Mobo and CPU upgrade

Foz87 · 2 Jul 2015 at 20:09

Evening fine helpers!

I am looking to upgrade my motherboard and CPU (with a fine offer from OC) - i previously used the forums a couple of years back to get a shopping list within my budget.

I am looking for guidance and which CPU and mobo to purchase - how can i go about linking my system specs onto this thread to get advice from you guys about upgrading the above?

thanks in advance

Foz87 · 2 Jul 2015 at 20:40

current hardware

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Cooler Master CM-690 III - USB 3.0 ATX Case -
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)
Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)
Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (SH103S3/120G)
Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X Rev2.0 WindForce 3X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Foz87 · 2 Jul 2015 at 20:57

my mobo is poop though ^^ doesnt even support dx11 along with i wouldnt even know where to start with overclocking ;p

Foz87 · 3 Jul 2015 at 19:57

thanks for the guide - followed to the T i ran some basic stress test software and it came out at 3.3 still? how can i check definitely that it has worked ?

again thanks for the guide!

Foz87 · 3 Jul 2015 at 19:59

ah piriform speccy has confirmed! great stuff

Foz87 · 23 Jul 2015 at 15:56

yet again the forums deliver - thanks for the advice. Overclock is stable and working like a dream @ 4.4ghz

as for the GPU i have the 280x which i havent looked at overclocking yet ... if only there was a guide *look to the forums i go*

thanks people!