hi guys this is my first thread im a noob.
im buying this pc and want to know wheather to upgrade it or to leave it how it is. the guy im buying it off says its a monster spec.
also i know nothing about components so i dont know what components are compatable with this motherboard.
what i want to do is upgrade it to the best possible rig i will upgrade the cpu to the all famous intel i7 980x extreame and then overclock it to 4.0GHz (please advise me on which cooler to buy nothing too complicated to install),
upgrade the graphics card ,(suggestions please) add another 6gb ram,add more hard drives (probably some 2tb hdd's) once ive put all theese in ill probably need a new power supply maybe 1200w or somthing what do you guys think?
theese are my specs :
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 CPU @ 2.67GHz LGA1366 with stock cooler
Motherboard: Asus P6T Deluxe LGA1366
RAM: 6GB RAM OCZ DDR3 PC3-8500
GPU: Sapphire Radeon ATI HD 4870 512MB
Hard Drive 1: Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB 7200rpm
Hard Drive 2: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200rpm
Optical Drive 1: LG Super Multi Blu-Ray Read/Write
Optical Drive 2: LG Super Multi DVD Read/Write
PSU: Corsair 650W
Case: Antec Twelve Hundred
Keyboard: Microsoft USB Digital Media Keyboard 3000
Mouse: Microsoft USB Wireless Optical Mouse
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
Game Controller: Microsoft Xbox USB wired controller
Motherboard key specifications:
6 x DIMM max. 12GB DDR3 1600(O.C.)/1333/1066MHz non-ECC unbuffered memory
3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots, 1 x PCI Express x4 slot, 2 x PCI slots, SLI / Crossfire compatible
6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, Intel Matrix Storage supporting SATA RAID 0, 1, 5 & 10
2 x SAS ports supporting SAS RAID 0 and 1
2 x Marvel PCIe Gigabit LAN RJ45 out
8 x USB ports on back panel, 2 x USB ports on front panel
1 x firewire(IEEE 1394a) port on back panel
1 x eSATA port each on front and back panel
2 x DVI output from ATI graphics card for dual-monitor set-up if required
On-board 8 channel high definition audio with Coaxial / optical / SPDIF out port on back panel
1 x PS/2 keyboard / mouse combo port
please help!
im buying this pc and want to know wheather to upgrade it or to leave it how it is. the guy im buying it off says its a monster spec.
also i know nothing about components so i dont know what components are compatable with this motherboard.
what i want to do is upgrade it to the best possible rig i will upgrade the cpu to the all famous intel i7 980x extreame and then overclock it to 4.0GHz (please advise me on which cooler to buy nothing too complicated to install),
upgrade the graphics card ,(suggestions please) add another 6gb ram,add more hard drives (probably some 2tb hdd's) once ive put all theese in ill probably need a new power supply maybe 1200w or somthing what do you guys think?
theese are my specs :
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 CPU @ 2.67GHz LGA1366 with stock cooler
Motherboard: Asus P6T Deluxe LGA1366
RAM: 6GB RAM OCZ DDR3 PC3-8500
GPU: Sapphire Radeon ATI HD 4870 512MB
Hard Drive 1: Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB 7200rpm
Hard Drive 2: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 7200rpm
Optical Drive 1: LG Super Multi Blu-Ray Read/Write
Optical Drive 2: LG Super Multi DVD Read/Write
PSU: Corsair 650W
Case: Antec Twelve Hundred
Keyboard: Microsoft USB Digital Media Keyboard 3000
Mouse: Microsoft USB Wireless Optical Mouse
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium
Game Controller: Microsoft Xbox USB wired controller
Motherboard key specifications:
6 x DIMM max. 12GB DDR3 1600(O.C.)/1333/1066MHz non-ECC unbuffered memory
3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots, 1 x PCI Express x4 slot, 2 x PCI slots, SLI / Crossfire compatible
6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, Intel Matrix Storage supporting SATA RAID 0, 1, 5 & 10
2 x SAS ports supporting SAS RAID 0 and 1
2 x Marvel PCIe Gigabit LAN RJ45 out
8 x USB ports on back panel, 2 x USB ports on front panel
1 x firewire(IEEE 1394a) port on back panel
1 x eSATA port each on front and back panel
2 x DVI output from ATI graphics card for dual-monitor set-up if required
On-board 8 channel high definition audio with Coaxial / optical / SPDIF out port on back panel
1 x PS/2 keyboard / mouse combo port
please help!