Okay, Prior to my ORD, I plan to gear my Super Gaming Rig that cost about 1200 when I bought to something that's what I really can call worthy of a Gaming Machine. My plan is to have it fully upgraded and ready by the time I ORD while trying to conserve as much money as possible.
As it stands now, here is the specs of my Current Rig.
Core I5 2500K, Overclocked to 4.5 GHz
ASUS P8P67 PRO Motherboard
8GB Corsair Vengeance PC12800 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
AMD Radeon 6970 Sapphire Dual Fan/BIOS (After Upgrade) from GTX 550 TI
Enermax ENP AWT 600W PSU 80+ BRONZE Power Supply Unit
ThermalTake SpaceCraft VF-I Mid Tower Chassis.
Here are the following parts which I am changing or adding Plus the extra cost incurred.
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) Kit PC 12800 1600MHz DDR3 RAM
The motherboard I'm using can go beyond 16. Sure, the newer Z77 Motherboards can take in even more. But sad to say, the limitation of the OS will cap my max RAM at 16 and I'll have to upgrade to Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate to further increase my RAM Cap. I got the RAM modules on Sunday for 70 dollars.
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Cooler (Latest Gen) OR Corsair Hydro Series - PRIMARY PRIORITY
This upgrade is to address the heat issues in my CPU. Because, currently I'm using the stock Intel Cooler fan that came with the Core i5 2500K. Ain't pretty but still it wasn't the end of the world yet. However come testing on the Torture tests on Prime 95, The CPU went so hot that can literally boil egg le. I'm debating whether I should go with the Corsair H60 or H70 if I should go for water cooling. Because the H60 comes with a fan abit more expensive that the H70 (which I can install together to the cooler with the Current 120mm Exhaust fan), but the H70, cheaper but needs you to pick your 2 fans :/
Well at the end of the day, I managed to get the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus Cooler from VR-Zone. The Dealer also threw in another fan for Push Pull. I have also bought a 140mm ThermalTake Fan from him. Total cost: 50 SGD.
Power Supply Unit with at least 850W: Corsair HX-1000 80+ Certified Modular Power Supply.
It is highly probable that I'm going to go CrossFire for this system and the Enermax 600Watts can't handle it. So yea.... and even when I am going single card, I still need headroom if I go for alot of other parts. So what I did settle eventually on a Corsair HX-1000 1 Kilowatt (1000W) Power Supply which is 80+ Certified. I got it from a fellow VR-Zone user who lives just a few minutes walk away from Nee Soon Camp.
This power supply is near full modular save just the primary 24-pin cable and a couple others which are needed Anyway. It still has 3 years of Warranty. What would have cost nearly 400 bucks on the market? Only costed me 110 SGD. Overkill? Probably. But cost wise? Hell worth it.
AMD 6970 ANY BRAND OR MODEL ** Secondary Priority
I Upgraded my Graphics Card from my MSI Cyclone II NVidia GTX 550 TI to Sapphire's Version of the AMD Radeon 6970 with Dual Fan and BIOS earlier in March for that already freaking considerable boost to the card. Offers me more performance than what SLIed GTX 550 TIs offers. However if you have a High End Graphics Card, might as well go for 2.
It is going to be very hard to find this card in most hardware shops even in Sim Lim Square because this card is no longer in production in favor of the 7000 Series Graphics Card. If I were to have any hope of finding one for CrossFire, It'll have to be bought Second Hand from HardwareZone or VR-Zone and prices for most graphics cards of the 6000 series would have hit rock bottom prices anyway. For now, I already spent 420 on the Sapphire Dual Fan Card which was a good price compared to the actual retail pricing.
If you guys have any Radeon 6970s to sell for around 300 SGD (and even able to ship to Singapore) please PM me at Either pschopin18@hotmail.com or udeepex@gmail.com
