Intel upgrade

Sumer · 24 Oct 2012 at 23:02

Hello, im away to make the jump from my phenom 965 to intel i5 and need a little help. First of all should I go 2500k or 3570k? Im looking to overclock aswell so im looking to get a suitable air cooler and a good motherboard with an option to crossfire, sli in the future. Im looking to spend £350-£400 maximum. Thanks in advance.

stulid · 24 Oct 2012 at 23:05

Can you list everything you currently have.

What do you need? CPU+board+ram etc?

Sumer · 24 Oct 2012 at 23:12

At the moment I have.

Phenom 965
Asus M5A78L/usb3
HD 6950 2gb
2 x 4gb Corsair Vengeance
Corsair GS600 PSU

Im have a buyer for the cpu and mobo then selling the gpu later on to fund a better gpu

stulid · 24 Oct 2012 at 23:17

Is that RAM the low profile version or the Vengeance RAM with tall spiky heatsinks?

What case do you have?

Are all your drives SATA? as I notice the Asus AMD board has a IDE connector.

Sumer · 24 Oct 2012 at 23:27

Its the high profile spiky ones (didnt realise how tall they were til' I recieved them) but im willing to throw them in with the cpu/mobo im selling for a lower profile variant and the mobo is sata, it has an ide connector tho.

As for the case:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-018-XG&tool=3

stulid · 24 Oct 2012 at 23:38

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £108.98
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA1366) £29.18
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
Total : £343.55 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Sumer · 24 Oct 2012 at 23:45

That looks perfect, thanks a lot. If I wanted to add more ram in the future would the cooler interfere?

stulid · 24 Oct 2012 at 23:50

Nope, just try to get the same RAM or similar.

linwelin · 25 Oct 2012 at 00:11

stulid said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £108.98
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1156/LGA1155/LGA1366) £29.18
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £25.99
Total : £343.55 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Identical to mine but i got the cheaper mobo

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £71.99
Total : £81.89 (includes shipping : £8.25).

stulid · 25 Oct 2012 at 00:12

linwelin said:
Identical to mine but i got the cheaper mobo

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-401-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2261

The DS3H or the D3H?

linwelin · 25 Oct 2012 at 00:17

stulid said:
The DS3H or the D3H?

Gigabyte Z77-DS3H

linwelin · 25 Oct 2012 at 14:47

sorry am wrong it was the Gigabyte Z77-D3H