[Build Ready] Thoughts on my upgrade? (~700-800$ price range)
My current machine is a few years old with the Q6600 and an HD 6850 (which bought not too long ago and I intend to keep). I felt it was time upgrade and it took me some time to decide for a build that wouldn't feel like a complete waste of money.
As I said, I still have the HD 6850 as well as a sufficient power supply. (The price range in the title is supposed to include the value of both)
Now to the parts:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor | $169.99 @ Microcenter |
| Motherboard | ASRock Z68 PRO3 GEN3 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard | $104.99 @ Newegg |
| Memory | Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory | $52.99 @ NCIX US |
| Hard Drive | Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk | $103.98 @ B&H |
| Total | ||
| Prices include shipping and discounts when available. | $431.95 |
In addition to that the Xigmatek ATX Midi oN Midgard which I can't find on pcpartpicker and probably the Thermalright HR-02 MACHO (not sure on that one).
The most difficult part was to decide between the 2500K / 3450 / 3750K. I don't really plan on OC'ing right now but it might come in handy in the future - who knows.
Any thoughts on this or things I should change? I'd like not to exceed $550 including the case and cooler.
Posted Jul 10, 2012, 8:40 AM UTC · edited