Looking at getting a new build from my current 2011 specs

[mikey1090]

Morning all,

With the help and wisdom of the Overclockers community, in 2011 you all helped me purchase the following parts and build my first PC :

Product Name Price Qty Line Total
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail with FREE Shogun 2 Game £159.99 1 £159.99
Asus P8P67 PRO Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard - (Sandybridge) ** B3 REVISION ** £116.66 1 £116.66
Coolermaster HAF X Gaming Tower Case - Black (RC-942) £110.82 1 £110.82
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C8) £89.99 1 £89.99
Crucial RealSSD C300 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CTFDDAC064MAG-1G1) £83.32 1 £83.32
Antec TruePower New Modular 750W Power Supply - With FREE 3D Mark 2011 Advance £69.99 1 £69.99
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599) £66.66 1 £66.66
Microsoft SideWinder X6 Gaming Keyboard - Retail (AGB-00006) £32.49 1 £32.49
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM 1yr Warranty (ST31000528AS) £31.66 1 £31.66
Akasa AK-CCX-4002HP Venom CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM3) Out of stock £30.82 1 £30.82
TP-Link 300Mbps High-Gain Wireless-N USB Adapter (TL-WN822N) £14.16 1 £14.16
Samsung SH-S223C/BEBE 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £11.66 1 £11.66
Asus GeForce GTX 480 1536MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Far Cry £194.99 £194.99

I've also bought a 250GB SSD last year, so that's ready to be re-used.

I've got around £1200 budgetted for a new build.

I currently have 2 x 24" 1080p monitors, so happy to keep those.

Since 2011 I've been well out of the loop with PC hardware. I've no idea who's leading the race with processors/GPUs, so need some advice.

I'm a web developer/internet marketer so work full time on that during the day. Millions of tabs open, photoshop and some other light programs. I'd like to get back into gaming too (battlefield/far cry/maybe the new call of duty).

I'd love it if someone could help me put togethor either a custom build or recommend one of the ready-built PCs currently for sale on Overclockers.

Thanks

Mike

 

[orbitalwalsh]

Have to do the usual , thought about sticking a second hand i7 K in there and GTX 1070 ? The CPU might be able to give your system 1-2 year stretch room and GPU would greatly improve it . That's if, you can find a cracking deal on an i7 .

Apart from that , for brand new- any loyalties over brands etc etc ?
Intel is better at Photoshop but Ryzen thread count is nice for multitasking

 

[FlyingPig]

I posted my own thread just now but kind of in the same boat as the OP, so keeping an eye on this one.

 

[southernorth]

Morning all,

With the help and wisdom of the Overclockers community, in 2011 you all helped me purchase the following parts and build my first PC :



I've got around £1200 budgetted for a new build.

I currently have 2 x 24" 1080p monitors, so happy to keep those.

Since 2011 I've been well out of the loop with PC hardware. I've no idea who's leading the race with processors/GPUs, so need some advice.

I'm a web developer/internet marketer so work full time on that during the day. Millions of tabs open, photoshop and some other light programs. I'd like to get back into gaming too (battlefield/far cry/maybe the new call of duty).

I'd love it if someone could help me put togethor either a custom build or recommend one of the ready-built PCs currently for sale on Overclockers.

Thanks

Mike

Would you need a new copy of windows, or can you use your old version?

If you did the free upgrade to Windows 10 and tied the windows key to your Microsoft account, you would just need to download a copy of windows and then activate it with your key. Saves you £100.

 

[mikey1090]

Would you need a new copy of windows, or can you use your old version?

If you did the free upgrade to Windows 10 and tied the windows key to your Microsoft account, you would just need to download a copy of windows and then activate it with your key. Saves you £100.

I have a hard copy of windows 7 installed on a 250GB SSD that I forgot to mention I bought recently. Can I just dump a fresh install of that on the SSD and then upgrade to windows 10?

 

[southernorth]

I have a hard copy of windows 7 installed on a 250GB SSD that I forgot to mention I bought recently. Can I just dump a fresh install of that on the SSD and then upgrade to windows 10?

You can still upgrade from Windows 7 to 10 for free, through the assistive technologies page:

http://www.techadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/how-get-windows-10-for-free-3659821/
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/acc...00)(266696)(1544997)(06-3659821-11-0000000)()

This assumes that you use some of the assistive technologies in Windows. Microsoft doesn't actually require any proof for this, but I'm sure most of us have used some of these features at some point.

It's certainly a nice offer from them.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

^^^^^ above loop hole has been closed

 

[southernorth]

^^^^^ above loop hole has been closed

When?

 

[orbitalwalsh]

When?

It's been all over hardware news last 2 weeks
MS closing the loop as as that's what it was . Will hunt for it now

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/microsoft-to-close-windows-10-free-upgrade-loophole/

 

[southernorth]

It's been all over hardware news last 2 weeks
MS closing the loop as as that's what it was . Will hunt for it now

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/microsoft-to-close-windows-10-free-upgrade-loophole/

That exception will soon be shut down, with Microsoft updating its page for assistive technologies to include the line: "The accessibility upgrade offer expires on December 31, 2017".

The article in my earlier post mentioned that as well. You can still do it for now.

 

[orbitalwalsh]

That's good still.

 

[mikey1090]

Apologies for the newbie question -

If I get a new build including

Motherboard
Graphics Card
Processer
CPU/Cooler
RAM

Can I just stick my existing hard drives in there? Or does it require a fresh windows install to handle the hardware changes?