Board/RAM/combo?

Glass · 18 Sep 2012 at 20:24

Need to upgrade - my USBs are acting up - looking at the 2600k i7 intel cpu. I've been away from OCUK for a long time so am out the loop.

RocketPotato · 19 Sep 2012 at 11:15

Are you planning on overclocking?

8 Pack · 19 Sep 2012 at 12:11

Go 3770K and get current tech. As for a board and RAM we need a budget and what your using your system for to spec. Also what graphics cards your throwing into it would help too.

Glass · 19 Sep 2012 at 14:08

I have a AMD VP4900 graphics card - not really for gaming or overlocking.

Web work and some video encoding.

RocketPotato · 19 Sep 2012 at 14:17

Do you have a budget?

Glass · 19 Sep 2012 at 15:06

RocketPotato said:
Do you have a budget?

Not really top end just want something stable that will go the distance. Budget is not set but there is no reason for me on go blow mass amount of cash on a system that I'll be using for web & some video encoding.

RocketPotato · 19 Sep 2012 at 15:10

I would suggest the following:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-514-AS
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-404-IN
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-114-GL
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-035-AR

It will provide a great price/performance PC which is very powerful, quiet and gives a little room for overclocking in the future if you fancy a quick tinker

Glass · 19 Sep 2012 at 18:30

Cheers for that, if I were to go i7 what would you suggest? Just want to future proof a little as I'm getting older and I've had my current system now for 3 years - which is a record!

RocketPotato · 20 Sep 2012 at 10:26

The only major difference with the i7 is hyper-threading and its up to you whether you think it is worth the extra cost. In games it certainly provides no benefit, that's for certain.