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Vampyre

Vampyre

Vampyre

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Having just had a rather nice surprise from HMRC I'm looking at upgrading my Q6600 @ 3.0GHz to a new Haswell build. From reading various threads I've come up with the following.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI GENE Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £169.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket 1155 / 1150 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £103.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-20800C10 2600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2600HC10QDC01) £97.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 350D Micro ATX Case - Black £84.95
Total : £669.01 (includes shipping : £11.75).



How does that look?
 
RJC said:
Looking ok :)
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snips86x said:
Looks good mate.

What about getting the refirb'd H100 and using the stock cooler until it's despatched? Would save you almost £70?
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teppic said:
You'd save quite a lot by getting 2400MHz RAM instead, and I expect it'd perform pretty much identically. With a refurbished H100 too, you could easily get a 4770K instead.
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Thanks for your input guys, when are the refurbed H100's due? The only other thing that worries me is that I haven't seen a single review of the Maximus VI Gene. Any advantage with the i7 rather than the i5 for a mostly gaming machine?
 
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