Upgrade advice please

Winston · 29 Oct 2012 at 21:14

Hi

Not been on for ages and really lost touch

Considering upgrading my rig, see sig and have had a search around tonight

This is what I've come up with upto now, anything you would change or add?

Can't believe how quickly you can loose touch with hardware if you don't keep up, was shocked at the amount of motherboard chipsets available!

Also IYO would it be worth upgrading as I don't really game much anymore either, just day to day usage

Thanks in advance

stulid · 29 Oct 2012 at 21:16

You should be buying Ivybridge (i5 3570K) instead of that i5 2550K.

• The 2550K doesnt have a built-in IGP so you loose Quicksync and Lucid Virtu support.

The RAM is tall (trust me I have owned it) so if you are using an aftermarket air cooler then you will experience fitment problems.

• Whats the PC to be used for? if gaming then 8GB is plenty.

Giving you this,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £108.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £86.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
Total : £401.35 (includes shipping : £9.50).

honosuseri · 29 Oct 2012 at 21:17

Get the i5 3570K. Don't use that 2550K it's basically a 2500K with a duff IGP.

Ivybridge does more clock for clock, uses less power and has an improved IGP which LucidMVP software and quicksync utilise

Idleman · 29 Oct 2012 at 21:20

If your system still does what you want it to and you are happy with it, then why upgrade. Leave it until next year and see what Haswell has to offer. Also IB might be a bit cheaper, thus making it a better upgrade.

Winston · 29 Oct 2012 at 21:21

This better then?

RJC · 29 Oct 2012 at 21:21

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £108.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £86.99
2 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99 (£51.98)
Total : £427.34 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Winston · 29 Oct 2012 at 21:22

Idleman said:
If your system still does what you want it to and you are happy with it, then why upgrade. Leave it until next year and see what Haswell has to offer. Also IB might be a bit cheaper, thus making it a better upgrade.

Just because it's getting a bit old and was weighing up a new SSD and Win8, so I started thinking it may be worth upgrading whilst at it :rolleyes:

stulid · 29 Oct 2012 at 21:22

Winston said:
This better then?
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Close,

The Retail CPU has a longer 3 vs 1 year warranty and includes a heatsink and a nice box.

What is the PC for? do you need 16Gb of RAM? do you have a suitable 64bit OS for that amount of RAM?

stulid · 29 Oct 2012 at 21:23

@Winston.

Can you do me a favor and delete that second image or resize it as the forum rules only allow for images of 1,280x pixels wide.

Winston · 29 Oct 2012 at 21:27

stulid said:
Close,

The Retail CPU has a longer 3 vs 1 year warranty and includes a heatsink and a nice box.

What is the PC for? do you need 16Gb of RAM? do you have a suitable 64bit OS for that amount of RAM?

As I say PC is mainly used for day to day activities, not gamed for a while and even less now I have a 7 week old daughter

Just felt PC was a little old now, and thought 16Gb was the way to go these days?

Running Win7 64bit atm, considering Win8, which started off all these upgrade thoughts :rolleyes:

stulid · 29 Oct 2012 at 21:27

Get 8Gb now, maybe go for an extra 8Gb later?

And yes that pictures better

Winston · 29 Oct 2012 at 21:28

stulid said:
Close,

The Retail CPU has a longer 3 vs 1 year warranty and includes a heatsink and a nice box.

I'd probably opt for an aftermarket cooler anyway so would it be worth getting the retail still? Will overclock it of course

stulid · 29 Oct 2012 at 21:29

Whilst the Retail CPU is current just a few £ more, then yes its worth the extra.

It will be worth more should you come to sell it rather than a basic OEM chip in a plain cardboard box.

Winston · 29 Oct 2012 at 21:32

stulid said:
Whilst the Retail CPU is current just a few £ more, then yes its worth the extra.

It will be worth more should you come to sell it rather than a basic OEM chip in a plain cardboard box.

Good man
Just need to find out what my old kit is worth selling for.. ANy ideas?

stulid · 29 Oct 2012 at 21:33

You can only ask for prices in the price check forum of the members market.

Winston · 30 Oct 2012 at 07:00

Just realised what really started all this off, was the thought of using USB3.0, will it make much difference transfering files and is there any new tech due out soonthat may replace it?