I realized my main desktop PC, which is also my gaming PC, is well over 5 years old. It's still handling most games quite well, and for something I built for around $600 I can't complain at all.
The basics:
I really haven't done much for upgrades aside from the SSD, which was a great improvement. I'm thinking about putting together a Mini-ITX system, but definitely in no kind of rush to do another build.
How long has your current PC lasted, and do you have any plans to replace?
nvm
My current pc is old, about 7 years old but I am replacing it this Christmas as time has now come where I am struggling to run games.
Current Spec
3.0 Pentium 2 core Duo
8GB Ram
evo 600gt Graphics card
Windows 7 ultimate edition
1Tb Hard disk
Christmas Computer
4.5 ghz 8 core Amd 8350
8 gb ram (To start will be going to 32 when I can),
Amd 7 250 2gb graphics initially - I will be going with 2 amd R9 280x eventually but do not have the power supply for that currently so will be going bit by bit.
An additional Tb hard disk drive (keeping my old drives and operating system. I would like to go with a SSD drive for the operating system but cannot deal with windows 8 so wont be for a while.
Well, boss says I'm allower this.....
....so it looks like I'm in for some more building fun....
That thing looks like one of the buildings on the surface of Elysium!
Of course....once you start out with a fancy [expensive] case you get 'carried away' and end up with a total build that'll be about $6300 excluding a few 'bits' I pinch from my existing [couple of 2TB drives...DVD, etc].
Gotta see how much I can pick up... but when I've got it all I'll post the specs....
I bought my current PC in 2007, so thats what... 7 years?I'm at the point where I need to upgrade my graphics card and RAM and that should buy me a bit more time before a new machine is required.
Pockets are now a little lighter...but...
Here's the specs of stuff on the way....
Thermaltake Level 10 Limited Edition Case
Corsair AX12001 1200watt PSU
ASUS Rampage Extreme X99 MoBo
i7 5960 3.0 Socket 2011
Corsair Dominator Platinum DDR4 4x8 32Gig Ram [still room to double up]
ASUS GTX980 GPU
Corsair 240Gig Neutron SSD x 2
WD Caviar Green 3TB HD. [already have a couple of 2TBs to add]
Should have a little get-up-and-go ...
I expect it'll have a bit more zing than my current i7-920. I'll chuck Win 7 on it for now...until 10's released [cleverly bypassing 8]....
/Drool
Good move!
My main rig has lasted 3 years. I went outside of my norm and didn't go desktop. While I don't regret it, since the wife and I have a house we aren't planning on moving from soon, I'm going back to a desktop.
However, I am planning on upgrading. Right now I have the case picked out, and I know I'm going to go with an Intel CPU, and nVidia GPU again. My previous rig was an AMD CPU and GPU, but I've really liked Intel and nVidia this time, hence why I am more than likely choosing them again on my next build.
Update...
Still waiting on the ram ...and the PSU ... so have essentially done everything I can prior to them turning up... including cannibalizing the existing for a couple of HDs [platters] and a burner.
The OS [and primary games] will live directly 'on' the MoBo via an M.2 512gig 'stick' that doesn't use a PCIe slot....only it's through-put.
Only other change from the spec was that since the Case isn't designed for the eATX I've gone for a standard ATX ... the ASUS X99 Deluxe ...
not a lot different to the Extreme... and in a couple of ways - better ...
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