- Joined
- Mar 25, 2002
- Location
- Washington State
Hey guys,
I've been out of the game for a while now, so I need some advice. For the last 5 years I've been running a 'core 2' quad core, 4gig machine with no overclock. I don't game any more, but I do a little audio and video processing that really bogs the machine down.
When not rendering, I do a lot of memory hungry work, and usually have firefox alone taking up around a gig of ram along with photoshop, multiple word & excel windows, dreamweaver, etc.
I want to go haswell just to be "current" but I also plan on running this rig for another 5 years if possible. Budget is a concern, and I am especially interested in motherboard suggestions in the ~$130 range.
I won't overclock it...very much. But I would like to take it to a stable OC with the stock HSF. Even if that's only 3.8ghz, it'll be good enough. (Seriously, I DON'T game any more). System stability is more important to me than CPU clock.
4670k haswell
ASUS Z87M-PLUS
Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600)
No video card for now (crazy, I know...)
Barracuda 1tb hd
PC P&C 500w Silencer PSU
Cooler Master N200 $40 case
$15 card reader
and a dvd drive from my box-o-parts
Let me know what you think, especially on the MOBO. I am tempted to go with 2x8gig ram, but I think 8gig will handle my needs with some headroom and if not, then I can go 4x4gig later.
Thanks,
Kos
I've been out of the game for a while now, so I need some advice. For the last 5 years I've been running a 'core 2' quad core, 4gig machine with no overclock. I don't game any more, but I do a little audio and video processing that really bogs the machine down.
When not rendering, I do a lot of memory hungry work, and usually have firefox alone taking up around a gig of ram along with photoshop, multiple word & excel windows, dreamweaver, etc.
I want to go haswell just to be "current" but I also plan on running this rig for another 5 years if possible. Budget is a concern, and I am especially interested in motherboard suggestions in the ~$130 range.
I won't overclock it...very much. But I would like to take it to a stable OC with the stock HSF. Even if that's only 3.8ghz, it'll be good enough. (Seriously, I DON'T game any more). System stability is more important to me than CPU clock.
4670k haswell
ASUS Z87M-PLUS
Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600)
No video card for now (crazy, I know...)
Barracuda 1tb hd
PC P&C 500w Silencer PSU
Cooler Master N200 $40 case
$15 card reader
and a dvd drive from my box-o-parts
Let me know what you think, especially on the MOBO. I am tempted to go with 2x8gig ram, but I think 8gig will handle my needs with some headroom and if not, then I can go 4x4gig later.
Thanks,
Kos