Help with a new spec please

jaackla · 8 Apr 2014 at 14:19

Okay here is a little bit of information.

This is my current pc:

Arctic Freezer I30
G.Skill Ripjawsx 16gb Ram
Seagate 1tb HDD
Intel I5 3570K
Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H MOBO
Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 7970 OC
XFX Core Series 650 Watt PSU
Zalman z11 Case

Well what i want is a complete new computer i dont mind if its worse than this but I really am looking for another build as close to how good this is for £500-£600 I might be able to push the budget.

The build needs to have a small case as possible as i have a very small room but i also like the sleek small gaming case's anyway, Also if its possible to build it with watercooled that would be awsome but if not dont worry.

stulid · 8 Apr 2014 at 14:22

Can we reuse anything from the above spec or is it all new parts?

jaackla · 8 Apr 2014 at 14:36

Well I was going to use the parts from my current build to help fund for my new build the only thing i have taken from my old build is my 120gb SSD HDD

CEUOTC · 8 Apr 2014 at 14:41

You could just get yourself a mITX board, Cooler Master 130 case and squeeze in a H60 AIO cooler? As long as the 7970 has the stock cooler it will fit.

lee32uk · 8 Apr 2014 at 14:47

The GPU, CPU and Ram are not worth the expense of changing in my opinion. I agree with the above, just get a new board, case and cooler.

jaackla · 8 Apr 2014 at 14:48

I was thinking of just replacing some parts but ive had this for 1 year now and i no it still has a lot longer left but i just feel its time for a fresh new computer insted but if people link different parts to replace i could look into it more i suppose

jaackla · 8 Apr 2014 at 15:50

Anyone ?

lee32uk · 8 Apr 2014 at 16:09

The equivalent gpu and cpu would be these

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £227.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
Total : £407.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

matx board

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z87M-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £82.99
Total : £91.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

matx case

YOUR BASKET
1 x Aero Cool Dead Silence Gaming Black Mini Tower Windowed £72.95
Total : £82.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).

I still think you would be better looking for a Z77 matx board, such as the Z77M-D3H. Then you could drop that into a new matx case along with your existing ram and 7970.

If you still want a better gpu then look at the R9 290's.