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| Thread ID: 140557 | 2015-11-02 03:35:00 | NZ Forum for advice on PC building? | ITchy (11705) | Press F1 |
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| 1410799 | 2015-11-08 00:29:00 | I didn't know Grand Theft Auto wasn't an FPS. Shows how much I know about current games :-) Not as such, but it does have an FPS view mode. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1410800 | 2015-11-09 23:47:00 | That's not the worst as far as CPU's go, I mean sure you may be a few Gens behind but given what you're using it for, it is still largely a viable option. I've got C2Q 9550 here running my FreeNAS install, hums aware quite nicely on 8GB of memory. There is no reason to think your trusty 6600 has outlived its usefulness just yet. In my mind I'd keep the CPU and board (obviously). Invest in an SSD, it doesn't have to be big (120GB should be plenty), to install your OS, as you have other disks, I'd install those to hold your other data. I did something similar with my current rig. I had 1 SSD for my OS and other software used regularly then had a second spindle based disk for games, I installed Steam et al on the 2nd disk saving precious space on the SSD. Obviously, having the games running from an SSD would be ideal (which I susbsequently did). There is currently a Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB for $86 at PBTech (www.pbtech.co.nz), now unless you absolutely have to have a SAMSUNG or Intel etc brand, there is nothing wrong with this SSD, I'm currently using this in my rig and I can't tell the difference between it and my Samsung SSD. Next I'd look at bumping up the RAM, as the board only has 2 slots you should look at getting 16GB or if really stuck for dosh buy an 8GB stick and swap out one of your 4GB modules. The extra RAM serves to "make up" for holding onto the CPU but also means you can have more improved performance with the additional 8GB. Again PB Tech (www.pbtech.co.nz)has a good selection well priced, there is an 8GB module for $45, there is also a G-SKill Ripjaws 8GB module for $109 if you prefer "quality" memory. So thusfar we have $90 for the SSD, and say $109 (assuming you go for the single 8GB RipJaws module) we'll round it up to $200. Which leaves you with $300-$500 left (assumming your orginal budget of $500-$700) This brings us to the GPU, if you stick to a budget of $500, you can get a EVGA GTX950 for $287 (www.pbtech.co.nz) but if you go $700 total budget you can get EVGA GTX960 (www.pbtech.co.nz) for just under $350. Some may disagree with me on keeping the board and CPU, but unless you're doing something extremely CPU intensive (which you're clearly not) you could still squeeze another year (at the very least) out of that combo, by which time you can upgrade and just transfer the SSD, RAM and GPU to the new mobo/CPU combo. Also bearing in mind your budget constraints this seems like a far more "measured" approach. Hope that helps. |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 1410801 | 2015-11-10 00:08:00 | I agree with that approach, especially with where Intel is at the moment. | wratterus (105) | ||
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