The Author's Journey: Upgrading to a New System

As I sit here with my trusty old system, I've come to the realization that it's time for an upgrade. The ASUS GTX 670 is slowly losing its performance, and it's time to move on to something better. In this article, I'll be sharing the process of upgrading my system, from selecting new components to building the new machine.

My Current System: A Mixed Bag

I currently have a few drives scattered around, including some external hard drives, SSDs, and an Ocz Revo drive. My storage setup is a bit of a mess, but I've been using it for a while now. The system itself is still functional, but it's starting to show its age.

In preparation for the upgrade, I decided to take out the ASUS GTX 670 and move it to my new system-in-progress (which I'll get to later). This gave me an opportunity to inspect the current machine and identify areas where I could improve. As I took everything apart, I couldn't help but feel a sense of nostalgia for the old system.

Selecting New Components

Now that I had a clear idea of what I wanted to do, it was time to start selecting new components for my upgraded system. The power supply remains one of the few constants in this project, as it's still a 1200W Intermax Platinum rated power supply – the only remaining piece from the old system.

The first component I added to the list was the G.Skill 32GB (4x8GB) memory kits. These were something I had been eyeing for a while now, and I couldn't wait to get my hands on them. With four modules of DDR3-1600MHz RAM, this system is going to be capable of handling even the most demanding tasks.

Next up was the Corsair 760, which provides an excellent cinematic experience. It's not necessary for everyday use, but it's a nice touch for when I want to show off my new setup.

The GPU: A Boost and Upgrade

Moving on to the GPU, I decided to go with the EVGA Classified GTX 770. This is a significant upgrade over my current system, and I'm excited to put this card through its paces. The boost in performance will make a noticeable difference in games and other resource-intensive applications.

Motherboard: A Solid Choice

As I wanted to keep my existing motherboard and processor together, I opted for a new motherboard that's compatible with the X79 socket 2011. The ASUS X79-Extreme4 is an excellent choice, providing all the necessary features I need, including extra SATA ports and USB ports.

Processor: A New Beginning

With the motherboard in place, it was time to select a new processor. I decided on the Intel Core i7-4930K, which is a significant upgrade over my current system's 3960X. The Ivybridge architecture will provide better memory speed support and other improvements that I'm looking forward to.

Storage: A Simplified Setup

For storage, I opted for a couple of Western Digital Black Series 4TB drives. These will be set up in RAID 1 for redundancy and data protection. This way, I won't have to worry about data loss or corruption when transferring files between the different drives.

SSD: A Working Drive

Finally, I added an Ocz Revo drive to my storage configuration. As a working drive, this 480GB SSD will be used for editing videos and other demanding tasks.

The Final Assembly

With all the components selected and ready to go, it was time to start building the new system. This is where things get exciting – there's nothing quite like seeing your new machine come together in front of you.

As I close this article off, I want to thank my viewers for watching this video again. Sorry that it's just a quick vlog video, but I hope you found some value in it. In the future, I'm planning on doing something different – maybe a tutorial or a build montage – so be sure to let me know what you'd like to see.

