LGA 775 Refurb Build

[Disruptor]

Title pretty much says it all, looking to refurb an LGA 775 rig I built back in early 2008.

Current Set-Up:

Chassis: Thermaltake Armor VA8000BWS

Motherboard: ASUS P5K

CPU: Core 2 Quad Q6600 w/ Stock Cooler

RAM: Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2)

HDD: Currently None; Had 2x WD Raptor X (150GB) at one point.

GPU: Originally had a 9600 GT; Currently it has a GTX 560 ti (Not fully functional; causes display drivers to crash regardless of the rig it's in.)

PSU: Thermaltake 500W

Misc: I was 12 years old and knew almost nothing about computers, so yeah, this was a bit of a frankenstein build, haha.

 

Projected Refurb:

Chassis: Corsair 750D

Motherboard: ASUS Rampage II Formula (Found a nice manufacturer refurbed unit for a good price considering what a pain it is to find decent 775 boards today)

CPU: C2Q Q6600 w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212+ EVO (Not horribly interested in investing in watercooling on this build)

RAM: I was thinking of either going with 8GB 1066 G.Skill or just buying another kit of 2x2 Corsair XMS2 to bring it up to 8GB

HDD: WD Velociraptor 600GB and a 120GB Samsung 840 EVO OR I might try out one of the WD Black2 dual drives just because the concept seems kind of cool.

GPU: I'm always up for suggestions. I was thinking something like a GTX 760 or 770 (or AMD Equivalent)

PSU: Corsair RM550

 

So, yeah, I'm just looking for second opinions before I start looking at pricing and etc.

[miyabwah]

Get a 280 or 270.

[M-ursu]

your cpu is so gonna bottleneck any of those GPU's.

[AMICLG]

your cpu is so gonna bottleneck any of those GPU's.

The P5K is a great overclocking motherboard.

[J-man]

I would suggest, if possible, you consider moving on from that platform.  I also upgraded my lga775 platform and regretted it.  I ended up spending less short term but more long term.  I apologize for sounding like a buzzkill but I just thought I should say something so you don't end up with the same regrets.

 

Edit:  I know most of that gear is reusable, but I just hate to see you spend money on an old motherboard and ddr2 memory when you could put that towards something more up to date.  

 

Edit #2:  I see you are in the US.  If you have a Microcenter near you the FX 8320 is going for $100.  If you bundle that with a motherboard you can save some more money.  Just a thought...

[ViruZ_HUN]

Title pretty much says it all, looking to refurb an LGA 775 rig I built back in early 2008.

Current Set-Up:

Chassis: Thermaltake Armor VA8000BWS

Motherboard: ASUS P5K

CPU: Core 2 Quad Q6600 w/ Stock Cooler

RAM: Corsair XMS2 4GB (2x2)

HDD: Currently None; Had 2x WD Raptor X (150GB) at one point.

GPU: Originally had a 9600 GT; Currently it has a GTX 560 ti (Not fully functional; causes display drivers to crash regardless of the rig it's in.)

PSU: Thermaltake 500W

Misc: I was 12 years old and knew almost nothing about computers, so yeah, this was a bit of a frankenstein build, haha.

 

Projected Refurb:

Chassis: Corsair 750D

Motherboard: ASUS Rampage II Formula (Found a nice manufacturer refurbed unit for a good price considering what a pain it is to find decent 775 boards today)

CPU: C2Q Q6600 w/ Cooler Master Hyper 212+ EVO (Not horribly interested in investing in watercooling on this build)

RAM: I was thinking of either going with 8GB 1066 G.Skill or just buying another kit of 2x2 Corsair XMS2 to bring it up to 8GB

HDD: WD Velociraptor 600GB and a 120GB Samsung 840 EVO OR I might try out one of the WD Black2 dual drives just because the concept seems kind of cool.

GPU: I'm always up for suggestions. I was thinking something like a GTX 760 or 770 (or AMD Equivalent)

PSU: Corsair RM550

 

So, yeah, I'm just looking for second opinions before I start looking at pricing and etc.

OC CPU to around 4 ghz if its possible and then you can run some of the new cards

[Disruptor]

I understand the performance loss from using PCI-e 3.0 tech on a 2.0 lane. Less bandwith=Less performance. This rig would also be more for nostalgia sake than anything else. I mainly just want it to run incredibly well for what it is; i.e., I'm not really looking to build another computer as I have a much newer rig that I put together this past June. That being said, the current consensus seems to be that my Q6600 would be a bottleneck with cards that have newer architectures, which I figured might be the case with a processor that's five years old. That being said, as J-Man suggested, I looked around at my local microcenter and they appear to have a few GTX 580s still on hand, which is so far as I can tell, the maximum bang for my buck (About $229 currently) without migrating to PCI-e 3.0 territory and losing more than a fair amount of performance.

[AMICLG]

I understand the performance loss from using PCI-e 3.0 tech on a 2.0 lane. Less bandwith=Less performance. This rig would also be more for nostalgia sake than anything else. I mainly just want it to run incredibly well for what it is; i.e., I'm not really looking to build another computer as I have a much newer rig that I put together this past June. That being said, the current consensus seems to be that my Q6600 would be a bottleneck with cards that have newer architectures, which I figured might be the case with a processor that's five years old. That being said, as J-Man suggested, I looked around at my local microcenter and they appear to have a few GTX 580s still on hand, which is so far as I can tell, the maximum bang for my buck (About $229 currently) without migrating to PCI-e 3.0 territory and losing more than a fair amount of performance.

There is no loss in performance on 2.0 @ x8 speed with 90% of gaming cards.