I've been upgrading my five year old system piecemeal over the last few years. Here's what I'm currently running:
Case: Antec 900 w/upgraded fans
PSU: CORSAIR 620 HX Modular
MB: EVGA 680i Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 oc'd to 3.26 GHz
HSF: Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme HSK-TRI-U12 w/single fan (purchased 4/24/07 )
RAM: 4GB Corsair Ram
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB
SSD: Intel X25-M 80GB SATA II SSD
Monitors: Westinghouse 37" + Acer 21"
Etc: Miscellaneous hard drives
It's fairly obvious what I need to upgrade. Looking at the windows experience index, I currently rate:
CPU: 6.6
RAM: 6.6
Graphics - 7.8
SSD - 7.5
I assume that if I were to just upgrade the motherboard, cpu, and ram I would have a fairly high end system again. A couple of questions.
1. Can the Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme work with the new sockets w/an adapter kit? If so, it is still a high end cooler or should I buy something new?
2. I've been out of the loop as to CPU/Motherboard/Ram options in the last couple years. Looking like the best bang for the buck is still the i5 2500k @ around $200?
3. What high end mainstream / low end enthusiant motherboard should I be looking at?
4. What RAM?
Any other comments/concerns/etc I would appreciate.
Case: Antec 900 w/upgraded fans
PSU: CORSAIR 620 HX Modular
MB: EVGA 680i Motherboard
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 oc'd to 3.26 GHz
HSF: Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme HSK-TRI-U12 w/single fan (purchased 4/24/07 )
RAM: 4GB Corsair Ram
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB
SSD: Intel X25-M 80GB SATA II SSD
Monitors: Westinghouse 37" + Acer 21"
Etc: Miscellaneous hard drives
It's fairly obvious what I need to upgrade. Looking at the windows experience index, I currently rate:
CPU: 6.6
RAM: 6.6
Graphics - 7.8
SSD - 7.5
I assume that if I were to just upgrade the motherboard, cpu, and ram I would have a fairly high end system again. A couple of questions.
1. Can the Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme work with the new sockets w/an adapter kit? If so, it is still a high end cooler or should I buy something new?
2. I've been out of the loop as to CPU/Motherboard/Ram options in the last couple years. Looking like the best bang for the buck is still the i5 2500k @ around $200?
3. What high end mainstream / low end enthusiant motherboard should I be looking at?
4. What RAM?
Any other comments/concerns/etc I would appreciate.