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Upgrading my PC, continue using Intel or move to AMD?

KieranThePCGuy
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I would love an all black rig, black and red or black and yellow. My RAM is coloured Red so the blue option is already out, and having parts of the motherboard blue I fancy a change.

Didn't know that, I just heard good things about them and their warranties really sell me.

I don't mind I do work with Adobe AE and Sony Vegas so the extra RAM would help in that respect. Even some Cinema 4D work from time to time. Though I think the 8GB is sufficient for now :)

Here's what I was thinking: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1En7m

Replace the H100i stock fans and case fans with the sickleflows. 2 in front and 1 in rear.

Alternate your red and the black ram. Ignore the first picture. It shows a raw pcb (pny ram does this for some reason) but there's actually a sleek black heatsink for the following pictures.

 

The ssd here comes with a 3 year warranty if it means anything. In all likelihood, any modern ssd will last longer than you need it to.


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I would love an all black rig, black and red or black and yellow. My RAM is coloured Red so the blue option is already out, and having parts of the motherboard blue I fancy a change.

Didn't know that, I just heard good things about them and their warranties really sell me.

I don't mind I do work with Adobe AE and Sony Vegas so the extra RAM would help in that respect. Even some Cinema 4D work from time to time. Though I think the 8GB is sufficient for now :)

Here's what I was thinking: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1En7m

Replace the H100i stock fans and case fans with the sickleflows. 2 in front and 1 in rear.

Alternate your red and the black ram. Ignore the first picture. It shows a raw pcb (pny ram does this for some reason) but there's actually a sleek black heatsink for the following pictures.

 

The ssd here comes with a 3 year warranty if it means anything. In all likelihood, any modern ssd will last longer than you need it to.

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Here's what I was thinking: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1En7m

Replace the H100i stock fans and case fans with the sickleflows. 2 in front and 1 in rear.

Alternate your red and the black ram. Ignore the first picture. It shows a raw pcb (pny ram does this for some reason) but there's actually a sleek black heatsink for the following pictures.

The ssd here comes with a 3 year warranty if it means anything. In all likelihood, any modern ssd will last longer than you need it to.

Thanks for your help! Will look later on as on my phone at the moment :P Thanks again!

CPU: Intel Core i5 2550K @ 4GHz | Cooler: Gelid Tranquillo Rev. 2 | Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

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Looks good to me @WoodenMarker, will see how things go around the Christmas period, in no rush to upgrade!

CPU: Intel Core i5 2550K @ 4GHz | Cooler: Gelid Tranquillo Rev. 2 | Mobo: Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3

GPU: XFX 1GB HD6850 OC'd | SSD: OCZ Agility 3 60GB | HDD: Samsung 500GB | PSU: Corsair HX520W | Case: Zalman Z11+

 
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