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Hello all,

First time poster long timer lurker. I have built 2 rigs in the past but my current one is giving me a lot of problems and is a bit dated at the moment so I am thinking about some upgrades and I wanted to know what your opinions are

Firstly I am currently running the following

AMD Phenom II X4 965 quad core CPU water cooled by the Corsair H100i (not needed i know)
ASUSTek M5a88-M outdated board that I will be ditching
Some oldish G Skill DDR3 ripjaws (2x4GB)
Really early Crucial SSD only 60GB (that was the only size at the time i think)
1TB seagate hardrive
And 2 AMD HD7790's

I am looking for some upgrade for around £900 I don't mind if its slightly over. I want to eventually build a custom watercooled rig but this will do for this month

I already own a Corsair Vengeance C70 (still in box) and a Superflower 850w Leadex gold

I was thinking of the following but let me know if there are things I am better upgrading or even better parts than I am thinking

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-050-IN
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-000-OG
with the following options
Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Gold (HX21C11BGK2/16-OC)
Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM
and lastly http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-341-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

I have all peripherals and moniters etc.

Thank you all in advance
 
Thanks RJC

I was a bit worried about the board and the CPU as I wasn't sure they were the best options for the price range, I am looking for a gaming pc not anything for designing etc
 
Ok guys I have switched out a few bits so I would have the following

Asus X99-Deluxe Intel X99 DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Powercolor Radeon R9 290 4096mb GDDR5 (with a free 8GB RAM)
Intel Core i7-4790 4.00 GHz (Devils Canton)
Intel 730k "Jackson Ridge" 240GB SSD

Was my original idea any better? Just wondering as this GPU gives the free RAM and also I don't need the CPU cooler as I already have the H100i

Thanks again
 
You Tamzzy are a life saver, already got the H100i so its even cheaper than I originally thought.

Thanks for your help just gonna order the lot
 
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