System upgrade

[daniel]

Hi,

 

My current PC got damaged during transportation (CPU killed, and motherboard clips broken) and I am looking to make it run again.

 

My previous specs were the following

- EVGA GeForce GTX 280 1GB PCI Express 2.0 x16

- PC Power and Cooling S61EPS 610W Continuous @ 40

[EuroFight]

It really depends what you use your rig for, but moving from a Core 2 Duo to an i5 will make your new rig seem insanely fast, definitely a worthwhile upgrade from your previous specs, although I doubt you will need 16GB of RAM, and you could probably use the cash you save from cutting back and getting 8GB to upgrade the GPU a bit (or SLI perhaps)

Edited November 9, 2012 by EuroFight

[Black64]

With the price of ram now, just as much as you want. Builds looks solid.

[IVIYTH0S]

Do you not plan on ever overclocking or just not right now?? If not, why get the K version

[vandreadstriker]

Do you not plan on ever overclocking or just not right now?? If not, why get the K version

 

And a Z77 board?

 

If you don't plan on overclocking, you can just get something like the i5 3450S and an ASRock H77 MB.

 

[daniel]

And a Z77 board?

 

If you don't plan on overclocking, you can just get something like the i5 3450S and an ASRock H77 MB.

 

 

I was doing the 3570k because for 20 dollars I dont ming the .3 ghz extra, and i chose the k, just in case the video card also has issues, this one has the intel graphics 4000 in comparison to the others. I have not been able to test if the video card survived the shipment.

[vandreadstriker]

Umm... I don't think the HD4000 graphics would do you any good in terms of performance.. If it's about just having a backup until you get a new card, the 2500 would still suffice.