I'm finally taking the advice of the people here who told me last year it was way past time to upgrade from a Core 2 E6750. The parts list below came after a good bit of research, but I've been away from this for so long I'd like to hear what more experienced people think.
Priorities are:
(1). Interface !!! (getting Win7 to work on coffee lake. Not at all interested in being talked into Win 10)
(2). Quality (stability/longevity of the hardware, and hopefully avoiding RMAs).
(3). Enough RAM for Photoshop / Video editing / ramdisks
(4). No overclocking. No gaming.
I already bought the i5-8400, so I'm mostly wondering if these are good choices for mobo, ram, video PSU and case. Is the MSI adequate for running a 1920x1200 + 1280x1024?
Case: Corsair Carbide 200R
CPU: Intel Core i5-8400
Mobo: Gigabyte Z370 HD3
RAM: G.SKILL Aegis 32GB (2x16) 2400
Video: MSI GeForce GT 710 1GD3H LPV1
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2
SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 250
The motherboard is the hardest question for me. I've narrowed it to a Z370 for Win 7 compatibility, but there are still so many of them, including 2 other Gigabytes, the Z370 HD3P and Z370P D3.
Priorities are:
(1). Interface !!! (getting Win7 to work on coffee lake. Not at all interested in being talked into Win 10)
(2). Quality (stability/longevity of the hardware, and hopefully avoiding RMAs).
(3). Enough RAM for Photoshop / Video editing / ramdisks
(4). No overclocking. No gaming.
I already bought the i5-8400, so I'm mostly wondering if these are good choices for mobo, ram, video PSU and case. Is the MSI adequate for running a 1920x1200 + 1280x1024?
Case: Corsair Carbide 200R
CPU: Intel Core i5-8400
Mobo: Gigabyte Z370 HD3
RAM: G.SKILL Aegis 32GB (2x16) 2400
Video: MSI GeForce GT 710 1GD3H LPV1
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2
SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 250
The motherboard is the hardest question for me. I've narrowed it to a Z370 for Win 7 compatibility, but there are still so many of them, including 2 other Gigabytes, the Z370 HD3P and Z370P D3.
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