In conclusion, upgrading my system has been an exciting journey. From selecting new components to building the new machine, every step was a learning experience in itself. With this upgraded system, I'm ready to take on whatever tasks come my way and show off my new setup to all of you.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enexcellent what's up guys welcome to paul's hardware i'm doing a quick vlog video for you guys tonight because otherwise i probably wouldn't have a video to post this weekend and i've been trying to post a video every weekend at least if i can saturday nights is when i usually get them uploaded but i realized today it was blazing hot in southern california my garage was like a sauna and so i couldn't even really come out here to do anything until this evening and i've been working on a little project down there that i can't tell you about quite yet but i'll be posting that one later this week and other than that i'm trying to work on my personal build so this is a video about my personal build and uh before i go any further i think i'm gonna actually switch over to my good camera and i will continue on that just a second that's better so speaking of personal builds uh here is my current personal system that i've been using and you guys might recognize this if you've been watching my channel for a while but this is my uh good old 600t and uh the reason that i really am looking forward to this upgrade is actually a couple different reasons so a few issues i've actually been having with this system recently one is the power button uh which isn't really quite working the way it should anymore in fact i completely just disconnected it and i've just been using the uh the internal power switch which is located right in there which is why the side panel is not on i didn't take it off it's just been off for quite some time and uh i reach in there and i push the power button and that's like works okay but it's not not exactly ideal and i would like to put the side panel back on it's a really weird situation but there's some sort of short going on between the the front power button and the actual internal thing and it was sending weird signals to the motherboard and my bios was getting corrupted it would have to keep refreshing itself and everything but um thank goodness for the dual bios on the gigabyte motherboard that i'm using um but anyway that's problem number one problem number two is actually the cpu cooler right here this is uh like a stock cooler that came with the and the intel original intel this it's just an acetate cooler but it's intel branded and it came with the uh the original lga 2011 processors and it just it the pump rattles it like makes a rattling sound like mad and it's one of those things i could pretty easily swap out and change it but um i haven't because i've been waiting to do my personal system rebuild so those are the issues i'm really looking forward to um to changing out this particular system i'm going to be not using the most of the hardware that's in here i will still be using my zonar phoebus sound card because i really like that and i just i really like it um i'm probably going to be taking this asus gtx 670 and moving that to the httpc that i'm hopefully going to build eventually although that does have quite a bit of sag going on right now but whatever it still works and then i will be changing up my my storage configuration because i have a few drives here and i have a few external drives and i have a couple ssds and actually an ocz revo drive in there as well but let me take you through the components of the parts i'm going to be using in my new system rebuild pretty much swapping out just about everything in here except the power supply because it's a 1200 watt intermax platinum rated power supply the platinum x and that's that's still works great and it's platinum and i don't have another platinum power supply lying around so i'm still going to be using that okay so here's the rest of the parts and let's start out with the stuff that you probably already know about since i just did a couple videos on it pretty recently one would be the g skill 32 gig memory kits which i'm super stoked about so four by eight gigs there of course the corsair 760 t which is right there giving me a very nice cinematic reflection of myself recording myself of course we have the evga classified gtx 770 graphics card um also a nice little boost and upgrade that i'm looking forward to installing and starting to use and then for the motherboard since i wanted to keep my existing motherboard and and processor together i'm gonna go with a new motherboard and a new processor so i got the x79 up4 it's actually kind of a step down from the one i'm currently using but honestly i just wanted a solid motherboard that's x79 socket 2011 that i know is gonna work and it's got some of the basic features i need like a few extra sata ports and that sort of thing so that should suit my needs just fine for the time being and there's a decent chance that i'll be upgrading to haswell e once that actually comes around the processor which is kind of hiding right there is a 4930k i got that through the intel retail edge program and uh it was a fantastic deal because of that now this is technically also a side grade because i currently have a 3960x in my system i just showed you but the 4930k it does uh update it to the ivybridge architecture so i'm going to have better memory speed support and that sort of thing for storage i kind of splurged a bit i was getting a little bit tired of working with all the different drives i'm working with so i got a couple western digital uh black series 4 terabyte drive so i'm going to set those up in raid 1 and just be done with it and not have to worry about when i'm copying footage or that sort of thing because i move stuff around too often right now so that's going to be my redundant storage for the time being until i get my server set up that i'll probably be using a bit more frequently then finally i have a seagate 600 series ssd which i'm also pretty stoked on because that's a 480 gig ssd so that's going to be tons of solid-state storage for me so that's going to be kind of my working drive that i i copy my footage onto and that i work off of when i'm editing videos so speaking of editing videos i should probably get on top of things and edit this one so you guys can see it hard to do that i'm going to have to set my computer back up because i still need that to edit so i'm gonna close this one off thank you guys so much for watching this video again sorry it's just a quick vlog video but uh there's the parts for my new system oh and my actual point of this video the reason i wanted to do it in the first place was to ask you guys what kind of video you want me to make out of all this stuff up here because i was just going to do kind of a typical build video i record it and kind of mash it all together and put some music and stuff but then i was thinking maybe i should do like a tutorial like how to build a computer video so let me know which type you'd want to see do you want to see a basic build montage or do you want to see how to build paul's computer video because i think that might be kind of fun too take me a little bit longer i think to make but either way i think it should turn out great but let