New Build

[Berne]

Hi,

Adivice: Planning a build. This is not a gaming build. ATX tower of my choosing. I do want to step into a modern system that will get say 10yrs or so. New Board suggestion: ASUS , Intel ? Best Intel CPU i5 OR i7?. My own OS is W7PRO so saving here , GPU current is Radeon X1650 ( pretty old ) so lets say £150, CURRENT SUPPLY 500W could keep ? , Mem 16DDR4 or is 16 too much , also what spec DDR4 ? , SSD I have a little 128GB SAM 840 ( currently 70% used ) which could be devoted soley to a Boot drive?? , but a 512MB / 1GB SSD for main file storage I suggest... should be enough for my browsing video viewing ect, no gaming. No IDE required. Sound Card req of V.Good spec . No monitor required iI have a 22" ASUS . Headset sorted.

The main reason is to inject a real performance boost to my everyday browsing experience , on a budget from £600-800. My current board is maxed out with a CPU Q9550.

Anyhow all good advice welcome.

berne

 

[EarthDog]

10 Years? Good luck. I would shoot myself if I had to do anything on a 10 year old PC...Yours is 8 years old and already out of steam for your uses.

The question really is.......what are you going to do with the PC? Is it really just for browsing the internet?

Board, - about any will do in intel land if it has the features you need. Are you planning to overclock?
CPU - depends on your uses. If you really want it to last 10 years (good luck...) get an i7.
GPU - use the onboard GPU of the intel chip if all you do is watch videos
Memory - For DDR4 and your uses, go 2x8GB 2400MHz.
PSU - Nno idea what your current PSU is.. if it was/is still good. List the brand. But if its the original from your 8 year old PC, I would scrap it. Grab an EVGA 500B
SSD - How you set up your drives is up to you. Your plan sounds feasible.... not sure on this budget though.
Sound card - I take it you have some high end cans or speakers? If not, use the onboard, its sounds great for most people.