Antony1995
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Hello Everyone,
During the up and coming few months or so, I'm going to be building myself a brand new rig, so I thought I would share it with you guys. I'm building a rig that will last me quite a while, so some of the parts may seem a bit overkill but I'm thinking ahead.
This will be my first proper build with completely new parts except for a few things I mention below.
The name "New Age" I just came up with as this will be my new age of computing. I've only ever had really old systems that die on me so this will be a massive step up from them.
My current rig is as follows:
CPU: Intel Pentium E5200 Lga 775 2.5Ghz
RAM: 4Gb generic how knows what brand haha
MOBO: Foxconn G31MXP-K
GFX: XFX Radeon 7770 Ghz Edition
COOLING: Stock Intel cooler
PSU: Corsair CX600M
STORAGE: SSD: OCZ Vertex 4 64Gb
HDD: Maxtor 7200Rpm 150Gb Seagate 7200Rpm 250Gb
CASE: Fractal Arc Midi R2
What I'm going to be upgrading to:
CPU: Intel Core I7 4790K
RAM: 16Gb of GSkill Ripjaws Z 2400Mhz CL10 4x4Gb Sticks 2x8Gb Kits
MOBO: Gigabyte Z97X UD3H Black Edition
GFX: EVGA Reference GTX 780
COOLING: Corsair H100I
PSU: Use my CX600M upgrade to Cooler Master V700 or V850 if needed
STORAGE: Stay the same may upgrade my ssd to a Crucial MX100 512Gb
CASE: No need to change
I'll run through why I've picked these parts.
CPU:
I chose the 4790K as I'm going to be doing a lot of rendering, CAD and Video editing so the threads will help with that. Also it should last me a lot longer than an I5.
RAM:
The RAM I knew I wanted something fast so 2400Mhz was a no brainer. I looked at several different kits and decided I don't need anything more than 16Gb. After watching several reviews on YouTube I came across LinusTechTips video about the GSKill Ripjaws Z, and Instantly said that's what I'm going for. I like the understated yet eye catching looks and the great performance to match.
MOBO:
Originally I was going to go with the Z87X UD3H as I liked the colour scheme as I hate all the red that's about, and blue has always been my colour.
I hadn't really looked into the Z97 boards because what I had seen was all the red and orange colours again. But these past few days I looked around a bit and came across the black edition Z97X Ud3H. It's perfect for what I'm going for which is a nice simple rig that looks quite stealthy. And the fact that the black edition boards are tested non stop for a week before leaving the factory, just shows how rock solid a board they are.
GFX:
I couldn't decide what to go for some people say go for a 280x or 290 others say dual 760's. In the end I chose a 780 because it's fine for what games I play (BF3, CS:GO and Minecraft to name a few) I don't play the latest games really unless something really catches my eye. I also don't play on super high settings, as long as I get a good frame rate at a reasonable quality I'm happy. I went with a reference version because of two reasons it's the cheapest and I love the looks.
COOLING:
I'm going with the H100I simply because it's just easy to install and use and you can get great performance from it. I am considering the H105 but need to have a measure up once I get the motherboard to see if i can squeeze it in. It shouldn't be a problem as the Arc Midi has the mount offset from the center but I would like to see the CPU socket.
The parts I already have are the case, power supply which I may upgrade, storage drives and one of the 8Gb memory kits.
The next parts I will be getting are the CPU and Motherboard.
Thank you so much for reading,
Let me know what you think.
Updates will be as and when I get parts so keep your eyes open.
Antony
During the up and coming few months or so, I'm going to be building myself a brand new rig, so I thought I would share it with you guys. I'm building a rig that will last me quite a while, so some of the parts may seem a bit overkill but I'm thinking ahead.
This will be my first proper build with completely new parts except for a few things I mention below.
The name "New Age" I just came up with as this will be my new age of computing. I've only ever had really old systems that die on me so this will be a massive step up from them.
My current rig is as follows:
CPU: Intel Pentium E5200 Lga 775 2.5Ghz
RAM: 4Gb generic how knows what brand haha
MOBO: Foxconn G31MXP-K
GFX: XFX Radeon 7770 Ghz Edition
COOLING: Stock Intel cooler
PSU: Corsair CX600M
STORAGE: SSD: OCZ Vertex 4 64Gb
HDD: Maxtor 7200Rpm 150Gb Seagate 7200Rpm 250Gb
CASE: Fractal Arc Midi R2
What I'm going to be upgrading to:
CPU: Intel Core I7 4790K
RAM: 16Gb of GSkill Ripjaws Z 2400Mhz CL10 4x4Gb Sticks 2x8Gb Kits
MOBO: Gigabyte Z97X UD3H Black Edition
GFX: EVGA Reference GTX 780
COOLING: Corsair H100I
PSU: Use my CX600M upgrade to Cooler Master V700 or V850 if needed
STORAGE: Stay the same may upgrade my ssd to a Crucial MX100 512Gb
CASE: No need to change
I'll run through why I've picked these parts.
CPU:
I chose the 4790K as I'm going to be doing a lot of rendering, CAD and Video editing so the threads will help with that. Also it should last me a lot longer than an I5.
RAM:
The RAM I knew I wanted something fast so 2400Mhz was a no brainer. I looked at several different kits and decided I don't need anything more than 16Gb. After watching several reviews on YouTube I came across LinusTechTips video about the GSKill Ripjaws Z, and Instantly said that's what I'm going for. I like the understated yet eye catching looks and the great performance to match.
MOBO:
Originally I was going to go with the Z87X UD3H as I liked the colour scheme as I hate all the red that's about, and blue has always been my colour.
I hadn't really looked into the Z97 boards because what I had seen was all the red and orange colours again. But these past few days I looked around a bit and came across the black edition Z97X Ud3H. It's perfect for what I'm going for which is a nice simple rig that looks quite stealthy. And the fact that the black edition boards are tested non stop for a week before leaving the factory, just shows how rock solid a board they are.
GFX:
I couldn't decide what to go for some people say go for a 280x or 290 others say dual 760's. In the end I chose a 780 because it's fine for what games I play (BF3, CS:GO and Minecraft to name a few) I don't play the latest games really unless something really catches my eye. I also don't play on super high settings, as long as I get a good frame rate at a reasonable quality I'm happy. I went with a reference version because of two reasons it's the cheapest and I love the looks.
COOLING:
I'm going with the H100I simply because it's just easy to install and use and you can get great performance from it. I am considering the H105 but need to have a measure up once I get the motherboard to see if i can squeeze it in. It shouldn't be a problem as the Arc Midi has the mount offset from the center but I would like to see the CPU socket.
The parts I already have are the case, power supply which I may upgrade, storage drives and one of the 8Gb memory kits.
The next parts I will be getting are the CPU and Motherboard.
Thank you so much for reading,
Let me know what you think.
Updates will be as and when I get parts so keep your eyes open.
Antony
