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I am selling my current PC (in signature) to a friend for £250 and was looking to use that money in conjuction with around £350 to build another PC. I already have a 780GTX that I will be using so that is the only thing set in stone.

I'm thinking, i5 Haswell, 8GB low profile DDR, at least 1TB HDD. Not convinced by SSD's yet honestly. Though I've never had one.

Thanks!
 
If you've never had an SSD you can't appreciate how fast they are. There's a wealth of reviews and evidence that shows modern SSDs are a no-brainer when it comes to upgrading.

Also, assuming you're using the pc for games, you won't see any difference between that 2500K and the newest i5 Haswell units. In fact, I can't see how £600 will give any real world performance gain over your current system other than an upgrade to SSD
 
ExRayTed said:
If you've never had an SSD you can't appreciate how fast they are. There's a wealth of reviews and evidence that shows modern SSDs are a no-brainer when it comes to upgrading.
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What would I benefit from it apart from faster boot times? I have a large steam library of games up that take up around 750GB and that's only a "select few" - I don't know which ones I'd put on it and if it would be benefical at all. Currently things like Photoshop, Dreamweaver etc. all launch in less than 5seconds and the PC itself will boot in about 15.
 
15 second boot without an SSD? Mine boots in 20 seconds with Samsung RAPID start on a 250GB SSD that is half full with OS, PS and key applications.

I put my main games on SSD (BF4, ETS, Simcity) the rest go on my smaller 80GB SSD.
 
 
I'd agree with Ted on this. You'd be much better off keeping your current system and adding an SSD (and a CPU cooler to overclock that 2500k, if you haven't done so already).
 
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What would I benefit from it apart from faster boot times? I have a large steam library of games up that take up around 750GB and that's only a "select few" - I don't know which ones I'd put on it and if it would be benefical at all. Currently things like Photoshop, Dreamweaver etc. all launch in less than 5seconds and the PC itself will boot in about 15.
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If you've convinced yourself you won't benefit from an SSD, I'm not going to spend time and effort convincing you. As I've said, there's plenty of articles and reviews online if you wanted to educate yourself. If you don't want one don't get one.

And your statement that your pc boots in 15 seconds with a mechanical drive is simply fantasy. From turning it on to a usable desktop in 15 seconds? Utter rubbish
 
ExRayTed said:
And your statement that your pc boots in 15 seconds with a mechanical drive is simply fantasy. From turning it on to a usable desktop in 15 seconds? Utter rubbish
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Glad I'm not the only one...

Might boot to the windows logo in 15secs but not desktop. I want video evidence if this is wrong however.
 
I have a 250GB ssd and all my games are on a hdd. I did have a couple of games on the Evo, but tbh, never really saw any difference in loading speeds when playing games. So all my games now reside on the hdd.
 
While I am not going to try and persuade you one way or an other that an SSD is a good idea I do generally think that there is no point in upgrading from your current set-up and think you should keep your system.

I think youd need more than £600 to see any real noticeable difference.

Keep the system, buy a SSD and if that doesn't quench your thirst for an upgrade you could always try changing heatsink and overclocking or playing with changing the case or fans or something.
 
I just bought a GTX780 for my sig rig, and I have absolutely no intention of upgrading my 2500K yet. I'm trying to wait until Skylake & DDR4. :)
 
Thanks for the opinions guys. I was selling it as a favour to a friend who likes to game but last time he also bought my old PC (though it was more outdated at the time than my current system is). However, I may have to reconsider it as I figured there would be at least a decent performance gain from my current system to a new one. The RAM I have atm is not low profile and I can't fit a decent cooler, or at the least the one I did try didn't have enough space because of the RAM.

As for boot times, it will boot to the windows logon screen in about 8 or so seconds, it takes longer for it to be fully booted and functional.
 
Get an AIO unit if you don't have clearance. You will get as much of a performance boost from a good overclock than a upgrade to Haswell i5 kept at stock.
 
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