Laptop Upgrade

Wait... Title says laptop upgrade? You trying to replace the processor in your laptop with the linked item?

As that won't work. If however, you mean that you are going to get that chip and stick it in an old PC you own, then yes the HD4600 graphics would do WOW on low. You would need a Z97 motherboard (well a *97) motherboard for it to work.
 
and first make sure you motherboard even supports it in your laptop...

and that's if it's that part that's even faulty in the first place, if your changing it because of that, cpu only doesn't make a gaming laptop either, it's parts like a better hard drive and more memory that does, as well as a half descent cpu and vga chip etc
 
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XD Well, now you've cleared that up it helps! Gimmie 5 minutes! You have a budget? Or can I go crazy?

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Z97 Gaming 5 Intel Core i5 DIY ATX Motherboard, CPU & RAM Bundle £334.98
1 x XFX Radeon R9 290 DD 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDFD) £215.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 750W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
1 x Crucial MX100 128GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT128MX100SSD1) £54.98
1 x NZXT SOURCE 340 Midi-Tower Case- Black Window £54.95
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
Total : £832.87 (includes shipping : ).



4 Free games with the Graphics card! Has a 750w PSU, means you can add another 290 later down the line if you wish. Throw in a few fans, as the stock NZXT ones ain't great. Heck get a different case if you like.

Or, as you previously had a laptop, maybe a mini-itx build would be better.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97MX Gaming 5 - Devil's Canyon i5 4690K CPU & Micro ATX Motherboard Bundle **£14 Saving** £283.54
1 x XFX Radeon R9 290 DD 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-290A-EDFD) £215.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 650W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £85.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian Series 250D Mini ITX Compact Gaming Case - Black (CC-9011047-WW) £71.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £61.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/8) £59.99
1 x Crucial MX100 128GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT128MX100SSD1) £54.98
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
Total : £854.46 (includes shipping : ).



Same really, but ITX. Lower powered PSU as you cant fit another 290 in there. The XFX 290 fits btw, did it for a mate 2 weeks ago. You just need to take the drive bay out, install card, and add the bay back in.
 
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Asus Z97-K - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£14 Saving**
NZXT H440 Midi - Tower Case - White
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614)
BeQuiet Pure Power L8 630W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9)
Intel 320 Series 120GB Internal SSD SATA 3GB/s 2.5" 7mm (SSDSA2BW120G3)
Raijintek EreBoss High Performance CPU Cooler
All this came to £667
 
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Oh never mind, budget cuts ...

You planning on getting a GPU later down the line then?

btw the NXZT Source 340 is a smaller version of the H440. H440 is awesome, I have one, but it does have some cooling issues and really wants to be water cooled. 340 is pretty much the same cept smaller. And £30 cheaper. Also, you need some fans for that Cooler (unless its the one that comes with fans... there are a few on the site).
 
Ah, well your build looks good. I'd take the RAM from mine, is faster speed, as well as the MX100 SSD. You /could/ save by getting the windows 10 trial. maybe look at upping the PSU to a 750w? Gives you plenty of space to go SLI and a heavy overclock down the line.

Do consider the NXZT 340 however, only thing I don't like about my H440 is the heat and the size, its huge!

IF you do go for the H440, get some decent case fans or it will be too loud!
 
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