- Apr 5, 2001
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Hey folks!
I want to rebuild my old gaming rig (see sig below) which I put together back in '09 or late '08 i forget. It's starting to show its age horribly and I think it's time to finally bite the bullet.
The budget I am working with is pretty strict at the moment, what with x-mas right around the corner. Looking at a max of say $550 (or cheaper) The plan is to just replace the big three: "CPU / Mobo / ram" and try to reuse all the other components I have already in the current old build for now.
Another thing I'd like to do is dabble in streaming on Twitch.tv, and play my games as well. No clue what requirements I need for streaming other then a decent upload speed which I have (10mbit up).
The CPU's I am looking at are the Haswell refreshes:
i5-4670K $239 on Newegg
i7-4770K $339 on Newegg
Other then missing hyper-threading on the i5, am I missing anything important for streaming if I go the cheaper rout of the i5? Should I not skimp out and go i7 for more longevity of the cpu/mobo/ram combo?
As far as motherboards go, all I know is I need a 1150 socket, but I really do not need anything fancy as I probably won't be OCing, unless it's effortless. I'd rather have stability during streaming/gaming and less to worry about temps and potential lock-ups during the streams.
Should I be looking at any mobo with Z87 only? No idea what is a good mobo to get right now, I really don't need all the features.
Regarding memory, I'd like to have at least 2x4gb to start. But I worry that once I want more of the same ram, they discontinue that particular model and then I cannot add more later. Should I just spend 140-160 on 16GB ram and be done with it?
I have a vidcard still, the gtx 670ftw edition so I think im ok there.
This about sums it up. My budget is $550 or less. What do you all think I should do? I don't see the point in waiting till after black friday, I need the rebuild now and if im going to wait till dec, then i might as well wait till next year and the next lol
im ready to pull the trigger!
I want to rebuild my old gaming rig (see sig below) which I put together back in '09 or late '08 i forget. It's starting to show its age horribly and I think it's time to finally bite the bullet.
The budget I am working with is pretty strict at the moment, what with x-mas right around the corner. Looking at a max of say $550 (or cheaper) The plan is to just replace the big three: "CPU / Mobo / ram" and try to reuse all the other components I have already in the current old build for now.
Another thing I'd like to do is dabble in streaming on Twitch.tv, and play my games as well. No clue what requirements I need for streaming other then a decent upload speed which I have (10mbit up).
The CPU's I am looking at are the Haswell refreshes:
i5-4670K $239 on Newegg
i7-4770K $339 on Newegg
Other then missing hyper-threading on the i5, am I missing anything important for streaming if I go the cheaper rout of the i5? Should I not skimp out and go i7 for more longevity of the cpu/mobo/ram combo?
As far as motherboards go, all I know is I need a 1150 socket, but I really do not need anything fancy as I probably won't be OCing, unless it's effortless. I'd rather have stability during streaming/gaming and less to worry about temps and potential lock-ups during the streams.
Should I be looking at any mobo with Z87 only? No idea what is a good mobo to get right now, I really don't need all the features.
Regarding memory, I'd like to have at least 2x4gb to start. But I worry that once I want more of the same ram, they discontinue that particular model and then I cannot add more later. Should I just spend 140-160 on 16GB ram and be done with it?
I have a vidcard still, the gtx 670ftw edition so I think im ok there.
This about sums it up. My budget is $550 or less. What do you all think I should do? I don't see the point in waiting till after black friday, I need the rebuild now and if im going to wait till dec, then i might as well wait till next year and the next lol
im ready to pull the trigger!
