Budget? Base PC component spec - Been a long time.

TruffleShuffle

TruffleShuffle

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This is my current base system:

CPU: Intel i7-4770K @ 3.50Ghz
Motherboard: AsusTek Z87-K
RAM: 16Gb (2x8Gb DDR3-1333)

I am long overdue an upgrade but looking at the overclockers site, I cant find what i'd call 'normal' bundles, the only options that i've found are £1k+ overclocked bundles. What would people recommend for me to upgrade to if my budget is in the region of £600? Is that viable? i've genuinely been out of the components 'scene' for years and have no idea what is 'good' or 'bad'. and what i should be prioritising.

Whats important to me:
  • It's for a Gaming machine
  • Intel over AMD (i know this will be contentious for some but it goes back a long way for me)
  • Bluetooth for controller, headphones etc
  • WiFi
  • Budget is flexible if something notably improved is a little more
  • I like quiet. I currently have a closed loop Corsair CPU water cooler, if this needs changing too, i'd like similar.
 
Yes will keep my current case and PSU. YOu're gonna make me open up my case and find out what that PSU is aren't you :cry:

Earlier this year i bought a new monitor. Was expecting 4k to be the thing to go for but everywhere i looked people were using 1440 so i got this : MSI 27" IPS
 
I had a co-worker at my last job who bought so many GFX cards for crypto that he had contacts at a certain e-retailer. They would keep one aside each week last year as a few trickled in and he'd buy them and i grabbed on off him.
 
 
Fair enough. I've just taken the top vent off the case to check. Looks like i could mount a 240 there if the piping will allow :


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Just resurrecting this to say thanks to those who helped me. I ended up purchasing this:


Total: £829.42 (includes delivery: £10.50)​


I actually got lucky and the Mobo was a B-Grade version for £150.00 and it seems all fine. I think it was a return becuase when i installed everything i got a CPU red Light, after talking to OcUK support though i was told i needed to update the BIOS to support the processor. Did that surprisingly easily and everything is working great!

I'll see how i get on with the 120mm cooler, it actually looks like i could fit the 240mm on the top of the case which i wasnt expecting so played safe with the 120mm.

So a big thanks to everyone! - Now onto the next problem, the best way to move to a new M2 HDD i bought and CSM to UEFI at the same time. :confused: (for another thread)
 
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