phyrexians
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Hi Everyone,
[Story]
My 7 years old computer finally died a few weeks back. Since there was no light, no fan, I thought it might be the PSU or 3V battery. Alas, after finally changing both the 3V battery and the PSU, it might actually be the Mobo. Since the Mobo is 7 years old, running the old Q9650 and DDR2 RAM, I think it's time I change a new one instead.
[End of Story]
So, can I get some suggestion to build a new computer with a budget of less than $1000?
I do play some FPS games but seldom do I use it at the highest ultra settings. In case the games matter, I have used the old computer to play Crysis, Diablo 3, Borderlands, GTA 5 (rendering is too poor), Guild Wars 2. Most of the time, the computer is just used for watching BluRay movies by outputting to a TV.
I already have the following components that I wish to reuse if possible:
- PSU: (Brand new -.-" )
- Hard Disk: SSD + a number of HDD storage
- GPU: GTX760 at the moment. Open for upgrade in the future and provided the PSU can support.
- Mouse + Keyboard
- Monitor (Might change cos its still DVI...)
- Speakers
- 2-3 fans -.-"
- OS is not required yet.
So the parts that I need will be:
- Motherboard
- CPU
- RAM
- Casing
I read from the other post that there's the Skylake Chip and to use DDR4 and I really prefer Intel to AMD due to past experience.
Although I already have some of the parts, do let me know if the old parts is incapable of supporting the new hardware and I will get the additional required parts.
I should be going down to Sim Lim either today, tomorrow or on Monday get the machine up and running. Should either be going to TradePac or PCTheme unless someone has a specific suggestion on which shop to go
I'm currently using my MSI latop (i7 and a GTX 670M) for both gaming and normal surfing. So if waiting a couple of weeks, months or years can get me better specs/prices, I certainly won't mind.
Any help and suggestion is greatly appreciated.
[Story]
My 7 years old computer finally died a few weeks back. Since there was no light, no fan, I thought it might be the PSU or 3V battery. Alas, after finally changing both the 3V battery and the PSU, it might actually be the Mobo. Since the Mobo is 7 years old, running the old Q9650 and DDR2 RAM, I think it's time I change a new one instead.
[End of Story]
So, can I get some suggestion to build a new computer with a budget of less than $1000?
I do play some FPS games but seldom do I use it at the highest ultra settings. In case the games matter, I have used the old computer to play Crysis, Diablo 3, Borderlands, GTA 5 (rendering is too poor), Guild Wars 2. Most of the time, the computer is just used for watching BluRay movies by outputting to a TV.
I already have the following components that I wish to reuse if possible:
- PSU: (Brand new -.-" )
- Hard Disk: SSD + a number of HDD storage
- GPU: GTX760 at the moment. Open for upgrade in the future and provided the PSU can support.
- Mouse + Keyboard
- Monitor (Might change cos its still DVI...)
- Speakers
- 2-3 fans -.-"
- OS is not required yet.
So the parts that I need will be:
- Motherboard
- CPU
- RAM
- Casing
I read from the other post that there's the Skylake Chip and to use DDR4 and I really prefer Intel to AMD due to past experience.
Although I already have some of the parts, do let me know if the old parts is incapable of supporting the new hardware and I will get the additional required parts.
I should be going down to Sim Lim either today, tomorrow or on Monday get the machine up and running. Should either be going to TradePac or PCTheme unless someone has a specific suggestion on which shop to go
I'm currently using my MSI latop (i7 and a GTX 670M) for both gaming and normal surfing. So if waiting a couple of weeks, months or years can get me better specs/prices, I certainly won't mind.
Any help and suggestion is greatly appreciated.
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