Looking at upgrading

cheechm

cheechm

cheechm

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Currently on:
  • Asus Rampage Extreme X48
  • Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550
  • Corsair 667Mhz DDR3 dual channel 8GB
  • Crucial M4
  • Gigabyte GTX460

Will probably end up staying with the same graphics card for the time being.

However, looking at getting:

  • NZXT Phantom (White with red)
  • Intel i7-4771 (Haswell)
  • Not sure on motherboard. Was looking at H87 but there doesn't seem to be great choice. Given I won't be overclocking, do I really need a Z87?
  • Similarly not too sure on memory, maybe Patriot Venom Red 16GB 1866MHz
  • Samsung 840 Pro SSD (128GB)

I'll also be changing out my data hard drives. For storage are WD Greens a good choice? My current ones sound like they're coming to the end of their lives.

Cheers
 
Mobile dev, C++ programming, Vectorworks, occasional Lightroom & Photoshop use. (Hence not upgrading the GPU).

I want to get back into gaming though as I haven't done it for a while but will make do with the current GPU.
 
The case is for looks. Absolutely love the look of that NZXT Phantom. Hopefully I'll get a couple of quid back by selling my Coolermaster Cosmo S. We'll see.

One thing I forgot to say. I have a CPU water cooling loop, so I'll also get a new block for that. I also have a whole load of these fans which are super silent so not worried about noise.

Cheers so far!
 
Doomedspeed said:
Fair enough, having a custom loop makes the phantom a better choice overall..

though it does beg the question why are you not over locking when you have such a great cooling system?
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So would you suggest potentially getting the i7-4770k with a Z87 board?

Or would you even suggest going to Ivybridge? (I've read Haswell isn't as great at overclocking).
 
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