My current gaming computer is about 3ish years old, figured it's time for an upgrade. I have never overclocked a computer before, and was thinking about doing it this time around. Have been lurking around the forums the last week or so and figured I'd post a build I had in mind. Hoping you can tell me if these parts are good, or if I should look at some thing else.
CPU: Core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz
Mobo: ASUS Sabertooth X58
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
Already purchased RAM, read a couple good things on these forums about it, and with the recent deal, I jumped on it.
Video Card: I currently have a EVGA 768-P3-1362-TR GeForce GTX 460, only thing I upgraded since I built this 3 years ago. XFX HD-697A-CNFC Radeon HD 6970 or HIS IceQ Turbo H697QT2G2M Radeon HD 6970 Read the article about the new IceQ cards and it made me think about them. Not sure because I am unsure about water or air cooling at the moment.
PSU: Currently have Rosewill Xtreme Series RX950-D-B 950W unsure if I should just stick with that or not.
I saw a bunch of recommendations or people using the CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX1200
Case: Currently have a Antec p180
Was thinking about going with COOLER MASTER RC-692-KKN2 CM690 II
Hard Drives: I currently have nothing special, a 400g and a 2TB hd. I want to upgrade to a SSD. I read some stuff on them, recommendations saying OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD3-2VTX90G 3.5" 90GB were good. I was reading that setting it up in a Raid 0 with two of them will increase the speed a good amount, just unsure about spending the money on two of those.
Sound Card: Haven't really looked. I have a Cyber Acoustic 2.1 speaker setup, so don't really think I need it at the moment.
Monitors: I think I'm fine with my current setup. Benq 21" WS and Acer 17" Not sure if it makes a much a difference these days, but figured I'd mention I run dual monitors.
I will say my budget is between $1000-1500. With everything there, it's about $1500ish. I didn't plan on spending that much money, but the PSU and 2 SSD's jumped it up that high.
I am unsure about cooling at the moment. Like I mentioned above, I've never overclocked before, I also have never done water cooling. I was thinking about getting into it now, obviously since I'm here. Any recommendations about cooling parts is appreciated, I really don't know where to look for parts. I have looked over the water cooling guide on this forum though.
Thanks for any help provided. I appreciate it.
CPU: Core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz
Mobo: ASUS Sabertooth X58
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
Already purchased RAM, read a couple good things on these forums about it, and with the recent deal, I jumped on it.
Video Card: I currently have a EVGA 768-P3-1362-TR GeForce GTX 460, only thing I upgraded since I built this 3 years ago. XFX HD-697A-CNFC Radeon HD 6970 or HIS IceQ Turbo H697QT2G2M Radeon HD 6970 Read the article about the new IceQ cards and it made me think about them. Not sure because I am unsure about water or air cooling at the moment.
PSU: Currently have Rosewill Xtreme Series RX950-D-B 950W unsure if I should just stick with that or not.
I saw a bunch of recommendations or people using the CORSAIR Professional Series Gold AX1200
Case: Currently have a Antec p180
Was thinking about going with COOLER MASTER RC-692-KKN2 CM690 II
Hard Drives: I currently have nothing special, a 400g and a 2TB hd. I want to upgrade to a SSD. I read some stuff on them, recommendations saying OCZ Vertex 2 OCZSSD3-2VTX90G 3.5" 90GB were good. I was reading that setting it up in a Raid 0 with two of them will increase the speed a good amount, just unsure about spending the money on two of those.
Sound Card: Haven't really looked. I have a Cyber Acoustic 2.1 speaker setup, so don't really think I need it at the moment.
Monitors: I think I'm fine with my current setup. Benq 21" WS and Acer 17" Not sure if it makes a much a difference these days, but figured I'd mention I run dual monitors.
I will say my budget is between $1000-1500. With everything there, it's about $1500ish. I didn't plan on spending that much money, but the PSU and 2 SSD's jumped it up that high.
I am unsure about cooling at the moment. Like I mentioned above, I've never overclocked before, I also have never done water cooling. I was thinking about getting into it now, obviously since I'm here. Any recommendations about cooling parts is appreciated, I really don't know where to look for parts. I have looked over the water cooling guide on this forum though.
Thanks for any help provided. I appreciate it.
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