Asus P8Z77-M Motherboard
03 November 2018, 06:15 PM
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Asus P8Z77-M Motherboard
I currently have a home PC with the Asus P8Z77-M Motherboard in it along with an i5-3570k cpu, 32gb of Corsair XMS3 DDR3 RAM and a Radeon HD7850 2gb graphics card.
What would be the logical upgrade to all of it. I am not really a PC hardware person.
It has to have PCI Express 3.x on it aswell.
Also the Micro ATX case is a bit restrictive with 2 Bluray players, 5x SSD drives 1x 3TB SATA drive and an internal multi card reader with additional USB 3 ports. However I don~t want to go full tower.
The computer is mainly used for Lightroom and Photoshop editing and is loaded with SSD drives.
Ideally I would like dual processors and more RAM but does that require going for server MB with more expensive DIMMs or can you get normal twin processor motherboards ?
AND NO I AM NOT INTERESTED IN ANYTHING FROM APPLE.
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What would be the logical upgrade to all of it. I am not really a PC hardware person.
It has to have PCI Express 3.x on it aswell.
Also the Micro ATX case is a bit restrictive with 2 Bluray players, 5x SSD drives 1x 3TB SATA drive and an internal multi card reader with additional USB 3 ports. However I don~t want to go full tower.
The computer is mainly used for Lightroom and Photoshop editing and is loaded with SSD drives.
Ideally I would like dual processors and more RAM but does that require going for server MB with more expensive DIMMs or can you get normal twin processor motherboards ?
AND NO I AM NOT INTERESTED IN ANYTHING FROM APPLE.
Cheers
03 November 2018, 06:52 PM
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03 November 2018, 09:55 PM
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Sounds to me like really you want a whole new system. Any of the latest i7's are going to be a bit wasted with that GPU IMO. You will need to replace your current ram as well as the newer CPU's use DDR4.
It may be worth reading this post from Puget Systems (a well regarded system builder in America) - https://www.pugetsystems.com/recomme...ecommendations. Might give you a better idea of what components you want to be looking at.
You also need to decide if you plan to overclock the system at all. If the answer is no, you can save a chunk of money by not buying a motherboard with the overclocking capabilities and can even save a bit by getting a non K series processor. K series processors are unlocked for overclocking but are usually more expensive than the equivalent non K series and also do not include any sort of cooler.
It may be worth reading this post from Puget Systems (a well regarded system builder in America) - https://www.pugetsystems.com/recomme...ecommendations. Might give you a better idea of what components you want to be looking at.
You also need to decide if you plan to overclock the system at all. If the answer is no, you can save a chunk of money by not buying a motherboard with the overclocking capabilities and can even save a bit by getting a non K series processor. K series processors are unlocked for overclocking but are usually more expensive than the equivalent non K series and also do not include any sort of cooler.
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Sounds to me like really you want a whole new system. Any of the latest i7's are going to be a bit wasted with that GPU IMO. You will need to replace your current ram as well as the newer CPU's use DDR4.
It may be worth reading this post from Puget Systems (a well regarded system builder in America) - https://www.pugetsystems.com/recomme...ecommendations. Might give you a better idea of what components you want to be looking at.
You also need to decide if you plan to overclock the system at all. If the answer is no, you can save a chunk of money by not buying a motherboard with the overclocking capabilities and can even save a bit by getting a non K series processor. K series processors are unlocked for overclocking but are usually more expensive than the equivalent non K series and also do not include any sort of cooler.
It may be worth reading this post from Puget Systems (a well regarded system builder in America) - https://www.pugetsystems.com/recomme...ecommendations. Might give you a better idea of what components you want to be looking at.
You also need to decide if you plan to overclock the system at all. If the answer is no, you can save a chunk of money by not buying a motherboard with the overclocking capabilities and can even save a bit by getting a non K series processor. K series processors are unlocked for overclocking but are usually more expensive than the equivalent non K series and also do not include any sort of cooler.
Steve
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Created a thread for you on a very good PC forum
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/th...vise.18836062/
get onto www.forums.overclockers.co.uk and post a thread u will be bombarded with build advise from a very knowledgeable community. Some of which have spend 20K+ on PCs
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/th...vise.18836062/
get onto www.forums.overclockers.co.uk and post a thread u will be bombarded with build advise from a very knowledgeable community. Some of which have spend 20K+ on PCs
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Created a thread for you on a very good PC forum
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/th...vise.18836062/
get onto www.forums.overclockers.co.uk and post a thread u will be bombarded with build advise from a very knowledgeable community. Some of which have spend 20K+ on PCs
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/th...vise.18836062/
get onto www.forums.overclockers.co.uk and post a thread u will be bombarded with build advise from a very knowledgeable community. Some of which have spend 20K+ on PCs
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have you got a maximum budget for going full new system. Overclockers can be a little more expensive for some parts but do offer finance to spread the cost. They also have some advance RMA with manufactures were they test and replace so can save you a lot of money and time of sending parts half way round the world and waiting weeks on end for repalcements
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have you got a maximum budget for going full new system. Overclockers can be a little more expensive for some parts but do offer finance to spread the cost. They also have some advance RMA with manufactures were they test and replace so can save you a lot of money and time of sending parts half way round the world and waiting weeks on end for repalcements
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Yeah I did sort of but not finished it yet due to house renovations.
I went for a:
Cooler master HAF 912 case
Cooler Master Modular v750 PSU
Cooler Master Liquid cooling
Z390-A Motherboard with built in wifi etc
i9-9900K CPU
64gb RAM
2x 32gb Optane M.2 cache modules
2x1TB SSD
2x250GB SSD
1x 3TB SATA disk
2x Bluray drives
1x 5 1/2 inch multy card reader and built in CPU temperature gauge
Only think I don't have yet is the Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 ti graphics card.
It is only going to be used for Photoshop and lightroom, not interested in gaming.
Cheers
Steve
I went for a:
Cooler master HAF 912 case
Cooler Master Modular v750 PSU
Cooler Master Liquid cooling
Z390-A Motherboard with built in wifi etc
i9-9900K CPU
64gb RAM
2x 32gb Optane M.2 cache modules
2x1TB SSD
2x250GB SSD
1x 3TB SATA disk
2x Bluray drives
1x 5 1/2 inch multy card reader and built in CPU temperature gauge
Only think I don't have yet is the Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 ti graphics card.
It is only going to be used for Photoshop and lightroom, not interested in gaming.
Cheers
Steve
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