Could I improve this?

Alternateline · 22 May 2015 at 10:51

For the same money (or similar) could I significantly improve on what I have here?

I have case, power, ssd, peripherals, monitor etc.

ED209 · 22 May 2015 at 11:06

i had the earlier version on the EVGA 970 and it was a good card!

does it come with the 2 free games?

system looks good to me but i am sure others on here maybe able to tweek it.

what are you using the PC for, gaming? if so what ress?

stulid · 22 May 2015 at 11:08

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SSC rev2.00 ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-3975-KR) £289.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £49.99
Total : £627.56 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

What case+PSU etc? cooler?

Alternateline · 22 May 2015 at 11:18

Thanks for the replies.

I'm gaming at 1080p at the moment - my 560ti has to go!

Am half tempted to spend the same money on a 980 and 1440p monitor. Would my i5 2500k hold me back? Got 12gb RAM.

stulid · 22 May 2015 at 11:34

If you have a 2500K then keep it and OC it and you will certainly exceed a stock 4690K performance.

Alternateline · 22 May 2015 at 11:53

I have it around 4ghz at the moment.

What about the 980 and 1440p? Wouldn't know where to start with a monitor!

Is a 970 not capable of really good performance at 970? I'd better google it!

stulid · 22 May 2015 at 11:54

Some boards need a BIOS update to use these gfx cards, so you may have to do that and reapply your overclock settings.

Alternateline · 22 May 2015 at 12:20

I should have said "970 at 1440p" but hey.

I'll need to google my mobo and this card for compatibility.

stulid · 22 May 2015 at 12:22

List everything you have.

pandem0nium · 22 May 2015 at 12:58

A 290X will a better idea for 1440P. One of these:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-4GD5) £239.99
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X DirectCU II 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9290X-DC2-4GD5) £229.99
Total : £469.98 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).

ED209 · 22 May 2015 at 13:16

if you have a 2500K and 12GB of ram i would stick with what you have.

get a new GPU and maybe a nice monitor.

i have a I7 950 @ 4ghz and i still use that for gaming at 1080P.

Alternateline · 23 May 2015 at 14:59

stulid said:
List everything you have.

Thanks for the advice so far guys, really helping a lot.

Here is what I've got:

i5 2500k clocked at 4.1ghz, under an antec cooler (pretty good system, happy with it).
Board is a gigabyte p67a-ud3p-b3 with 12gb of 1600 ddr3.
SSD and storage HDD, with Win 10 preview.
Can't remember the model of PSU, it is an antec and had reviewed really well in Custom PC magazine (added this about eighteen months ago, so would imagine it'll still be fit for purpose - will obvs check before purchase).
All in my CM 690 model 2 case. Looks a bit tatty but nice and big.

Really coming round to the shiny new high res monitor and graphics card option. Would be good to buy the monitor this month and maybe wait to see how the new cards come out next month.

Thanks again troops!

stulid · 23 May 2015 at 18:02

Oh yeah, just slap a new GFX card in to that and a nice screen.

Alternateline · 23 May 2015 at 18:33

Thanks Stulid for the confirmation.

Next - looking for a screen!

= )

Alternateline · 28 May 2015 at 01:01

Now I'm wondering if this motherboard will support a modern card - any safe way of knowing? Google isn't helping!

EDIT: answered my own question!