£600 upgrade

mart981 · 4 Mar 2014 at 14:37

Hi guys, looking to upgrade from my ageing wolfdale e8400 and 3rd hand mobo.

Current spec

4gb kingston ram
e8400 3.0ghz oc to 3.8
asus rampage mobo
7850 2gb gfx

ssd, hdd's, 750watt psu, liquid cpu cooler.

May as well upgrade my gfx card as I've got the budget although not sure I really need to at the moment. Mainly used just for gaming.

Looking at

Gainward GeForce GTX 770 Phantom 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £249.95
Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £161.99
Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z87 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
Avexir Venom Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit £71.99

= £603ish

Any changes or recommendations for a mobo, mem, cpu, gfx bundle for £600? Preferably intel.

snips86x · 4 Mar 2014 at 14:44

I assume you are going for a green theme? Any reason you went for the 770?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £245.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £106.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
Total : £596.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

mart981 · 4 Mar 2014 at 14:45

It doesn't have to be

I just picked out the current items from another upgrade thread for a full system

snips86x · 4 Mar 2014 at 14:46

mart981 said:
It doesn't have to be I just picked out the current items from another upgrade thread for a full system

I would do that ^^ Cheap, cheerful and will pack a punch when overclocked!

mart981 · 4 Mar 2014 at 14:51

That all looks good but the mobo is showing as out of stock

. Thanks for the help, I'll keep an eye on it.

snips86x · 4 Mar 2014 at 14:54

mart981 said:
That all looks good but the mobo is showing as out of stock . Thanks for the help, I'll keep an eye on it.

I know it is

Drop a message in the CS section and ask when they are expecting delivery!

lee32uk · 4 Mar 2014 at 15:04

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £245.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with *FREE COOLERMASTER SEIDON 120V COOLER £143.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
Total : £623.95 (includes shipping : FREE).

You should be able to get at least £30 back by selling the Free Cooler. You also get free postage assuming you are mainland UK.

snips86x · 4 Mar 2014 at 15:13

Nice spot, I'd use that cooler to overclock the 4670k!