Hey everyone,
This is my current setup (it's now 3 1/2 years old, apart from the crucial m4)
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 Black Edition 955 4x 3.20GHz So.AM3 BOX
Mainboard Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 870 AM3 ATX
RAM 2x2048MB Kingston ValueRam DDR3-1333 CL9 Kit
and: 2x 4GB Transcend 8GB Dual Channel Kit DDR3 1333MHz PC3-10667U CL9 DIMM
PSU 520W Antec High Current Gamer ATX23
SSD Crucial M4 256GB
HDD500GB Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C HDS721050CLA362 7200U/m
CaseATX Midi Cooler Master 690 II LITE PURE Black Edition
Graphics2048MB XFX Radeon HD 6950 Eyefinity DDR5 PCIe
So, what do I want to change? First of all... It's pretty noisy and already was noisy 3 1/2 years ago... I guess the main reason is that it only got the cpu cooler that was shipped with the cpu. I definitely want to change that. And while I'm at it, I thought I might do some other upgrades as well. I don't wanna do a whole new build, I thought I might spend ~300€-350€ for upgrades.
My idea was to upgrade the mainboard and CPU and leave the rest as is for the moment. I am probably going to upgrade everything sooner or later and when I get a cooler now and a new cpu in a few month and the cooler doesn't fit on that, that would be kind of wasted. (Apart from that, I sometimes use the pc for programming as well and more cpu power is usually nice for compiling ) If you tell me, it absolutely makes no sense to only upgrade mainboard+cpu or is not even possible (because something else is not compatible) I'll have to think about it once again :S I'll probably go for the cooler only i guess...
So what I'm searching for is: Mainboard+CPU+Cooler for about 300-350€. I'm living in Germany, so I will probably buy at alternate or mindfactory or maybe amazon (if anyone wanna look for prices).
Budget 300-350€
Resolution 1920x1200 (yes it's 16:10 <3)
Games / Settings Desired Playing WoW on it, not much else currently (though i'm looking forward to the witcher 3)
Any other intensive software or special things you do Programming (Sometimes Compiling more or less large stuff)
Country Germany
Parts that can be reused See above
Do you need an OS? no
Do you need peripherals? no
Any suggestions are appreciated