Are these ok together

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stillcarp

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i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W)

Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) Total £350

To upgrade from a amd Athlon x2 5600+/ am2+ mobo and 4GB(2x2GB) 600MHz as mobo dying after nine years.

In the computer is a 65GB SSD/ 2x 500GB HDs /DVD combo / XFX HD 5830 and a 800W psu with windows 7 32 bit I know I will have to get windows 64 bit to use all the ram.
Apart from a fresh install would I need anything else or am I good to go when I will have the money soon.

Thanks in advance:confused:
 
I wouldn't get that high profile RAM. The high heatsinks interfere with big air coolers, giving you less cooling options.

If you want to stay blue, get the vengeance blue low profile. :)
 
A really nice cpu/motherboard upgrade, you will be gpu bottlenecked in new games though.

The new cpu will definitely help with minimum fps and maybe increase your max fps in some games also.

Any reason why your going with Ivybridge and not Haswell though?
 
@Gibbo3771
I prefer Gigabyte mobos.

@Doomedspeed
I am looking at water cooling.

@the1gooner
Ivybridge was on offer at a shop across the road, back up to £449.99.

The game I play the most is Star Trek online and it is one game that the cpu has problems with, it plays ok in the main but when in a STF it really struggles it dips down to 25% and the gpu goes to 0% for 3 mins with 5 fps or less then back to normal and repeat until I am back in sector space or doing ground missions to does it yhe odd time.
I have done a fresh install of vista and win 7 with just what is needed to run the computer on separate partitions to test and still does the same thing. All the other games play 100% cpu, 53% gpu like AvP, bioshock 2, Batman Arkham Asylum, Fable 3, Dead space, Call of duty WAW, etc, the new games will not play due to the age of my system.

Was looking at FX 8350, Gigabyte FXA 990-UD3 with Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY16GX3M2A1866C9) £425.23.
OR
I5 4670k, Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard,Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY16GX3M2A1866C9) £509.77.
About £85 difference between the two, also at some time I will be upgrading the gpu. The reason I picked out these mobos is they can do both crossfire and sli. :confused:
 
acme15 said:
For gaming, AMDFX is a nono. :P
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I have looked at a lot of reviews and only seen a difference 0f 15 fps in most of the newer games between the 8350 and 3570k but I have not seen any between the 8350 and 4670k yet. With the difference of £ 85 I am not sure which one to go for as I am really thinking of going FX. I am not a fanboy of any of the two just want the best to play games like mmos star trek online etc.:confused:
 
Both were running the games at around 65 fps with everything on full, some games the 8350 was at 80 to 82 fps while the 3570k was at 62 fps and in other games it was the other way round. My system when running fable or batman it is hitting max of 60 fps with min 45 fps, but it is only getting a max of 30 fps and a min of 5 fps in mmos, When both cpus getting around the same fps with the min being 62 fps and dos not dip below 60 fps. The only thing I can think on were 15 fps can make a difference is on high refresh monitors or 3D tvs, as I have only one eye I can not see the difference as I wont be watching or playing games in 3D ever.:confused:
 
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