Hey Guys. As the title suggests I had a house fire. Two rooms were completely burnt and the upper two floors are badly smoke damaged. Everyone in the house got out, including our dogs and cats. My brother, being the lazy sod he is, was sleeping at the time, and woke up in smoke.
Anyway, the inside of my computer is caked with soot, which likes to corrode metal quite nicely. It was in a rough case for a few reasons, and was a case I had sanded down and did some test painting. I hadn't done this on the upper inner parts, and this area has rusted nicely (pics to come). Who knows what it has done to the motherboard etc.
So hopefully I will be getting some money to replace it, among other things. Plus I have some extra money to put towards it. I'm not completely up to speed on current hardware, so I was looking for some advice on what I should buy.
I am hoping for about £1k for the PC itself, depending on how much the insurance company gives me.
I was thinking about an i7. Before they were on the market I saw that benchmark revealed they were awesome. Are they worth it? My motherboard beforehand was about £150, so a cheap X58 board wouldn't be much of a step up price wise. Triple channel DDR3 seems pretty cheap now also. I like to overclock, and I heard that the cheapest i7 can be pushed past 4Ghz, which sounds awesome. How well will this push on a cheap board?
So i7 or Q8/Q9 Series?
GPU wise, I was thinking GTX275.
Case, either a TJ07, the smaller new TJ07 style case or a custom rat-look (rusty) case. This would involve dumping a sanded down case in salty water, drying it and applying some lacquer.
I am also aware of the release of DX11 sometime, and core i5 (worse or better than i7?). I probably won't get this money for some time, so I can wait if it would be a better idea.
So, what would you guys suggest? In return, pics of burnt things. Also I might try the rust case mod.
Anyway, the inside of my computer is caked with soot, which likes to corrode metal quite nicely. It was in a rough case for a few reasons, and was a case I had sanded down and did some test painting. I hadn't done this on the upper inner parts, and this area has rusted nicely (pics to come). Who knows what it has done to the motherboard etc.
So hopefully I will be getting some money to replace it, among other things. Plus I have some extra money to put towards it. I'm not completely up to speed on current hardware, so I was looking for some advice on what I should buy.
I am hoping for about £1k for the PC itself, depending on how much the insurance company gives me.
I was thinking about an i7. Before they were on the market I saw that benchmark revealed they were awesome. Are they worth it? My motherboard beforehand was about £150, so a cheap X58 board wouldn't be much of a step up price wise. Triple channel DDR3 seems pretty cheap now also. I like to overclock, and I heard that the cheapest i7 can be pushed past 4Ghz, which sounds awesome. How well will this push on a cheap board?
So i7 or Q8/Q9 Series?
GPU wise, I was thinking GTX275.
Case, either a TJ07, the smaller new TJ07 style case or a custom rat-look (rusty) case. This would involve dumping a sanded down case in salty water, drying it and applying some lacquer.
I am also aware of the release of DX11 sometime, and core i5 (worse or better than i7?). I probably won't get this money for some time, so I can wait if it would be a better idea.
So, what would you guys suggest? In return, pics of burnt things. Also I might try the rust case mod.
. I might try the rust mod before I make the pc, then make a decision. I was looking at the 4870X2 (tad more expensive) in custom pc, and seems that it is actually a beasty card. I have never had an ATI card before however, so It would be a bit odd for me.
