Hi,

I am thinking of upgrading my old workhorse and need some advice. I have never build a computer myself. From reading this forum and couple others i have come to conclusion that i need to upgrade allmost everthing from my old computer.

 

So these are my questions:

Can i use my old case?

Do i need new power unit?

What kind of cables i need to plug all stuff? Can i use old ones?

 

Old workhorse:

Nox Xtreme moonlight atx case

Gigabyte EP35-DS3 motherboard

Intel Core 2 Quad q9550 2,83GHz

LC-8700 700w v2.2 Hyperion PSU

4x A-data 2gt DDR2 800Mhz Vitesta 240pin DIMM

ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2870x2 TOP

Samsung 500gb Spinpoint t166 harddrive

 

Planned configuration:

Asus P8Z77-M PRO motherboard

intel i7-3770K

G.Skill 16GB (2x8GB) Trident X, DDR3 2400MHz

EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 FTW, 2GB

Maybe SSD drive for operating system

Hello

Your existing case will be fine as will your PSU.

Use your existing cables and don't forget to buy a decent cooling setup for that 3370K

Thank you for fast reply. Any tips regarding cooling setup mad dog mentioned?

Planned configuration:

Asus P8Z77-M PRO motherboard

intel i7-3770K

G.Skill 16GB (2x8GB) Trident X, DDR3 2400MHz

EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 FTW, 2GB

Maybe SSD drive for operating system

 

Perfect!

the best you could buy is the H100 corsair for cooling

I have heard that the Skill memory is N2 instead of N1 which make the memory a little slower

A corsair is a N1 look at new eggs for more info

Rautaysi, i built my first PC on Christmas day 2011, i found these three video's very usefull indeed, i even followed the second video on my old PC whilst doing my first test boot on Christmas eve.

 

 

Enjoy collecting the parts, i took month's collecting mine.

 

Si.

Thanks for help. Have to check that corsair cooleer and g.skill vs corsair memory. Those 3 videos i just watched yesterday, and helped me to make decision that i can do upgrade myself.

There seems to be a 4gb version of evga gtx670 too, but it is at same price as gtx680. Should i invest to 680 instead?

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HI

Think the 670 2gb is more than OK.

And you can take another MOBO to,

for example a Gigabyte GA-Z77MX-D3H mATX

that one overclocks like the UD5H a have and ar

cheaper than the ASUS card.

 

Hasse

if you read the latest review of the new coming gtx 660gti from zodac amp, it is a great one and cost half of the 680.

 

I use mobo asus P8 Z77-V premium (one of the best and good for oc your processor to 4.8 stable.

I made my decisions and ordered following:

P8 Z77-V motherboard

intel i7-3770K

EVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 4gb

OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD

 

Have study more about memory differencies before ordering.

I bought this one

Corsair Vengeance - 8GB 2133MHz PC3-17066 cas9

It is N1 cas 9-11-10-30 take care that you dont take cas11 this one is much slower

H100 watercooler is easy to mount and gives no problem

OC is easy for the 3770 to 4.8 and in that case you need the H100 if you dont OC then

a noctua 14 NH is enough

Both of you would be happy with your setup.

Thanks doeke. Ordered same memory that you are using. Now it is just waiting for components to arrive.

 

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