Computer Upgrade

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Hey again guys.

It's about time to upgrade my computer and I've been holding out until Ivybridge and it's here - so here's what I've got at the minute.

Case: Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator [KEEPING]
Cooler: Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom [KEEPING]
Processor: Intel i3 530 (1156) @ 4.4GHz
RAM: 4GB RAM - Kingston
OS Drive: OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB SSD [KEEPING]
Data Drive: Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB [KEEPING]
Motherboard: Gigabyte H55M-UDTH
PSU: OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply [KEEPING]
GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 768MB [KEEPING]

The main reason I would like to upgrade is, I need more power and I need support for more memory. I need at least 16GB of RAM but would like the possibility to upgrade to 32GB if needed (I'm a software engineer and gamer).

Understandably my GPU isn't great but that's of low importance at the minute and will upgrade that in the future. For now I just really want to upgrade my processor, memory and SSD. I'm thinking for the SSD I could just get another 60GB and stick it in RAID 0 but it's not a huge price jump just to get the 120GB.

Here's what I've come up with so far, if you guys can find alternate parts of cheaper that would be great. I'd like this as cheap as possible please! (Under £500 would be awesome, but hard I know). Also, is there much of a performance increase between the Ivybridge i7 series which I will notice?

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Thanks guys
 
jamesfreddie said:
What do you use your machine for?
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The main reason I would like to upgrade is, I need more power and I need support for more memory. I need at least 16GB of RAM but would like the possibility to upgrade to 32GB if needed (I'm a software engineer and gamer).
 
I would avoid the Vengeance RAM on the basis that it has a huge heat sink and the venom isn't a small cooler and if you want any thing bigger in the future you are very restricted.
Go for something like the G-Skil or Kingston
You'll notice very little difference between them in terms of performance :)
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail with FREE TrackMania 2 PC Game £259.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
1 x Kingston Blu 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C10D3B1K2/16G) £99.95
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £94.99
Total : £571.32 (includes shipping : £9.50).



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2011 option

Gives you the option to go for a 6 core later.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3820 3.60GHz (Sandybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - Retail £215.99
1 x Gigabyte X79-UD3 Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Kingston Blu 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C10 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C10D3B1K2/16G) £99.95
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £94.99
1 x NZXT Havik 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AM2/AM2+/AM3) £52.99
Total : £620.30 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 
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don't think you can use 32GB for gaming or software engineering!

32GB = professional video or photography machine

ex software engineer (don't miss it!)

what do you program with?
 
nocturnal1974 said:
don't think you can use 32GB for gaming or software engineering!

32GB = professional video or photography machine

ex software engineer (don't miss it!)

what do you program with?
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VS2010/11

It's not just IDE its also testing environments and the fact I use VM for my SQL and scenario testing.
 
Quick question - would my OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply be okay for this setup (using MSI GeForce GTX 460 Cyclone 768MB GDDR5).

I will be overclocking the i7 more than likely.
 
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