First post, by simbin
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I'd like to thank everyone for taking the time to weigh in with their advice and help answer my questions. You rock!
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Over a year in the making but worth the wait. I couldn't be happier!
Everything said and done, cost was about $1,000.
Final Build Specs:
ASRock Z75 Pro3 1155
XEON E3-1230 V2 (BX80637E31230V2)
MSI NVIDIA 970 GTX Gaming 4G
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB PC3-12800 (BLS2KIT4G3D1609DS1S00)
Samsung 840 EVO 500GB (MZ-7TE500BW)
Cooler Master HAF 912 (RC-912-KKN1)
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Build Changes and Final Purchase!!! 😀
I decided to spend a little extra for a new case and SSD. None of my existing cases felt optimal for new hardware - the newest being almost 10 yrs old. And as some of you pointed out - The real bottleneck would be my hard drive, therefor a SSD felt like a necessary part of this upgrade.
I chose the XEON for its lower power consumption, forfeiting the additional performance and overclock capabilities of the AMD FX chip.
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G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model (2 pairs @ 8GB)
I'm looking to upgrade my main rig - running great 24/7 for 5 yrs!
I'm wondering if anyone thinks I can do better on those 3 parts under $300? Trying to get the most performance on a budget.
Current System:
GIGABYTE GA-MA770T-UD3P AM3 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz Socket AM3 80W Processor HDZ550WFGIBOX (unlocked 4 cores)
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model (2 pairs @ 8GB)
Current Video Card - using this with other parts I have on hand
GIGABYTE Ultra Durable VGA Series GV-R685OC-1GD Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16
WHAT I'M CONSIDERING:
GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3P AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD FX-6300 Vishera 3.5GHz (4.1GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 95W Desktop Processor FD6300WMHKBOX
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBXL
WIP: 486DX2/66, 16MB FastPage RAM, TsengLabs ET4000 VLB
Check out my Retro-Ghetto build (2016 Update) 😀
Commodore 128D, iBook G3 "Clamshell"
3DO M2, Genesis, Saturn, Dreamcast, NES, SNES, N64, GBC