Bundle for £400?

[Tunney]

Dear OCuk hivemind,

I'm looking to do a quick upgrade of my system - just the CPU, motherboard and RAM. The reasons for upgrading are mainly to get SATA-III and USB 3.0 support, plus a boost in speed would be a nice bonus.

I'm upgrading from:
- Intel i7-920
- 6GB Corsair RAM
- ASUS P6T-SE motherboard

The rest of my system is as follows:
- Crucial M4 SSD + 3TB 7,200RPM HDD
- Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 graphics card
- Sound Blaster Fatal1ty sound card
- Linksys Dual-band 802.11n WiFi card
- Corsair 620W modular PSU (from around 2007)
- SATA-based DVD drive
- Windows 8

So I'll need a motherboard with at least two PCI-Express slots (graphics + sound cards) and a PCI slot for the WiFi card.

My last motherboard was an ASUS that came with software for controlling voltage/fan speeds automatically depending on the system load. I assume that this is fairly standard these days? I like how quiet my current system is when it's being used for web browsing and other light tasks. Quiet under normal conditions is definitely a priority for me!

So with all this in mind, what do people recommend?

Thanks.

 

[Indie]

Something like this?

could spend the extra on different RAM to match the Blue colour scheme if your fussy like me

Or even a new PSU... or CPU cooler to replace the stock one...

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £35.99
Total : £357.96 (includes shipping : FREE).

 

[dunn2010]

Does your current heatsink support 1155 socket?

also could you not wait until early next year for haswell release? not many things use usb3 atm, and sata 2 you could live with for a little bit longer?

 

[Tunney]

That looks decent. I assume that Gigabyte has software for automatically controlling voltages and fan speeds?

I'm happy with the stock cooler. I've got no great desire to overclock.

Does your current heatsink support 1155 socket?

No, it's a stock cooler and socket 1366.

also could you not wait until early next year for haswell release? not many things use usb3 atm, and sata 2 you could live with for a little bit longer?

But... but... I want to spend money now.

 

[Indie]

Not 100% sure off the top of my head but I'd assume so. I've heard many many good things about the D3H mobo's.

If it doesn't theres always freely available software to do so