Currently my PC is the following spec:
Asrock H77 Motherboard
i5 3470
8GB RAM
120GB SSD
2TB SATAII HDD
EVGA 600W PSU
EVGA GTX 970 SC GAMING
Acer Predator XB270H
Currently, I can play games (The Division, Dirty Bomb) in 1080p however I don't hit the lofty heights of >100FPS, and I suspect that is down to the age of the rest of my kit, not the fault of the monitor / GPU so a minor upgrade is required. I have got myself a Corsair carbine 540 (cause I thought it was pretty...) so I'm pretty much wanting to buy new rather than transplanting most of my aging kit into it
I am looking at a mboard, CPU, cooler, RAM, and ideally an M.2 card to bolster it. I can't really justify over £600 for all this... anything more will require clever financial offshoring to avoid her indoors' wrath....!
CPU: i5 6600K or do I need i7 6700K to cut 1080p @ 144Hz?
Mboard: All the Z170 boards seem similar, is there any standout board in my budget. If there isn't any standouts, then I might as well get the one that fits into my white / black / blue theme
RAM: DDR4 3200 the best bang for buck in this budget? Which brand is on song, I am used to the old school days when Corsair were the only option
M.2: I would like to boot off my existing 120GB SSD and put the games, etc on the M.2, any thoughts / recommendations
PSU: Is what I've got OK for all this stuff I'm chucking in?
Cooler: My mate has said that I should only be looking at the Corsair H110i as its quiet and offers the best cooling without going the full watercooling setup, but is it really worth £100 of my well earned money, especially for an inexperienced overclocker who will probably only use the 'auto oc' option
Any help or advice is welcomed
Sam
Asrock H77 Motherboard
i5 3470
8GB RAM
120GB SSD
2TB SATAII HDD
EVGA 600W PSU
EVGA GTX 970 SC GAMING
Acer Predator XB270H
Currently, I can play games (The Division, Dirty Bomb) in 1080p however I don't hit the lofty heights of >100FPS, and I suspect that is down to the age of the rest of my kit, not the fault of the monitor / GPU so a minor upgrade is required. I have got myself a Corsair carbine 540 (cause I thought it was pretty...) so I'm pretty much wanting to buy new rather than transplanting most of my aging kit into it
I am looking at a mboard, CPU, cooler, RAM, and ideally an M.2 card to bolster it. I can't really justify over £600 for all this... anything more will require clever financial offshoring to avoid her indoors' wrath....!
CPU: i5 6600K or do I need i7 6700K to cut 1080p @ 144Hz?
Mboard: All the Z170 boards seem similar, is there any standout board in my budget. If there isn't any standouts, then I might as well get the one that fits into my white / black / blue theme
RAM: DDR4 3200 the best bang for buck in this budget? Which brand is on song, I am used to the old school days when Corsair were the only option
M.2: I would like to boot off my existing 120GB SSD and put the games, etc on the M.2, any thoughts / recommendations
PSU: Is what I've got OK for all this stuff I'm chucking in?
Cooler: My mate has said that I should only be looking at the Corsair H110i as its quiet and offers the best cooling without going the full watercooling setup, but is it really worth £100 of my well earned money, especially for an inexperienced overclocker who will probably only use the 'auto oc' option
Any help or advice is welcomed
Sam