Squid_DK Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 (edited) from an i5 750 to a new socket 2011 i7 3820, motherboard is the MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) 8 gigs of Corsair Vengeance RAM, a Cooler Master Hyper 412S CPU fan, and I ordered an EVGA GeForce 660 Ti card (old one is a Radeon 5770 so should see a huge improvement graphics wise). everything set me back about the equiv of $1000 here. Staffan Edited October 21, 2012 by Danish_Squid clarification http://www.ipms.dk i7 9700K, Asus Z390 Prime A, Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4, GeForce RTX 2080 Ti STRIX ROG, Fractal Design Define R6, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswind, Oculus Rift S. 32 GB 3200 MHz RAM
HiJack Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 You can't go wrong with that :thumbup: Keep us updated on the build :) (HJ)
Squid_DK Posted October 21, 2012 Author Posted October 21, 2012 Just need the graphics card now, put it all together friday no issues, was my first DIY build, was good fun and fairly simple... considering changing care next year since the cable possibilities are limited not exactly good possibilities with cleaning up the inside.case is the CM 890 not exactly state of the art today but that will have to wait untill the new year. Staffan http://www.ipms.dk i7 9700K, Asus Z390 Prime A, Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4, GeForce RTX 2080 Ti STRIX ROG, Fractal Design Define R6, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswind, Oculus Rift S. 32 GB 3200 MHz RAM
Rhinox Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 from an i5 750 to a new socket 2011 i7 3820 WHY going sandy-bridge way (32nm, TDP 130W), when there are ivy-bridge cpus (22nm, TDP 77W)? IMHO s1155/3770k is much better option. Yeah I know 3820 is stock-clocked to 3.6GHz and 3770K "only" to 3.5GHz, but both are opened for overclocking. The only reason I see to go socket2011-way is if you need 6-core cpu. But if you do not, then WHY?
Squid_DK Posted October 21, 2012 Author Posted October 21, 2012 Simple, the socket 1156 I had is a dead socket, needed more oomph and the mainboard were propably not in the best state, heat damage from the GPU http://www.ipms.dk i7 9700K, Asus Z390 Prime A, Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4, GeForce RTX 2080 Ti STRIX ROG, Fractal Design Define R6, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswind, Oculus Rift S. 32 GB 3200 MHz RAM
TZeer Posted October 21, 2012 Posted October 21, 2012 The 2011 socket is also new, so he can upgrade the cpu later on if he decides to. If he had gone for the 3770k, he would have had to buy a new motherboard as well, next time he did an upgrade. As the 3770k is the last cpu on the 1155 socket.
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