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OK, I'm beginning to think my poor old PC is getting on a bit (brought 2007)
And so I'm planning to upgrade & I have a budget of ~ £1000 (give or take £100-200) and I've seen this one by Chillblast that has the latest 'Ivy' CPU for £799 (after VAT)
Now AFAIK it's generally best NOT to go for 'generic' stuff, so I was thinking of the following 'Customisations' & would like the 'tempers views on my choices
I will admit though I WOULD prefer to have the Chillblast AMD Radeon HD 6950 1024MB Graphics Card or Chillblast NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560Ti 1024MB Graphics Card graphic card instead,
And I'm not too sure if I'd fancy having the 24" Asus VS247H Widescreen LED Monitor as it may be a little too large to fit on my small corner desk (I have shelves that might get in the way - I could still use my exiting 19" monitor, can't see why I should chuck away a monitor that has done me proud all this time)
I'm also consider re-using the HDD as an external 'backup' dirve (I DO hate chucking stuff out that still works)
So any advice ??
Should I get a better graphic card, or/& scrap having the Monitor (Keeping my old screen) ??
Could I get away with a lower PSU for the upgraded card ?? (save a few quid)
Any changes I should do for 'future proofing' (Remember my budget though AND it's gotta be on offer by Chillblast)
Oh before I forget - I mainly use PC for the occasional Photo/Video editing, Game playing like TF2, Portal 2 & Minecraft + general browsing internet - although I have in the past 'tried' 3D animation
Thanks in advance
Mainboard : Asus P5N-E SLI
Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2666 MHz
Physical Memory : 2048 MB (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM )
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
Hard Disk : WDC (400 GB)
Monitor Type : ViewSonic VA1903wSERIES - 19 inches
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 3
Processor : Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 @ 2666 MHz
Physical Memory : 2048 MB (2 x 1024 DDR2-SDRAM )
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
Hard Disk : WDC (400 GB)
Monitor Type : ViewSonic VA1903wSERIES - 19 inches
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 3
Now AFAIK it's generally best NOT to go for 'generic' stuff, so I was thinking of the following 'Customisations' & would like the 'tempers views on my choices
- Change the standard cooler for a Akasa Nero 3 Ultra Quiet CPU Cooler
- Have Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Paste instead of the standard generic paste
- Change the Generic 16GB PC3-10666 1333MHz DDR3 Memory (4 x 4GB sticks) for 8GB Corsair PC3-12800 1600MHz DDR3 Memory (2 x 4GB sticks)
- Add the 60GB Corsair Force 3 Solid State Drive as my Primary drive (faster bootup)
- Change the Samsung Blu-Ray ROM / DVD-RW Combi Drive for the Sony 24x DVD-RW Drive (I don't plan on playing Blu-ray disks on the PC - I'd rather buy a Blu-ray player for that)
- Change the Chillblast Basic 700W PSU for a Corsair TX 750W V2 PSU (but could I actually have a lower PSU like the Corsair Ultra Low Noise 600W PSU ?? - advise please)
- Remove the 300Mbps 802.11n Wireless PCI Adaptor (for Wireless networks) (My PC plugs straight into the socket anyway)
- Have the Elite Chillblast Cable Management
- Remove the Logitech Cordless Keyboard and Mouse (I already have a Logitech WIRED keyboard & mouse that I'm quite happy with)
- Remove the Logitech S-220 2.1 Speakers (I usually only use Headphones anyway)
- Remove the 'extra software options' - (I'd rather install Avast anyway)
I will admit though I WOULD prefer to have the Chillblast AMD Radeon HD 6950 1024MB Graphics Card or Chillblast NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560Ti 1024MB Graphics Card graphic card instead,
And I'm not too sure if I'd fancy having the 24" Asus VS247H Widescreen LED Monitor as it may be a little too large to fit on my small corner desk (I have shelves that might get in the way - I could still use my exiting 19" monitor, can't see why I should chuck away a monitor that has done me proud all this time)
I'm also consider re-using the HDD as an external 'backup' dirve (I DO hate chucking stuff out that still works)
So any advice ??
Should I get a better graphic card, or/& scrap having the Monitor (Keeping my old screen) ??
Could I get away with a lower PSU for the upgraded card ?? (save a few quid)
Any changes I should do for 'future proofing' (Remember my budget though AND it's gotta be on offer by Chillblast)
Oh before I forget - I mainly use PC for the occasional Photo/Video editing, Game playing like TF2, Portal 2 & Minecraft + general browsing internet - although I have in the past 'tried' 3D animation
Thanks in advance