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Patty:
:3 hey qtpi, my build is getting a bit old (q6600 with a 750ti I chucked in recently as a temp replacement to my old card that died.)
opinions? Is anything a bottleneck? Rather not spend MUCH more than that, but if any suggestions for changes are appreciated.
(Not retarded already have other components.)
Mojo:
looks expensive o.O
Patty:
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Yeah but it'll be fairly future proof, will last next 6 years or whatever of this console generation :).
JC:
--- Quote from: Patty on May 28, 2014, 01:11:51 am ---:3 hey qtpi, my build is getting a bit old (q6600 with a 750ti I chucked in recently as a temp replacement to my old card that died.)
opinions? Is anything a bottleneck? Rather not spend MUCH more than that, but if any suggestions for changes are appreciated.
(Not retarded already have other components.)
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Looks sexy in a very geeky way :3
I guess my question is - what do you intend to do with it? the reason I ask is targeted at two things, being your memory and CPU choices - regarding the RAM:
* Windows is quite frankly 'Greedy' - if there's more RAM I generally find it will use it.
* Games are also getting more RAM hungry too
* RAM works better as a pair than a single channel
For those reasons, I'd either suggest going for a dual channel kit and aim for 16GB of RAM - it sounds like overkill, but that brings it in line with the rest of your spec. Of course you might be stealing some RAM from your over one...
With regard to the CPU - there really is no good reason to go for an i7 for home users - in thread heavy applications they can provide some benefits however in most tasks you or I would do at home (eg. kicking ass on BF4 :3) it provides no benefit for a fairly hefty added cost.
The other question is are you planning to overclock it - if not, don't worry about the -K.
If you want overclocking go for this: http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/components/componentview.asp?partid=19390
If you don't then I'd suggest this: http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/components/componentview.asp?partid=21695
The 4x90 series has only just come out so there's no 'K' version yet.
Everything else seems pretty good - It's pretty close to what I'd like, although I tend to spend too much on Holidays now to actually sink so much into a nice PC lol. I have only got awesome things to say about Noctua and I've had a great run out of my Gigabyte Motherboards.
Oh last question - have you got an SSD? if not, get one :3
Patty:
:3 got an SSD too! omg boot speed is insane, and my computer is like sooooo much quieter now... It's like scary in comparison
Will find what the safest cpu OC is I can get and muck around with OCing video card and get some benchmark on games.
VIDEO GAMES!
Oh and playtech managed to stuff up and send me ripjaw RAM when I payed for Budget range, free $60 :3.