Build Upgrade help!!

L15T3R

L15T3R

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Okay so here's what I need help with;
Im looking to upgrade my build at christmas, atm I have a amd phenom x2 560 BE OC @ 3.6 GHz using a coolermaster cpu cooler with a M4m68t mobo I think, I have 8 gb ram and a palit GTS 450 OC @ 920/1840/1850 this is all on a 500w power supply and in my zalman 7z plus case.
At christmas I intend to buy a P8P67 Evo Rev 3 mobo with an i7 2600k and oc it too 4.4-4.6 ghz with a corsair h60, I will keep my gts 450 and buy a Tx850m corsair psu.
Do you guys think that will be a good build? And will it all run on a 850w? I'm also thinking of buying a GTX 560Ti with the option of SLI in the future?
 
any reason your going for the 2600K over a 2500K ?

also, might be worth considering a z68 motherboard like the Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3.

the 850w will be more than enough to sli of the 560's.
 
L15T3R said:
Okay so here's what I need help with;
Im looking to upgrade my build at christmas, atm I have a amd phenom x2 560 BE OC @ 3.6 GHz using a coolermaster cpu cooler with a M4m68t mobo I think, I have 8 gb ram and a palit GTS 450 OC @ 920/1840/1850 this is all on a 500w power supply and in my zalman 7z plus case.
At christmas I intend to buy a P8P67 Evo Rev 3 mobo with an i7 2600k and oc it too 4.4-4.6 ghz with a corsair h60, I will keep my gts 450 and buy a Tx850m corsair psu.
Do you guys think that will be a good build? And will it all run on a 850w? I'm also thinking of buying a GTX 560Ti with the option of SLI in the future?
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If you're upgrading at Christmas best to wait til when you will actually order, due to weekly deals and prices change.

Generally though I agree with mp260767, i5 2500K is great for gaming and OCs well. If you need hyperthreading though, i7 2600k (or 2700k) may be more useful. Is this just for gaming? With the money saved on the i5 you could probably get a GTX570 :)
 
Thanks for the reply guys :) well the only reason I was going for the 2600k over the 2500k is I do some video rendering in vegas for youtube videos and my cpu at the momment can take hours! So I thought the 2600k would give a real improvement, but what you said about the money saved on the 2500k could get a GTX 570 makes me think! Is the 2500k stil reasonable at video rendering when overclocked? I would use it for gaming and recording more than rendering. And will the h60 be good enough to get the overclock of 4.4-4.6 on both 2500k and 2600k?
 
had a look around and the difference in 2600K/2500K appears to be marginal, if your a gamer i'd go for the 2500K/570 over the 2600K/560ti.
 
Thanks! im glad i have joined :) I have already bought the h60 as i got it on "enter website here" for £50 so thought it was a good deal :) Okay from what i have saw i may as well go for the 2500K overclock it to 4.4-4.6 GHz and buy a GTX570 and Sli in the future. Thanks for all the help! will update when i have upgraded :) Will the TX850M be able to run GTX 570's in Sli?
 
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Okay guys I went for the P8P67 Deluxe Rev 3.0 with an i5 2500k CPU and I also bought 8GB of blue Corsair Vengeance to go with my blue lit case and the blue mobo all for £370, so hopefully it will look pretty nice, and then whatever I sell from my old build I can put towards a GTX 570 along with the money left over from the i7 Thanks for the amazing help! i know where to look now ;) Do you know the best make for the GTX 570?
 
mp260767 said:
yeah it will run them fine :).

sry about fowler he's forgot to take his medicine again by the looks :(






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it was sarcasm about the 1,5kw :)

and L15T3R why did you go with a p67 motherboard when you where adviced to get a z68? if you wanted the asus the p8z68-v/gen3 or p8z68-v pro/gen3 would have been the better choice.

even if you don't use all the extra features of the z68 chipset the onboard vga would have been usefull for if/when the graphics card dies you can still use the pc(tho no high end gaming) till you get it sorted.

oh and if you plan on overclocking you will want a 3rd party cooler, the fins on the ram(unless you went for the lp versions) will interfer with air coolers.

don't see a point of making any suggestions as you'll simply go with something completly different or told not to go with.
 
fowler002 said:
it was sarcasm about the 1,5kw :)

and L15T3R why did you go with a p67 motherboard when you where adviced to get a z68? if you wanted the asus the p8z68-v/gen3 or p8z68-v pro/gen3 would have been the better choice.

even if you don't use all the extra features of the z68 chipset the onboard vga would have been usefull for if/when the graphics card dies you can still use the pc(tho no high end gaming) till you get it sorted.

oh and if you plan on overclocking you will want a 3rd party cooler, the fins on the ram(unless you went for the lp versions) will interfer with air coolers.

don't see a point of making any suggestions as you'll simply go with something completly different or told not to go with.
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Okay do you think i should return the P8P67 Deluxe Mobo and buy a P8Z68-V PRO Gen3 for the same price? As it is due on the 22nd and I can return it without charges (i think)
Please need help bad
And i have an H60 for cooling will it be enough for overclocking?
 
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