It's been a while since I last properly followed the PC hardware scene (2008/09) so I'm a little bit behind on the market and the latest recommended bits. Got a lot of catching up to do but while I procrastinate I thought I'd pay a visit to my favorite enthusiast forum on "teh interwebs", for some friendly advice on a potential overhaul of my current system sometime this year.
I currently have this setup in an Antec 902.
PSU: Coolermaster 850W RealPower Modular PSU
Motherboard: ASUS x46 Rampage Formula
CPU: Intel Core2Quad Q9450 (3.4ghz OC)
GFX: 1GB MSI GTX560Ti TwinFrozr2/OC
RAM: 4x1gb Corsair XMS2 DDR2 (running at 1066mhz)
HDD: 1xSamsung Spinpoint 750gb & 1xSamsung Eco 1.5tb
DVD: Pioneer DVD DVR-215
My immediate presumption is that I can keep the case and psu for a good part of the forseeable future. I barely use my DVD Drive in this day and age of 50mb bandwidths and downloadable clients, so I believe that can stay as well.
The rest is fair game (unless hardware these days needs more than 850w and the antec 902 is seriously uncool) but as I said earlier I'm in no rush to upgrade straight away and would much rather wait if it meant cheaper, decent hardware. I'm looking for a faster (Will definitely need an SSD, are these set to drop in price anytime soon?) machine that will hopefully be secure against upgrades for several years to come, much like my current rig has served but not massively expensive (mid-range -> high end). I play pretty much all genre of games from Minecraft to BF3, X-COM to SC2 so will no doubt need to be able to power some serious gameage at some point in the future.
If you're also super bored and wish to help even more, if you're able to calculate how much my current rig is worth (the whole machine) that would also be much appreciated.
Many Thanks,
Kev


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