£500 upgrade

eddyhall · 2 Oct 2013 at 16:16

Dear all,

I am going to be refreshing my late Father's PC as a kind of homage, although the only important thing to keep is the case. I would like to turn it into a 1080p gaming rig.

I have the following:
Intel i5 750
ASUS P7P55 LX motherboard
NZXT HUSH case including PSU 750w (? brand)
4GB 1333Hz DDR3 (2x2GB) (? brand)
24" Iiyama Prolite E2407HDSD
2x 1.5GB SATA2 HD

My thoughts for a £500 upgrade were:

HD 7950 (with or without Boost)
256GB+ SSD (for OS, programs & games)
Add 4GB RAM
Replace case fans
? CPU cooler

Comments or component suggestions would be welcome.
Thank you,
Eddy

eddyhall · 2 Oct 2013 at 16:53

Some suggestions:

HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M)
£185.99

OCZ Vertex 2E Bigfoot 480GB 3.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive - (OCZSSD3-2VTX480G)
£149.99

Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel Kit (TW3X4G1333C9A)
£35.99

2 x Akasa Viper R High Performance S-Flow fan (14cm Blade on 12cm Fitting)
£27.98

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Total £399.95

Cleisthenes · 2 Oct 2013 at 17:11

Possibly this?

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) **FREE SHIPPING** £185.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4570 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x SanDisk Pulse SSD 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDP-256G-G25) £125.99
1 x Gigabyte H87-HD3 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £80.99
Total : £542.95 (includes shipping : FREE).

Gives you a new mobo, gpu, cpu and ssd. You could upgrade your memory at a later date but to be honest you don't really need more than 4gb at the moment, and when gaming speed doesn't matter very much at all. With the above spec you would get a stock cooler from intel, which isn't too bad but won't really allow you to oc. Plus you wouldn't be able to really as the cpu I specced is locked.

Slightly above budget I know

sorry! There are plenty of guys on here who will give you a better spec im sure, but just something to get you started

beasty6 · 2 Oct 2013 at 18:05

i currently have a i5 760 overclocked to 4ghz and its time to upgrade im afraid, cpu and mobo and a gpu will be your best bet

eddyhall · 2 Oct 2013 at 21:40

Hi all,

Thanks for your comments. I was thinking that if I am going to upgrade the mobo and CPU, I may as well make sure I can overclock. I was thinking the following - I know it breaks the budget:

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) **FREE SHIPPING** £185.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £173.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £137.99
1 x Asus Z87-K Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £98.99
Total : £596.95 (includes shipping : FREE).