Cpu upgrade from i7 950.

seth1969

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As title, got 1/Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x "GHz Edition" and thinking of going 2x sli with these in the future.
So need a mobo that will do the above, new cpu and ram.
Not bothered about colours, just what works best together.
Also would a SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1000W be plenty for them gpu's.

cheers ant.
 
id go 4770k and gigabyte z87x-oc board and yes that's plenty juice

memory id pick some teamgroup 2400mhz 8gb kit
 
Cheers, would this be ok TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit ?
would i only need 8gb for gaming mainly.
 
Yeh was reading about it thre other day, seem a lot of board for the price.
Is the z87 route better than the x79 for gaming and a small overclock?

cheers
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £249.95
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £157.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - White (NESF-011) £149.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova 1000W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply (220-P2-1000-XR) £149.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £139.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £55.99
Total : £913.50 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Included some EVGA PSU's as they have 10-year warranty, and are based on the same Leadex platform as the SuperFlower. Good reviews from jonnyguru.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=346

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story6&reid=361

And the white SuperFlower is £20 cheaper till tomorrow.

Which cooler do you have/are you going for?
 
Cooler is noctua d14, but might try a different air cooler and leave the noctua on the old i7 950 as the other half is claiming the rig.
Was going for the leadex for rma ease more than anythimg else.
Don't fancy sending a heavy psu back to evga, if the worst happened.
 
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x "GHz Edition" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x "GHz Edition" 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **OcUK Exclusive** £399.95
(£333.29) £399.95
(£333.29)
Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
(£216.66) £259.99
(£216.66)
SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black (NESF-010) SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - Black (NESF-010) £169.99
(£141.66) £169.99
(£141.66)
Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £157.99
(£131.66) £157.99
(£131.66)
Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case - Black (CC-9011035-WW) £138.98
(£115.82) £138.98
(£115.82)
Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Orange Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Orange £69.98
(£58.32) £69.98
(£58.32)
Sub Total : £997.41
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel (Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £13.75
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £202.23
Total : £1,213.39

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If consider's going x79 the Spec below still give's you the option of upgrading ram to 32GB and upgrading CPU later to a 4930K Six Core if need be. Granted the 4770K is slightly faster than the 4820K, but if
both were at the same speed l don't anyone could tell the difference between then gaming or general use. Read my review using the same set up l quoted two specs one 4770K and the x79 4820K which was only £30
more with upgrade options mentioned above.


Asus X79 DELUXE Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard-£279.99
Intel 4820K 3.70GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor-Retail - £249.95
TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit-£65.99 x2=£131.98
EVGA SuperNova 1000W '80 Plus Platinum' Modular Power Supply-£149.99
Total=£811.91.

Note > the 1000w PSU will allow you to overclock the 4820k and 2x780 TI with out anyproblems at all, SEE SIG.

My New Asus x79 Deluxe Mobo With A i7 4820k Combo Review

Link - http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/sho...php?t=18571314
 
I did have a go, but had a strange reboot thing going on using speedstep.
As soon as the cpu down clocked with in 5 mins it would just do a random restart no error or bsod.
Did some researh could have been a conflict between the sabertooth x58 and corsair ax750, but no answers on the net.

cheers.
 
I like the sounds of the x79 after reading your review Oldfart, but the trouble with x79 is i'll end up wanting to buy this Asus Rampage IV Extreme Black Edition ;D
But likin the ivy-e being cooler when oc'ed.

cheers.
 
Massive overkill.

Go for the OC board, a cheaper setup and you can overclock quickly using the OCTouch buttons.
 
seth1969 said:
I like the sounds of the x79 after reading your review Oldfart, but the trouble with x79 is i'll end up wanting to buy this Asus Rampage IV Extreme Black Edition ;D
But likin the ivy-e being cooler when oc'ed.

cheers.
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Yes could have gone Rampage IV Extreme Black Edition myself, only benchmark my PC when l have upgraded and overclocked CPU after that hardly ever.

The mobo is dead easy to OC manually as well or do it the lazy way press the DIY Button.
 
Cheers for the advice guys, what a top forum this :cool:

I've just pulled the trigger on a super flower 1kw plat psu, to see if the i7 950 will clock better as i think its either a dodgy x58 sabertooth or the ax750 holding the cpu back.

So i got to thinking if i could get it to say 4 ghz or above, would it handle going giga gtx 780 ghz edidtion sli and a Asus PB278Q 27" Professional LED Multimedia Monitor - Black in stead of the the cpu, mobo and ram route.

cheers
 
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