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ryan1405

ryan1405

ryan1405

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So im not a complete beginner, built a PC 4ish years ago, maybe...

It's about time I upgraded it, which most likely means scavenging anything that can be scavenged and building a new pc.

I play a fair few games so thats really the aim here.

Parts that I think can be carried over.

Corsair 850AX PSU - http://www.corsair.com/en-us/professional-series-gold-a...
CM HAF-X Case - http://www.coolermaster.com/case/full-tower/haf-x/
Cheap optical drive/network card I picked up somewhere.

Parts that really need replacing
Intel i7-2600k CPU
AMD 6970 GPU
8GB 1333 DDR3 RAM
hard drives/motherboard

I'm looking at the skylake chipset, either i5-6600k or i7-6700k. A note on CPU is im not really looking to overclock i'm not sure on performance vs cost for the chips.
Then pick up a gtx 970/980.
Additionally looking towards getting a ssd (most likely 256GB) and a 1TB HDD.
Maybe 16GB of RAM, maybe 8GB not really sure. I like the idea of 16GB :)
Motherboards i'm pretty much clueless about.

I guess my lack of knowledge and limited experience comes in when comparing components though, I dont really know what i'm looking for. But thats why forums exist right?
 
for gameing just buy a new gpu 980 or better theres plenty of life left in your cpu m8 not worth upgradeing
 
if you dont overclock the skylake chip then it will perform exactly the same as the 2600K does when overclocked. a new ssd, gpu and maybe some more ram should be fine.
 
Interesting, that makes things a hell of a lot easier :)
honestly then, if i look at 980ti's there is approx £150 difference between the cheapest and most expensive and im struggling to see much of a difference.
 
ryan1405 said:
Interesting, that makes things a hell of a lot easier :)
honestly then, if i look at 980ti's there is approx £150 difference between the cheapest and most expensive and im struggling to see much of a difference.
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which ones are you looking at
 
the zotec has a 5 year warranty the othe 2 are 3 years evga support is topnotch though also the zotec is the slightly faster card
 
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