me know in the comments what you think i should do and don't forget to leave me a like and thank you guys so much for watching my video and we'll see you all very soon youexcellent what's up guys welcome to paul's hardware i'm doing a quick vlog video for you guys tonight because otherwise i probably wouldn't have a video to post this weekend and i've been trying to post a video every weekend at least if i can saturday nights is when i usually get them uploaded but i realized today it was blazing hot in southern california my garage was like a sauna and so i couldn't even really come out here to do anything until this evening and i've been working on a little project down there that i can't tell you about quite yet but i'll be posting that one later this week and other than that i'm trying to work on my personal build so this is a video about my personal build and uh before i go any further i think i'm gonna actually switch over to my good camera and i will continue on that just a second that's better so speaking of personal builds uh here is my current personal system that i've been using and you guys might recognize this if you've been watching my channel for a while but this is my uh good old 600t and uh the reason that i really am looking forward to this upgrade is actually a couple different reasons so a few issues i've actually been having with this system recently one is the power button uh which isn't really quite working the way it should anymore in fact i completely just disconnected it and i've just been using the uh the internal power switch which is located right in there which is why the side panel is not on i didn't take it off it's just been off for quite some time and uh i reach in there and i push the power button and that's like works okay but it's not not exactly ideal and i would like to put the side panel back on it's a really weird situation but there's some sort of short going on between the the front power button and the actual internal thing and it was sending weird signals to the motherboard and my bios was getting corrupted it would have to keep refreshing itself and everything but um thank goodness for the dual bios on the gigabyte motherboard that i'm using um but anyway that's problem number one problem number two is actually the cpu cooler right here this is uh like a stock cooler that came with the and the intel original intel this it's just an acetate cooler but it's intel branded and it came with the uh the original lga 2011 processors and it just it the pump rattles it like makes a rattling sound like mad and it's one of those things i could pretty easily swap out and change it but um i haven't because i've been waiting to do my personal system rebuild so those are the issues i'm really looking forward to um to changing out this particular system i'm going to be not using the most of the hardware that's in here i will still be using my zonar phoebus sound card because i really like that and i just i really like it um i'm probably going to be taking this asus gtx 670 and moving that to the httpc that i'm hopefully going to build eventually although that does have quite a bit of sag going on right now but whatever it still works and then i will be changing up my my storage configuration because i have a few drives here and i have a few external drives and i have a couple ssds and actually an ocz revo drive in there as well but let me take you through the components of the parts i'm going to be using in my new system rebuild pretty much swapping out just about everything in here except the power supply because it's a 1200 watt intermax platinum rated power supply the platinum x and that's that's still works great and it's platinum and i don't have another platinum power supply lying around so i'm still going to be using that okay so here's the rest of the parts and let's start out with the stuff that you probably already know about since i just did a couple videos on it pretty recently one would be the g skill 32 gig memory kits which i'm super stoked about so four by eight gigs there of course the corsair 760 t which is right there giving me a very nice cinematic reflection of myself recording myself of course we have the evga classified gtx 770 graphics card um also a nice little boost and upgrade that i'm looking forward to installing and starting to use and then for the motherboard since i wanted to keep my existing motherboard and and processor together i'm gonna go with a new motherboard and a new processor so i got the x79 up4 it's actually kind of a step down from the one i'm currently using but honestly i just wanted a solid motherboard that's x79 socket 2011 that i know is gonna work and it's got some of the basic features i need like a few extra sata ports and that sort of thing so that should suit my needs just fine for the time being and there's a decent chance that i'll be upgrading to haswell e once that actually comes around the processor which is kind of hiding right there is a 4930k i got that through the intel retail edge program and uh it was a fantastic deal because of that now this is technically also a side grade because i currently have a 3960x in my system i just showed you but the 4930k it does uh update it to the ivybridge architecture so i'm going to have better memory speed support and that sort of thing for storage i kind of splurged a bit i was getting a little bit tired of working with all the different drives i'm working with so i got a couple western digital uh black series 4 terabyte drive so i'm going to set those up in raid 1 and just be done with it and not have to worry about when i'm copying footage or that sort of thing because i move stuff around too often right now so that's going to be my redundant storage for the time being until i get my server set up that i'll probably be using a bit more frequently then finally i have a seagate 600 series ssd which i'm also pretty stoked on because that's a 480 gig ssd so that's going to be tons of solid-state storage for me so that's going to be kind of my working drive that i i copy my footage onto and that i work off of when i'm editing videos so speaking of editing videos i should probably get on top of things and edit this one so you guys can see it hard to do that i'm going to have to set my computer back up because i still need that to edit so i'm gonna close this one off thank you guys so much for watching this video again sorry it's just a quick vlog video but uh there's the parts for my new system oh and my actual point of this video the reason i wanted to do it in the first place was to ask you guys what kind of video you want me to make out of all this stuff up here because i was just going to do kind of a typical build video i record it and kind of mash it all together and put some music and stuff but then i was thinking maybe i should do like a tutorial like how to build a computer video so let me know which type you'd want to see do you want to see a basic build montage or do you want to see how to build paul's computer video because i think that might be kind of fun too take me a little bit longer i think to make but either way i think it should turn out great but let me know in the comments what you think i should do and don't forget to leave me a like and thank you guys so much for watching my video and we'll see you all very soon you\n"