Help me upgrade my ageing rig ....

[MattC]

I'm looking to upgrade my rig originally from 2007, but with a few additions along the way ...

- Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3
- Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
- Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3
- Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 240GB
- XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
- Samsung SH-S203BEBN 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
- Lian-Li PC-7B PLUS II
- Belkin F5D7001UK 125Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter
- Windows 8.1 Pro

I've also got plenty of other storage in the form of mech drives and a NAS.

I don't game anymore, PC is now used primarily for work which includes running multiple VMs all day. So I want to bump the RAM up to 16GB.

So I'm thinking to go for an i7 4770K (oc'd), new motherboard and 16GB RAM, and keeping everything else as is.

Does that sound reasonable?

What about the RAM, should I just add 8GB to what I have or get a new 16GB?

I use 2 24inch monitors, should I keep the 8800 or ditch it and just use onboard graphics?

Budget is around £4-500.

All thoughts much appreciated.
Cheers,
Matt

 

[bennydragonboy]

The 4770k sounds good and should be adequate for two monitors. Definitely buy new RAM if you want to use integrated graphics, 16GB @ 2400Mhz would do you nicely. Maybe get a better CPU cooler, Intel's stock ones haven't been great lately.

 

[pecnarf]

YOUR BASKET
1x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
1x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99 + £9.00 for shipping
1x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
Total : £547.34 + £9.00 for shipping

motherboard I selected current has a deal on where you get a free mid range after market Cpu cooler so you don't have to extra cost for cpu cooler.

or

YOUR BASKET
1x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
1x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99 + £9.00 for shipping
2x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £119.98
1x HIS Radeon R7 260X iPower IceQ X2 Turbo 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £119.98
Total : £445.97 + £9.50 for shipping

this has the 16gb of ram you want plus an upgrade graphic card to do graphic/ photoshop/ game.

or without the graphic card upgrade

YOUR BASKET
1x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £275.99
1x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99 + £9.00 for shipping
2x TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLAD38G2400HC11CDC01) £119.98
1x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Desktop Kit - (MZ-7TE120KW) £92.99
Total : £418.98 + £9.50 for shipping