Current specs:
Q6600 core 2 quad, 2.4Gz * 4
4GB RAM
P35-DS4 gigabyte mobo
Geforce GTX 460 (bought second-hand about 2 years ago)
Boot drive: Samsung 840 Evo 500GB SSD (SATA 3 rated)
Data drives: 60gb Idilinix Barefoot 2 SSD (Previous boot drive), 2 x 1TB HDs in RAID 1
Enermax Liberty modular powersupply, 80% efficient. Either 500w or 620w (can't remember, haven't pulled computer out to look), probably 500w.
Silverstone TJ09 TEMIJN case
Dell U2412M 24" 1920x1200 monitor
I'm really only looking to replace the CPU, motherboard and RAM at this point, but am open to recommendations on the other parts. Generally just for game playing; D3, SC2, Far Cry 4 (haven't actually played it so don't know how it runs), Bioshock.
A generous budget is about $800 US for these 3 parts, but obviously the less spent the better. Goal is to get something that will last 5+ years. The intel I5-4460 is about what I'm looking at for CPU. I've never had an AMD before but would be open to the idea. Probably just go with 8GB of RAM with room to upgrade in the future, but it seems unlikely that more than 8GB will be 'required' for anything for a long time. Really I have no clue what motherboard to get; I don't have any unusual requirements here (form factor size ain't a problem since my case is huge), although perhaps something with better than standard audio might be nice. Onboard n or ac wifi would be of interest if it's not a huge price markup.
It would seem to make sense to delay the actual upgrade until Windows 10 is out, assuming it won't be a shit-house nightmare like 8 was. So any imminent changes in technology would be worth keeping in mind (more from the view that existing tech will be cheaper, rather than jumping on the bleeding edge). Living in NZ, a lot of stuff from Amazon won't ship here, although it looks like Newegg can ship here now; but don't go all-out looking for special deals or sales prices.
Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Mar 13 2015, 9:48 pm by Lanthanide.
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