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- Sep 9, 2004
I am looking to upgrade/rebuild my by now ancient 7 year old water cooled system. I have a budget of $900 dollars. I am hoping to order this on the 25th or 26th to hopefully take advantage of some sales.
The bad news is that the budget needs to include a decent monitor as I am running a crt now and will probably need to include a version of Windows 7 as I only own Vista and XP pro.
The good news is that I own a Cooler Master Stacker Case that should work well and a 550w Cooler master power supply that might be appropriate for a new build. Also owned is a 1 year old WD caviar black 500G sata 2 hard drive and a much older 200G IDE hard drive. My thoughts is that paired with a new SSD for the OS I will have a storage solution at least till mechanical HDs come back down. Also owned is a Cooler Master Aerogate 2 and a Musketeer, so I have tons of options for a fan controller. Lastly I own Cooler Master cross flow fan that was made for that case and is whisper quiet.
I am coming from a very quiet water cooled AMD system that was a mild overclock. My new system will have to start life air cooled as the cost of replacing 2 water blocks would probably hurt the budget too much. I am concerned about noise though and realizing this system is likely to be louder I would still appreciate if some thought were given to noise. I am not afraid to overclock but stability and noise come first.
I use my computer for light gaming of mainly strategy games such as the Europa Universalis/ Hearts of Iron series and the Civilization series and I am still a fan of Diablo 2. I would envision this new system as being capable of playing Diablo 3 and a hypothetical Civ 6.
In summary 900 dollars to include OS, Monitor, MB, CPU, Video Card, Memory, SSD HD, and probably an aftermarket cooling solution to keep noise down. I prefer to use Newegg, but all vendors are welcome. I thank you in advance for your advice and patience. I welcome any advice and can provide more info if needed.
The bad news is that the budget needs to include a decent monitor as I am running a crt now and will probably need to include a version of Windows 7 as I only own Vista and XP pro.
The good news is that I own a Cooler Master Stacker Case that should work well and a 550w Cooler master power supply that might be appropriate for a new build. Also owned is a 1 year old WD caviar black 500G sata 2 hard drive and a much older 200G IDE hard drive. My thoughts is that paired with a new SSD for the OS I will have a storage solution at least till mechanical HDs come back down. Also owned is a Cooler Master Aerogate 2 and a Musketeer, so I have tons of options for a fan controller. Lastly I own Cooler Master cross flow fan that was made for that case and is whisper quiet.
I am coming from a very quiet water cooled AMD system that was a mild overclock. My new system will have to start life air cooled as the cost of replacing 2 water blocks would probably hurt the budget too much. I am concerned about noise though and realizing this system is likely to be louder I would still appreciate if some thought were given to noise. I am not afraid to overclock but stability and noise come first.
I use my computer for light gaming of mainly strategy games such as the Europa Universalis/ Hearts of Iron series and the Civilization series and I am still a fan of Diablo 2. I would envision this new system as being capable of playing Diablo 3 and a hypothetical Civ 6.
In summary 900 dollars to include OS, Monitor, MB, CPU, Video Card, Memory, SSD HD, and probably an aftermarket cooling solution to keep noise down. I prefer to use Newegg, but all vendors are welcome. I thank you in advance for your advice and patience. I welcome any advice and can provide more info if needed.
