Looking for some advice on an upgrade

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GraZC

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Hi all i'm attempting to find a worthy upgrade for my current system with a budget of around £600. The only parts i need to replace are the mobo/cpu/ram

Currently using;

Asus P5N32-E
Intel Core2 Quad 2.4ghz
DDR2 800mhz 4x1gb

Having looked around Overclockers i've come up with;

Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail
Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair Dominator 16GB (4x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit (CMP16GX3M4X1866C9)
Akasa AK-CC4008HP01 Venom Voodoo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3

which totals to £573.95.

The intent on the upgrade is to have a significant increase in performance that should last me for many years as what i'm running at the moment is far from doing good and shows its age. Even buying DDR2 costs well to much for the current board.

Thanks for reading and additional thank you for any suggestions you make :)
 
I notice that your old board has a IDE port, do you have any IDE drives? if so you will need SATA replacements.

Also the RAM you have selected is very tall, this can cause problems with large heatsinks that over hang the memory slots.
 
Now that you mention it i think i do, Is their any pci-x cards that support IDE attachments?
 
It's not enough to worry about lads anyway, im more concerned on wether i'll be getting some good performance that'll last me. Saddens me not being able to play games in highest setting, i miss those days :p

Im guessing my biggest bottleneck is the low amount of ram i have but im still under the illusion my cpu is good, times flown way too fast.
 
stulid said:
What GFX card do you have?

What PSU do you have?

I also hope this is the right CPU comparison - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/53?vs=288
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I've got a Gigabyte 560Ti OC, As for PSU i'm not sure of the top of my head but it wasnt a shabby make and had a high wattage.

I was looking at that link earlier and decided the i7 2600k seemed good to go for, either that the i5 2500k
 
For gaming a i5 2500K is fine, the i7 have Hyperthreading as their main extra feature, only CAD/Music/Video editing programs need that.
 
stulid said:
For gaming a i5 2500K is fine, the i7 have Hyperthreading as their main extra feature, only CAD/Music/Video editing programs need that.
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Ok so i've switched the i7 for the i5 and replaced the cpu cooler for Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler which should avoid any problems with the size of the ram.

I'm using a Coolermaster HAF 939 so i dont see any problem fitting that cooler.

Pricing at £511 so far, is everything looking good so far or is their anything better i could do with?
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Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler
Corsair Dominator 16GB (4x4GB) PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit
Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155)
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155
 
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