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| Thread ID: 139189 | 2015-03-24 22:24:00 | How about this for an upgrade kit? | Tony (4941) | Press F1 |
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| 1397228 | 2015-03-24 22:24:00 | I'm considering upgrading my desktop kit and a friend who works at PB Technologies has suggested this as a set of upgrade bits: PART # PRODUCT CPUIT4460 (www.pbtech.co.nz(H8) Intel Haswell Core i5-4460 3.2GHz 6MB LGA1150 (H81,B85, H97,Z97 Motherboard Required) (www.pbtech.co.nz(H8) MBDASR1905 (www.pbtech.co.nz) ASRock Fatal1ty H97 Peformance Socket 1150, Intel H97 Chipset,ATX Form, 4 X DDR3 DIMM, DVI/VGA/HDMI, 6 X SATA3, USB3 ,Intel Gigabit Lan, Support AMD CrossFireX (www.pbtech.co.nz) VGAGBV00731 (www.pbtech.co.nz) Gigabyte GV-N730SL-2GL Geforce GT730 2G GDDR3 PCI-E Video card , DVI+HDMI+VGA ,Fanless , Low profile , 3 Years warranty (www.pbtech.co.nz) MEMCRU048192 (www.pbtech.co.nz) Crucial 8GB DESKTOP DDR3 1600Mhz DIMM 240pin Non ECC PC3-12800 Desktop RAM (www.pbtech.co.nz) Any comments about the selection? |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1397229 | 2015-03-24 22:59:00 | www.gpforums.co.nz (2.5 stars) PB Tech (www.pbtech.co.nz) ** (2 stars): These stores are generally unrecommended. They are at times problematic when it comes to RMA services taking very long. CPU is OK. RAm is OK GPU is OK. Asrock. No. Get ASUS or Gigabyte. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1397230 | 2015-03-24 23:03:00 | What will you use it for? All good parts but the graphics card is too weak to game seriously on and you might as well leave it out and use the integrated HD graphics if that's not an issue and save the cash. Plus you can always add one later if integrated isn't up to the task. Edit: I like Asrock personally, they tend to have more features for the same price. Originally it was part of Asus I believe but it now seperate. I have an Asrock and an Asus machine myself and both are good. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1397231 | 2015-03-24 23:41:00 | I've used PBtech on and off for a long time for all sorts of bits and pieces and never had a problem with them. My (young) friend would if necessary do his best for me I know. I do usually use Ascent though. I'd never heard of Asrock - interesting to get two opposing views. I'm not a gamer so you may be right Dugimodo about the need for a graphics card. However I do do a bit of graphics/photo manipulation stuff so it may still be worth shelling out for a separate card. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1397232 | 2015-03-25 01:21:00 | Like Dugi said, postpone the graphics card till you know you need it. Onboard graphics are pretty good for non-gamers these days. | linw (53) | ||
| 1397233 | 2015-03-25 04:27:00 | Like Dugi said, postpone the graphics card till you know you need it. Onboard graphics are pretty good for non-gamers these days.I think that's what I'm going to do. | Tony (4941) | ||
| 1397234 | 2015-03-25 23:10:00 | Onboard graphics are pretty good for non-gamers these days. I would have agreed until I got my Z3 Compact phone at Christmas with 4k video. I was sceptical about 4k but have found it to be really good. (It effectively shoots a 30fps stream of 8 MP stills, great for extracting photos or zooming into the video) But it takes a LOT of processing. (3840 x 2160 @ 57Mbps) My i5-3570k @ 4.1 GHz with HD 7750 is not really up to it. My next rig needs to be 2x faster at least. I'm thinking (in a year's time): i7-6770k (Skylake LGA1151 14nm 20xPICe3) Sunrise Point MB Z170 16GB DDR4 2133MHz GTX970 Windows 10, USB3.1, USB-C |
BBCmicro (15761) | ||
| 1397235 | 2015-03-25 23:46:00 | What PCTek said. Get either Asus or Gigabyte for the board/graphics card. Stay away from AsRock. Other than that it look sweet. What PSU are you currently running? Edit - just read the whole thread. There is a reason AsRock are cheaper - they use cheaper components. Also they only have a 1 year warranty vs 3 years for Asus and Gigabyte. That alone should tell you all you need to know. For just a couple of $$ more, you'd be crazy not to go with Asus or Gigabyte. ;) www.pbtech.co.nz |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1397236 | 2015-03-25 23:52:00 | What PCTek said. Get either Asus or Gigabyte for the board/graphics card. Stay away from AsRock. Other than that it look sweet. What PSU are you currently running?I'll talk to my friend at PBTech and find why he recommends Asrock. It seems to be aimed at Gamers - which would suit him but is not of much interest to me. My current mobo is ASUS. The PSU is a Corsair TX650M. |
Tony (4941) | ||
| 1397237 | 2015-03-25 23:57:00 | PSU is good. I've just added a link to an appropriate motherboard in my previous post. You could go cheaper if you wanted and probably not lose any performance - those boards are aimed at 'gaming' users, but will still work perfectly for a normal build. www.pbtech.co.nz A mATX board like that will do everything you need too. |
wratterus (105) | ||
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