RalliArt882
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Ok so its getting close to that time of the year again where I will soon start taking advantage of the holiday deals to upgrade my rig. Last year I kept all of my major internals and did some pretty good upgrades to the cooling but now the inside needs some work. In my opinion, this is what I need to keep and get rid of.
Want I want to keep:
CM Stacker 830 SE
OCZ GameXtreme 700W
Core 2 Duo e6600 @ 3.6ghz
Tuniq Tower 120
Soundblaster X-Fi Xtrememusic
Sceptre 20.1" 1680x1050
Apevia 120mm fans everywhere
What I need to get rid of:
Gigabyte DS3 965p
Corsair Dominator 2x1GB DDR2 800
Sapphire x1950PRO 256mb
So in short, I need a new mobo, video card, and memory. For the motherboard, I would like a Crossfire board because I have never experimented with a multi-GPU setup and I'd like to do that one day. I was thinking one of the Asus boards like the Rampage Formula or the Maximus Formula II. What is the difference between these two?
For the GPU I was thinking a Sapphire HD4870 1GB or whatever brand is cheapest by then. I also need to upgrade to a 2x2GB memory kit because one day I will upgrade to Vista 64bit (I'm still on XP MCE 2005). Should I go for a DDR3 kit? Or are those unreliable and too expensive for what you are getting still?
And yes, I know the e6600 is getting to be old school now but if it can be 3.6Ghz stable on this cheap mobo I'm on now, I shouldn't have a problem keeping it stable on a high end Asus board. I will look into a faster clock-for-clock Core 2 when I have a new mobo, GPU, and RAM first. Thanks alot for your help and I can't wait to rip apart the rig again.
Want I want to keep:
CM Stacker 830 SE
OCZ GameXtreme 700W
Core 2 Duo e6600 @ 3.6ghz
Tuniq Tower 120
Soundblaster X-Fi Xtrememusic
Sceptre 20.1" 1680x1050
Apevia 120mm fans everywhere
What I need to get rid of:
Gigabyte DS3 965p
Corsair Dominator 2x1GB DDR2 800
Sapphire x1950PRO 256mb
So in short, I need a new mobo, video card, and memory. For the motherboard, I would like a Crossfire board because I have never experimented with a multi-GPU setup and I'd like to do that one day. I was thinking one of the Asus boards like the Rampage Formula or the Maximus Formula II. What is the difference between these two?
For the GPU I was thinking a Sapphire HD4870 1GB or whatever brand is cheapest by then. I also need to upgrade to a 2x2GB memory kit because one day I will upgrade to Vista 64bit (I'm still on XP MCE 2005). Should I go for a DDR3 kit? Or are those unreliable and too expensive for what you are getting still?
And yes, I know the e6600 is getting to be old school now but if it can be 3.6Ghz stable on this cheap mobo I'm on now, I shouldn't have a problem keeping it stable on a high end Asus board. I will look into a faster clock-for-clock Core 2 when I have a new mobo, GPU, and RAM first. Thanks alot for your help and I can't wait to rip apart the rig again.