I will be upgrading my PC from LGA775 to the new Haswell processor. Later in the year I plan to build a custom watercooling rig, but meanwhile time to go for more horsepower and save up the £500-£600 for the watercooling bits n bobs.
MY BASKET
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI EXTREME Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £338.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Case Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Case £299.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99
1 x Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual/Quad Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £123.98
The damage £1,053.95
Current PSU I hope to reuse this.
1 x Antec's TruePower Quattro™ 850W
Graphics will be supplied by a XFX 7970
CPU to be cooled by a Corsair H70 (Yeah I know, time to go custom
)
I have three questions:
Anything else worth considering?
MY BASKET
1 x Asus Z87 MAXIMUS VI EXTREME Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £338.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Case Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Case £299.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99
1 x Samsung Green 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz 30nm Dual/Quad Channel Kit (MV-3V4G3D/US) £123.98
The damage £1,053.95
Current PSU I hope to reuse this.
1 x Antec's TruePower Quattro™ 850W
Graphics will be supplied by a XFX 7970
CPU to be cooled by a Corsair H70 (Yeah I know, time to go custom
)I have three questions:
- The Sammy green is not listed on the ASUS memory QVL list, will this cause me an issue or will it work anyway as people seem to be able to clock the hell out of it
- Will my current PSU work with Haswell or do I need to shell out for a new one? I hope not as its working perfectly well in my current rig.
- Asus Z87 DELUXE Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard would this work just as well as the MAXIMUS in terms of being able to overclock and save myself the £69 quid?
Anything else worth considering?