
My PSU is an Antec Truepower 850W. Will I have any problems with that PSU on current motherboards?
I value reliability, some future proofing, and a good price-to-performance ratio. Any recommendations? I've been looking at the ASUS P8Z77-V line, between the LK ($130) and PRO ($207) levels, or the Intel BODD77GA70K ($220), but I don't really understand the difference (aside from the number of 6 gb/s SATAs).
I'm upgrading my PC. I have an E8400 CPU, which no longer cuts it. Games like BF2 are bottlenecked so bad they are almost unplayable, and even GW2 doesn't run well. I plan on going with an i5-3750k. I currently have an HD 6970, and may add a second (I won't be running quad, however). I have two drives (a 250 GB SSD and 500 GB HDD), with plans on adding a second 500 GB HDD for Raid 1. I also have a Soundblaster Xtremegamer that I want to keep.
I don't plan on spending the money on water cooling, so my overclocking will be limited, however I plan on doing some.
My PSU is an Antec Truepower 850W. Will I have any problems with that PSU on current motherboards?
I value reliability, some future proofing, and a good price-to-performance ratio. Any recommendations? I've been looking at the ASUS P8Z77-V line, between the LK ($130) and PRO ($207) levels, or the Intel BODD77GA70K ($220), but I don't really understand the difference (aside from the number of 6 gb/s SATAs).