£400-500 upgrade from Q6600

[wsurfa]

Looking at upgrading my stable but rather old Q6600.

Case is an old coolermaster wave, so prob no need to change.
Main drive is 250gb Samsung EVO SSD so not changing.

I'd assume then CPU, motherboard, GPU, memory and possible PSU (current is an old corsair HX620).

I don't really game, but do some Photoshop & Premiere stuff.

One of the main reasons for upgrading (apart from shiny new things) is that the old board doesn't run latest SATA and I can't add pci due to it being x1 only.

Any suggestions?

thanks

 

[stulid]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
1 x "Xenon H81M" Configurable Intel Pentium / Core i3 / i5 Micro ATX Home PC Bundle £44.00
- 1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01) £119.99
- 1 x No Upgrade - Intel Stock Cooler (None overclocked systems) £0.00
- 1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £137.99
- 1 x Standard Build Laptops - Approximately 3 to 5 working days £0.00
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 550W '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £43.99
Total : £470.06 (includes shipping : £11.75).

 

[wsurfa]

Thanks Stulid I'll take a look.

 

[ExRayTed]

Unless your current PSU is giving you problems keep it - it's fine. Doing so allows you to spend more on the stuff that counts.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £221.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01) £119.99
1 x MSI Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £77.99
1 x Gigabyte H97M-HD3 Intel H97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £67.99
Total : £497.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[wsurfa]

Unless your current PSU is giving you problems keep it - it's fine. Doing so allows you to spend more on the stuff that counts.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £221.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01) £119.99
1 x MSI Radeon R7 260X OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £77.99
1 x Gigabyte H97M-HD3 Intel H97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £67.99
Total : £497.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

That looks very interesting - if I wanted a good low noise cooler any suggestion?

 

[stulid]

You may find your current PSU may not work with current tech.

I've seen posts before with the same unit or the smaller HX520.

 

[marl]

Around the start of this year my Q6600 based system packed up. I retained my case, power supply and optical drive and got the following bits-:

Xenon 110i Intel Pentium G3220 3.0GHz Dual Core Haswell Home PC Bundle with 8Gb RAM @ £155 and a Kinston 120GB Solid State HD.

I don't game, but for general day to day use I'm very pleased with the results.

 

[ExRayTed]

That looks very interesting - if I wanted a good low noise cooler any suggestion?

I've used each of the below for various builds - all work fine and are very quiet.

As for the power supply, that unit is built by Seasonic which is a quality OEM. There is no reason it shouldn't work with the new stuff. Seriously, just re-use it. If it doesn't work, spend £48 on a Superflower 450w

YOUR BASKET
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken ECO CPU Cooler - 120 mm £24.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £104.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[wsurfa]

I've used each of the below for various builds - all work fine and are very quiet.

As for the power supply, that unit is built by Seasonic which is a quality OEM. There is no reason it shouldn't work with the new stuff. Seriously, just re-use it. If it doesn't work, spend £48 on a Superflower 450w

YOUR BASKET
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler £29.99
1 x Alpenföhn Brocken ECO CPU Cooler - 120 mm £24.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £19.99
Total : £104.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Thanks.

Since it appears I'm now spending £500+ ...Is there much to be gained by changing the case? I dont have any issues - as far as I can tell with the current one.

I may spend extra on a 4 bay NAS though

 

[Parsley]

Just took a HX620 out of another rig, but that's due to a crossfire setup and wanting more overhead.

It's sitting pretty in another pc now, overclocked 4770k with a 780, and it's doing just fine (and has been doing fine for 4-5 years), I very much doubt you'll need another one .

 

[wsurfa]

Thanks for all the advice. Time to start ordering. ...