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1 x Antec 1200 Full Tower Case + Antec CP 850W Modular PSU - "Exclusive Special Offer Bundle" 167952 Warehouse Shipped Invoice Track £156.51 £156.51
1 x AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz Socket AM3 6MB L3 Cache Cache 125W Retail Boxed Processor 186428 Warehouse Shipped Invoice Track £124.48 £124.48
1 x Asus M4A79XTD EVO 790X Socket AM3 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard 172846 Warehouse Shipped Invoice Track £73.64 £73.64
2 x HIS HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 DVI HDMI DisplayPort PCI-E Graphics Card 186468 Warehouse Shipped Invoice Track £99.12 £198.24
1 x Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium - Licence and media - 1 PC - OEM - DVD - 64-bit - English 173791 Warehouse Shipped Invoice Track £61.69 £61.69
1 x ****** Antivirus, 3 User License for Antivirus, Spyware & Online Fraud Protection 126059 Warehouse Shipped Invoice Track £0.00 £0.00
1 x Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache - OEM 173804 Warehouse Shipped Invoice Track £57.98 £57.98
1 x Kingston 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz HyperX Memory Kit CL7 1.7V 169488 Warehouse Shipped Invoice Track £77.11 £77.11
1 x HyperX Genesis 32 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 CL9 DIMM Memory Kit (8 x 4 GB) - XMP Ready
1 x Scythe SCZP-2000 ZIPANG 2 Socket 478/775/754/939/940/AM2/AM3/1156/1366 with 140mm Fan Heatpipe Processor Cooler 173868 Warehouse Shipped Invoice Track £38.75 £38.75
Samsung SH-B083L 8x Blu-Ray Reader & Lightscribe DVDRW Writer - Retail Box
Toshiba 3TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache HDD - OEM (DT01ACA300)
AUZEN Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card


i dont need keyboard, mouse or monitor. If case is suitable still then dont need to change that. Same as HDD if i dont have to change then i wont
 
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Win 7 will upgrade to windows 10 on its own.

looks like you just need the core systems (GPU + CPU + MOBO + RAM). Maybe CPU cooler.

watch out because your audio card is PCI, not PCI-E. Some compatibility issues.

Target would be a 980ti + a Z97X-4790K / Z170-6700K / X99-5820K. It's tight though. Going to i5 leaves more room.

You do have some old DDR3 (32GB). That might work with 4790K, and saves you enough money for a cooler / SSD. Not sure about compatibility / desirability with 1600MHz memory and Devil's Canyon.





YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980Ti G1 Gaming 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £575.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **20 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade ** £379.98
1 x Alpenfhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler £39.95
Total : £1,005.52 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).



That motherboard has one legacy PCI slot, so you're in luck.

Also looking at memory compatibility, some similar Kingston is listed, so shouldn't be a problem. Or sell your old memory and budget for 2400MHz 2x8GB set.

Shop around for 980ti prices. They vary quite a lot for the premium stuff (G1, ACX, DirectCU). Maybe OcUK can cut you a deal.




Going Skylake or X99, you will have to factor the RAM, and a cooler is necessary (the Asus Z170 Pro Gaming has a Dark Rock 3 bundled).

YOUR BASKET
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90503-10P) £499.99
1 x Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM £319.99
1 x Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £119.99
1 x Kingston Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX426C15FBK2/16) £89.99
Total : £1,039.56 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

 
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my budget is not never ending but i can stretch if that is what is needed and the sound card can go as it is old now.

Thanks so far for your advice please let me know how much i would need to stretch by to get full potential
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 980Ti AMP Edition 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90503-10P) £499.99
1 x Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **20 Saving** £303.97
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £82.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 550W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black £74.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK8GX4M2A2666C16) £49.99
1 x Alpenfhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler £39.95
Total : £1,061.48 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).



A few points i want to make.

you NEED a SSD for a GREAT experience! adding a SSD to any system using a HDD massively improves the experience and i don't understand why almost all of the above posts missed this out. ( Running a X99 system on a HDD as per some of the above posts would be dumb no offence ) If you want to lower the cost of this build a little you can always replace the SSD with a 120GB version. You will be using your current HDD as storage anyway and the SSD for windows.

I am not to sure about your PSU and a quick google hosts some negativity so i opted for a replacement option.

Unless you are video editing or similar 8GB of ram is still more than enough, and you can always add more further down the line.

And again unless you are video editing you wont see much of a performance gain from X99 and at your buget it to me makes more sense to go for Z170 as it works out cheaper.

My only question would be if the cpu cooler would be able to fit in your case. Though i know a NH-D14 fits in that case. And i doubt the Alpenfhn Matterhorn is bigger than a NH-D14
 
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that cooler is Size: 120x120x25mm
where as my current scythe is 25x140x140mm so im fairly confident it should fit
also i could remove the psu as i have had no issues with my current unit and would only replace on requirement
 
my final questions as harry i like ur build and due to recommendation i will prob change psu would i need a bigger than 550psu as i would be running 3 hdd, gfx etc ?

And my copy of windows 7 is an oem copy and im sure i got told that could only install on one computer
 
harry5522 said:
The reason i opted for the none G2 or GS was simply to keep it as close to budget :) and it's not a " Rubbish " unit, In fact it's a pretty damn good PSU
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Compared to the G2 and GS the NEX units are subpar. Maybe rubbish was too strong a word to use, but for the sake of £2 why would you go with the inferior unit ?



YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA Supernova G2 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £74.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G1 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (120-G1-0650-XR) £72.95
Total : £157.54 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

 
olivier renault said:
From experience, EVGA's aren't Seasonic or Corsairs, but they're OK.

The GS I believe stands for Seasonic design. But that or either Leadex, it's good quality.
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EVGA PSU's walk all over Corsair ones as Corsairs are pretty horrific. Seasonic are the bees knees as are Superflower but they cost a premium that some are willing to pay and some are not.
 
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