Looking for MB/Proc Bundle

Bonehunter · 10 Sep 2012 at 12:51

Hi Guys,

Wondered if anyone could help?

I'm looking to upgrade my PC, sorry at work now so can't post the exact specs.

I have an nForge Board with a Q6600 installed and a Nvidia GTX 480, 8Gb of crucial ballistix memory.

Struggling to get decent FPS in GW2 WvWvW and I suspect my Q6600 is where the improvements could be made. The board I have can't take the new i5 or i7 processors though (I don't think).

Any suggestions on a nice board/processor bundle? Don't have a lot of money to spend. I suspect I can probably re-use my graphics card & memory.....

Thanks

NathWraith · 10 Sep 2012 at 13:39

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-110-OE&groupid=43&catid=2384&subcat=2288

The Z77 Turbo bundle sounds like it will give you the performance you need to game with. It does come with memory though.

bremen1874 · 10 Sep 2012 at 13:40

Is the existing memory DDR3? if not it'll need replacing.

The usual i5 3750K + motherboard + memory bundle is gong to cost you about £300.

Bonehunter · 10 Sep 2012 at 19:44

Looks about right guys, thanks for your advice.

Bacon? · 10 Sep 2012 at 20:46

This:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-111-OE&groupid=43&catid=2384&subcat=2288

Bonehunter · 11 Sep 2012 at 12:55

Looks nice - BOOM! Ordered :-)

Bonehunter · 11 Sep 2012 at 12:59

P.S, How would I go about installing this without losing any settings, messing up drivers etc?

I'm going to pull my GTX 480 from my old board and just plug into this one, same with my Hard Drive......I actually build my machine before - but never done a board swap before.....

Bonehunter · 11 Sep 2012 at 18:42

Any advice chaps? Is it wise to do a fresh install or windows or anything like that?

Thanks