Help? i7 3770k upgrade options?

[Smirnoffkites]

Hi,
Tricky question in current climate, but what should I do re. Upgrade from my current cpu. I’ll need new MB and Memory at minimum. Hoping to reuse as much as possible and in future upgrade GPU. So I’ll probably be in a situation where GPU will be bottleneck. But something I can live with until new GPU.

Spec:
i7 3770k. O.c to 4.4
16 GB 1600 DDR 3
ASUs p8z77-v
Megahelmz air cooler
750w power
Twin: Strix GTX 1080 Advanced 8GB in SLI
1440p 144 hz monitor
SSD

 

[Smirnoffkites]

Hi, thanks for your reply.

I’m not really sure on budget. As I was originally treating this as a step change to a new computer. But as I need cpu/mb/ram I’m essentially needing a new computer. Yes I’m going to try and reuse case, psu, ssd, GPU (temporarily). But these might also need to change if in the future the GPU needs a bigger case or psu etc.

I suppose I’m in the “I’m happy to push budget if using it wisely “ camp.

so maybe £800 /900 ish

 

[Smirnoffkites]

I know I could get a new cooler, but current cooler wouldn't work with AMD.

As per @tamzzy suggestion above:

• Intel Core i5-11400F 2.60GHz (Rocket Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail = £149.99*
• MSI MAG B560 Torpedo (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard = £149.99*
• Kingston HyperX Fury 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX432C16FB4K2/32) = £169.99*

= £480



How does this compare to the suggestion above from @tamzzy

• Intel Core i7-11700K 3.6GHz (Rocket Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail = £349.99*
• MSI Z590 Pro WIFI (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard = £189.95*
• Kingston HyperX Fury 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit = £169.99*

=£709

(Suggested by OC on Webticket) - £230 difference!!

Questions:

• Whats the main difference between Z590 and B560 and would I notice in real world?
• Is the i5 11400f significantly slower than the i7 11700k - Is the F overclock able? Would it be holding the system back, or should i save the £200 difference?
• Why 3200 MHz vs 3600 Mhz - looks to be same price? Is there a difference?

Other brands/products are available, these are just the ones i picked semi randomly without research.


What price point would your suggested AMD system come out at, and would it match performance above?

If in the future i put a GTX 3080 into this (assuming my case and PSU work) would either of the above have issues?

Both will be an improvement on current system, so im ok there.

Cheers

S

 

[Smirnoffkites]

@Gray2233 beat me to it. thanks for the AMD suggestion.

ok, we have three price points - £450, £700 and £850

How do I justify the extra ££, what do I gain?


Yes I will be selling one of my GTX 1080 Strix A8G, plus two EVGA GTX 660Ti's left over from previous build. So can make back some budget.

 

[Smirnoffkites]

Hi all,

I've done some further research into reviews etc. I've also sold my spare Asus Strix GTX 1080 and 2 spare GTX 990ti's - For over £500!! So I'm now ready to push on with the upgrade, and have decided to go Team AMD. Using my existing case, PSU, remaining GTX 1080 and SSDs (I might throw in an M.2 as new MB support it - should I put Windows 10 on the M.2 or should I put my games on it?)

Current Basket is the following. Am I in the right ball park for matching my parts together? The one thing I haven't picked is cooler. My current one is Intel only, the 5600X comes with the wraith, I'm not going to overclock until I invest in upgraded graphics and I've 5 case fans, so was thinking I could use the Wraith to start with. I've heard its ok for a freebie.

Thoughts/anything missing/should swap out?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Samsung 980 Pro 500GB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive= £109.99
• 1 x AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core 4.6GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £248.99
• 1 x MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk (AMD AM4) B550 ATX Motherboard= £169.99
• 1 x Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut High Performance Thermal Paste - 1 Gramm= £5.99
• 1 x Kingston HyperX Fury 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 PC4-28800C18 3600MHz Dual Channel Kit= £149.99

Total: £695.45 (includes shipping: £10.50)




Existing Stuff:

• BitFenix Raider Case
  
• Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 750W V2 High Performance '80 Plus Bronze
• 5 Arctic F12 PWM 120mm Case Fans