£1000 to spend on upgrades

captainrobwash

captainrobwash

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Alreet the missus has let me upgrade ye olde beast and even given me 1000 of her majesties pounds to spend my current specs are i7 920 @ 4.2 ghz, 8gb patriot ram, 2 x Asus hd5850 in crossfire and a samsung spinpoint f1.

I know first thing I need to get is a ssd or 2 as I would need 1 for my windows install and 1 for my HUGE steam folder next I'm thinking of a new graphics card or 2 maybe a gtx 680 or gtx 670 ? although that would take up most of my budget. My other option I'm considering is getting a x79 overclocked bundle and keeping the GPU's I have, Then waiting a few months to see where things head GPU wise what do you guys think ? any other suggestions ?.

My main use for the pc is gaming but I also edit video and photos on it.
 
I would go for a full on upgrade.

Also selling your i7 920 and other bits and bobs will add more to the budget, i assume.

Here's what i'd do with the first grand:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Palit GeForce GTX 670 Jetstream 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £309.95
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £227.99
1 x Intel 330 Series 240GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail (SSDSC2CT240A3K5) £161.99
1 x MSI X79A-GD45 (8D) Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £153.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML16GX3M2A1600C10) £99.95
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Blue (Socket LGA 2011/1155/1156/1366/775/AMD AM2/2+/AM3) £66.98
Total : £1,032.84 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Then, add other bits such as another GPU, Another SSD (non-raid) or bigger PSU, if you need it.
 
You didnt mention if you wanted to upgrade your PSU so i added one


YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2678-KR) £339.95
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE BOOGIE BUG XXL GAMING MOUSE MAT £129.98
1 x XFX 750W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Silver' Power Supply £96.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x Samsung Green (MV-3V4G3D/US) 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual Channel Kit £59.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
Total : £926.87 (includes shipping : FREE).



670 will eat through anything you throw at it, the mobo and PSU will easily take another GPU if you want to upgreade ;)
 
I got a coolermaster silent power pro 700 psu a year ago so I'm ok for a psu atm I think I will go for a 670 but make some compromises with other components so I can upgrade others as I would prefer a k edition cpu.
 
 
socket 2011 looks expensive if you want K eddition :(


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £443.99
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2678-KR) £339.95
1 x ASRock X79 Extreme6/GB Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £229.99
1 x Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual/Quad Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £113.98
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
Total : £1,259.28 (includes shipping : £9.50).



OC'd bundle

YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (02G-P4-2678-KR) £339.95
1 x Super Nova X79 850i Intel Core i7 3820 3.60GHz @ 4.40GHz DDR3 Overclocked Bundle £205.98
1 x Asus P9X79 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £197.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3930K 3.20GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £443.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £89.99
Total : £1,290.49 (includes shipping : £10.50).

 
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IMO....

There is nothing wrong with your set up now!..

I would get This
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-185-EA&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=2294

and two of these when they are on monday deal offer..

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-023-KS&groupid=701&catid=2104&subcat=1427

Thats only £430 incl postage.

With the some of the money left over i would spend on you good girlfirend on a meal and a little something to say thanks... Just to keep her sweet..

But thats my opion.
 
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