Better GPU or SSD

boobaca · 21 Nov 2012 at 11:14

Im going to be ordering some bits next week and my orgional basket was as followed;

Processor: i5 3570k
Graphics Card: EVGA GTX 670 FTW
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z77X D3H
Solid State: OCZ 120GB Agility 3 SSD

I Already have cooler/psu/ram/storage hdd etc etc. But i was wondering would it be worth waiting to buy a SSD and getting a better GPU such as ;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-181-MS

Bacon? · 21 Nov 2012 at 11:34

I wouldn't have thought so. But whats your budget for the parts because there is better stuff out there for the price.

boobaca · 21 Nov 2012 at 11:38

well , £650-700 total for a Solid State , Graphics Card , Motherboard and Processor

Bacon? · 21 Nov 2012 at 11:48

Can I ask what PSU you have and do you want a high end cooler?

boobaca · 21 Nov 2012 at 11:50

My PSU is a OCZ 650w ZS Series and my current cooler is a Corsair h60 Liquid Cooling

Bacon? · 21 Nov 2012 at 11:53

I take it you like the H60 then?

boobaca · 21 Nov 2012 at 11:56

Havent found any faults on it at the min so i guess so yer

, currently have a 1055t
2.8ghz @ 3.5ghz not much of a overclock i know but its around 22 degrees idle and around 32 degrees while in game. That is with push pull but with crappy fans

going to be getting some higher RMP fans for it soon.

Bacon? · 21 Nov 2012 at 11:58

Ok then take a look at this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III OC V2 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with SIX FREE PC GAMES £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD250BW) £143.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £119.99
Total : £689.35 (includes shipping : £9.50).

boobaca · 21 Nov 2012 at 12:04

whats the diffrence between;

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-389-GI&tool=3
and
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-390-GI

The Main diffrences ?

pandem0nium · 21 Nov 2012 at 12:15

What board have you got currently?
if a decent AM3+ board,
have you considered a 8350/8320 s an upgrade instead?

would save a fair bit of money, and comparable performance to an I5.

olivier renault · 21 Nov 2012 at 12:23

Ultra Durable x2 PCB copper layers.

Funny enough, the UD3H has less SATA3 ports (although the other 2 are from the custom chip which nobody likes to use).

Bacon? · 21 Nov 2012 at 12:30

The UD3H is better for overclocking and has a power on, power off switch built direct into the motherboard. It does lose some SATA ports but unless you have a lot of HDD's and SSD's its not real big issue.

Fire_fly · 21 Nov 2012 at 12:36

The UD3H has all USB 3.0 ports on the back panel as well.

Overclocking wise unless you are chasing massive overclocks there should be not much difference between the two. Both should get a 3570K to around 4.6GHz with no problems (assuming the chip is capable of it).

Baron C · 21 Nov 2012 at 13:40

boobaca said:
My PSU is a OCZ 650w ZS Series and my current cooler is a Corsair h60 Liquid Cooling

what resolution you gaming on?
Do you regularly upgrade, or will system be 3-5 years ?

The Evga card is a very good card ( I have it)

I would go for a larger sad 250gb as that gives you a very healthy amount of space after OS install. The Samsung 840 is a great bit of kit.

boobaca · 21 Nov 2012 at 14:30

pandem0nium said:
What board have you got currently?
if a decent AM3+ board,
have you considered a 8350/8320 s an upgrade instead?

would save a fair bit of money, and comparable performance to an I5.

current board is the Gigabyte 870A-UD3 , selling all the parts im replacing to my brother to switch to intel

boobaca · 21 Nov 2012 at 14:30

Baron C said:
what resolution you gaming on?
Do you regularly upgrade, or will system be 3-5 years ?

The Evga card is a very good card ( I have it)

I would go for a larger sad 250gb as that gives you a very healthy amount of space after OS install. The Samsung 840 is a great bit of kit.

I Upgrade every year

and i play 1680x1050 untill i get a 1920x1080 monitor

pandem0nium · 21 Nov 2012 at 18:44

boobaca said:
current board is the Gigabyte 870A-UD3 , selling all the parts im replacing to my brother to switch to intel

Ah ok, yeah its AM3 anyways.

I've made my bro a machine out of my old kit as well. He's quite happy with his athlon 2 X2 and HD5670 1Gb

IC3 · 22 Nov 2012 at 10:49

I wouldnt risk that MSI gpu but your choice.
Go to Graphics card section and have a look at my thread about this GPU.