• Looking to upgrade, here's what I was looking at.
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Seeing as my GPU is starting to show its age (after 3 years, god bless the 8800GT) and there is at least one part acting funky, I've been looking around for new parts, leading me to this list. Mobo: MSI H61M-E33 (B3) CPU: i5 2300 (2.8 ghz) RAM: 4 gb DDR3 - 1333 PSU: CMPSU-500CX (500 Watt) Blu-ray/DVD combo: LG CH10LS10 GPU: HD5850 Black Edition Total: 514,60 euros. Is this a good price for those parts? Will the PSU be sufficient? Anything I should change?
GPU and the CPU. Give us links, please, otherwise we can say jackshit.
[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;28969324]GPU and the CPU. Give us links, please, otherwise we can say jackshit.[/QUOTE] CPU is part of an upgrade kit with the RAM and mobo: [url]https://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Moederborden_Socket_1155/ALTERNATE/Upgrade_Kit_MSI_H61M-E33_(B3)-i5_2300-4GB/541785/?[/url] GPU: [url]https://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Grafische_kaarten_ATI_Radeon_HD5000/XFX/HD5850_Black_Edition_(HD-585X-ZABC)/485718/?[/url]
500W is usually sufficient. [url]http://c1.neweggimages.com/BizIntell/tool/psucalc/index.html[/url] NewEgg has a tool for this, I will try calculating this for you. [editline]3rd April 2011[/editline] With your current build what you have is good.
As it turned out, the mobo in that upgrade kit is micro ATX. Seeing as that can go die in a fire and after some more looking around, I've come to this: Mobo: MSI P67A-G45 (B3) [url]https://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Moederborden_Socket_1155/MSI/P67A-G45_(B3)/540757/?[/url] CPU: Intel® Core™ i5-2400 [url]https://www.alternate.nl/html/product/CPUs_Socket_1155/Intel(R)/Core_en_trade_i5-2400/483748/?[/url] GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX460 1024MB [url]https://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Grafische_kaarten_NVIDIA_GeForce_GTX/EVGA/GeForce_GTX460_1024MB_EE/455217/?[/url] RAM: Corsair 4 GB DDR3-1333 Kit [url]https://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Geheugen_DDR3-1333/Corsair/4_GB_DDR3-1333_Kit/351740/?[/url] PSU: Corsair CMPSU-600CX [url]https://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Voedingen_tot_600_Watt/Corsair/CMaPSU-600CX/476041/?[/url] Yes? No? Maybe?
there's nothing wrong with mATX who uses 4 expansion slots, let alone 7? most only use one PCI-E 16x and get this 460 instead [url]http://www.alternate.nl/html/product/Grafische_kaarten_NVIDIA_GeForce_GTX/ASUS/ENGTX460_DirectCU-G-2DI/479592/?tn=HARDWARE&l1=Grafische+kaarten&l2=Alle+PCIe+kaarten[/url] the external exhaust cooler on evga's 460s is worse than the stock cooler
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