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Tunney

Tunney

Tunney

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Dear OCuk hivemind,

I'm looking to do a quick upgrade of my system - just the CPU, motherboard and RAM. The reasons for upgrading are mainly to get SATA-III and USB 3.0 support, plus a boost in speed would be a nice bonus.

I'm upgrading from:
- Intel i7-920
- 6GB Corsair RAM
- ASUS P6T-SE motherboard

The rest of my system is as follows:
- Crucial M4 SSD + 3TB 7,200RPM HDD
- Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 graphics card
- Sound Blaster Fatal1ty sound card
- Linksys Dual-band 802.11n WiFi card
- Corsair 620W modular PSU (from around 2007)
- SATA-based DVD drive
- Windows 8

So I'll need a motherboard with at least two PCI-Express slots (graphics + sound cards) and a PCI slot for the WiFi card.

My last motherboard was an ASUS that came with software for controlling voltage/fan speeds automatically depending on the system load. I assume that this is fairly standard these days? I like how quiet my current system is when it's being used for web browsing and other light tasks. Quiet under normal conditions is definitely a priority for me!

So with all this in mind, what do people recommend?

Thanks. :D
 
Something like this?

could spend the extra on different RAM to match the Blue colour scheme if your fussy like me :p

Or even a new PSU... or CPU cooler to replace the stock one...

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £35.99
Total : £357.96 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
Does your current heatsink support 1155 socket?

also could you not wait until early next year for haswell release? not many things use usb3 atm, and sata 2 you could live with for a little bit longer? :)
 
That looks decent. I assume that Gigabyte has software for automatically controlling voltages and fan speeds?

I'm happy with the stock cooler. I've got no great desire to overclock.

dunn2010 said:
Does your current heatsink support 1155 socket?
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No, it's a stock cooler and socket 1366.

also could you not wait until early next year for haswell release? not many things use usb3 atm, and sata 2 you could live with for a little bit longer? :)
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But... but... I want to spend money now. :)
 
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