Tumbleweed Posted November 19, 2014 Posted November 19, 2014 Been eyeing THIS up for a few days... What are people's opinions? Worth the money or not? My current PC (which the new one will replace) is an i5 with 8GB RAM and a GTX560. I'm well out of touch with the latest and greatest PC tech. I'm just wanting something a bit more up to date and more powerful than my now 4 year old PC. I was going to wait until Edge came out but it's looking like I may have the cash to do it earlier than expected :D Obviously I want the best I can get for my money.... I mainly use my PC for DCS, some other FPS games, video and photo editing (not massive ammounts), music and general tinkering with programming. I will add an SSD, probably upgrade the RAM to 16GB and also add a second GFX card at a later date. Cheers, My Hangar: P-51D Mustang - KA-50 Blackshark - A-10C Warthog - F-86F Sabre - FC3 - Combined Arms - UH-1H My Flying Adventures: www.dcs-pilot.com :pilotfly:
Echo179 Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 What i5 do you have? i5 is pretty vague as to what your system is actually running. What socket are you on? What chipset is your MB? I ask these questions because dropping $1,200 USD on a new computer when you might already have most of the hardware needed, and might as well just overhaul your current system and get better results. Let's say you really want that new 4790k, and need a motherboard to go with it. According to pcpartpicker, you can have that for about 300gbp. Then, you can take it up a notch to the GTX 980 for another 370gbp. So now you are at 670gbp total, and you have a computer with an i7 4790k, 8gb of RAM, and a GTX 980. So long as your computer has a case, decent power supply, and optical drive, you are at the same performance level as that computer. Then, you could use some of that money saved to pick up your SSD (seriously one of the best upgrades ever) and pick up another 8gb of RAM.
Demon_ Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 Or go to the strippers? :D Attache ta tuque avec d'la broche.
Steel Jaw Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 Box looks good, but suggest W7/64 for the OS. "You see, IronHand is my thing" My specs: W10 Pro, I5/11600K o/c to 4800 @1.32v, 64 GB 3200 XML RAM, Red Dragon 7800XT/16GB, monitor: GIGABYTE M32QC 32" (31.5" Viewable) QHD 2560 x 1440 (2K) 165Hz.
Tumbleweed Posted November 20, 2014 Author Posted November 20, 2014 Hi, Some further detailed info on my current setup... Mainboard: Intel DH67BL Chipset: Intel H67 Processor: Intel i5 2500K @ 3.3GHz Socket: 1155 LGA PSU: Generic 500W RAM: 8GB DDR3-1333 @ 667MHz @Mower: Indeed. I can't get on with WIN8 at all. Far prefer win7. My Hangar: P-51D Mustang - KA-50 Blackshark - A-10C Warthog - F-86F Sabre - FC3 - Combined Arms - UH-1H My Flying Adventures: www.dcs-pilot.com :pilotfly:
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