Time for an upgrade, opinions?

Joro

Joro

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In anticipation of a couple new games that I dont think my current rig would be able to cope with I am getting a few upgrades.

My current pc is about 6-7 years old, is
AMD 4000+
AMD 6800U
6GB Ram
General other bits,

Looking to purchase a few bits and possibly salvage some of the old PC, what do you reckon?

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Retail Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £229.99
VTX3D HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 PC Game £179.99
Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual/Quad Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £101.98
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
OcUK Professional 2.5" to 3.5" SSD Adaptor Plate - Black £4.99
 
Hi,

The 2600k is old now ivy bridge is out, also the i7 is not really needed for gaming. You should not need hyperthreading which is the difference between the current gen i5 and i7. i7 has it and i5 does not.

Also what is your budget, and do you have a suitable PSU? or is it a whole pc you need? I assume its just gaming you are doing?
 
trying to keep it round the £700 mark,

I need to check on my old PSU but I think its round the 650W mark, I remember buying a decent one last time, think it cost me round £120

Its not just a gaming PC, its a general use PC also, some media viewing, some graphic work.
 
 
 
Joro said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2600K 3.40GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £229.99
1 x VTX3D HD 7850 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Dirt3 PC Game £179.99
1 x Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual/Quad Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £101.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard REV 1 £84.98
1 x OcUK Professional 2.5" to 3.5" SSD Adaptor Plate - Black £4.99
Total : £703.32 (includes shipping : £9.50).

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I see you sussed the basket linking :)

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £199.98
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £52.99
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £40.79 (£81.58)
Total : £697.61 (includes shipping : £11.75).



I'm not convinced you need the i7s hyperthreading. You really want to be looking at ivybridge rather than the sandybridge kit you have spec'd.

Ivybridge has a better IGP, it uses less power to run. It is also required for the PCI-Express 3 lane to function. The Z77 mobos have lucid MVP too which will boost GPU performance so worth going for that over the Z68 really.

My GPU is a lil more money but is clocked higher out of the box and has a better cooler fitted, so should be quieter and run cooler with the ability to overclock further than the cheaper 7850 you spec'd.

I wouldn't bother with the adapter plate, you could just use double sided sticky tape to secure it to your case.

I managed to include a good budget case and still be in budget. It has the ability to mount two 2.5 inch drives, has 4 120mm fans and has cable management. Not necessary but i don't know what case you have and you might want to upgrade it to get better cooling to help with overclocking the CPU.

Hope this helps, any questions or problem feel free to post back :)
 
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