CPU+MOBO+RAM under £600 help please.

klesqus · 13 Oct 2015 at 02:55

Hi,

Thinking of changing the spec from AMD to Intel. £600 to spend on those 3 items what would you recommend.

Current spec:
AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz
8GB 2x4G CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 XMP
Gigabyte GA-990FXA-D3

Thanks

stulid · 13 Oct 2015 at 03:15

DO you have an aftermarket heatsink? what socket types does it fit?

What case do you have (to check cooler fits in case if you dont have a cooler) ?

klesqus · 13 Oct 2015 at 03:20

I have a Corsair H55 water cooling kit. I think it has brackets for all types of CPUs.

stulid · 13 Oct 2015 at 03:22

Sweet, so you can go X99 and collect £200 for passing GO.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte X99-SLI - Intel Core i7 5820K Six Core CPU & Motherboard Bundle ***50 Saving*** £441.98
1 x Kingston Fury Black 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (HX424C15FBK4/16) £99.95
Total : £551.53 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

But do you need X99 what do you use the PC for?

What is the rest of your spec?

klesqus · 13 Oct 2015 at 03:28

Not worth going Skylake then? What you mean by collect £200 for passing GO?

stulid · 13 Oct 2015 at 03:29

klesqus said:
Not worth going Skylake then? What you mean by collect £200 for passing GO?

Just a little joke for being awesome and going straight to the good stuff and passing Skylake.

Ultimately I guess it depends on what you use the PC for, if its gaming then an i5 6600K+Z170 skylake bundle will be fine, but then again perhaps you can keep the AMD and buy something else such as a better gfx card that will make a bigger improvement in frame rate/settings.

klesqus · 13 Oct 2015 at 03:30

Ohh ok

What you think about swapping the RAM for a 3000MHZ quad channel kit?

stulid · 13 Oct 2015 at 03:32

klesqus said:
Ohh ok What you think about swapping the RAM for a 3000MHZ quad channel kit?

RAM speed has little effect, but look at Corsair/Kingston etc kits and see what looks like a good kit/price/speed.

P.S you will want new thermal paste to remount the cooler.

klesqus · 13 Oct 2015 at 03:36

Ok. Thanks for the help. Will be doing the upgrade early next week

stulid · 13 Oct 2015 at 03:39

http://www.hyperxgaming.com/en/memory/fury-ddr4

Reading this about that Kingston RAM, it seems that it auto sets the timings/speed for you, no need to load XMP and save+exit.

Clever if true.

klesqus · 13 Oct 2015 at 03:42

It looks very cleaver. I was reading some reviews between 6700k and 5800k and seems that there is not much difference between them, well at least I won't notice it.

stulid · 13 Oct 2015 at 03:44

The 5820K has six cores which if editing or anything that can use that many cores, will be quicker than the 6700K four cores.

Both have hyperthreading so double that again 12 vs 8 threads.

klesqus · 13 Oct 2015 at 03:50

Missed part of your earlier question. I mainly use the PC for gaming (1080p for now) sometimes my mate asks me to render some architectonic stuff for him.
Main HDD: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB
GFX: GTX970
Also thinking about upgrading to 980ti and new monitor end of november.

stulid · 13 Oct 2015 at 03:53

Looks like a nice setup once done.

klesqus · 13 Oct 2015 at 03:58

Slowly getting there. Need to get to a state that I won't need upgrade for a bit. Never had a Intel system and wanted to try it.