New Build or what to upgrade?

[rupertbeats]

Hi all,

I've had my computer setup for a while but haven't really done anything with it but now i'm getting back into playing a few games (SC2, Heroes of the Storm, Smite) nothing too crazy and this has made me want to upgrade or change some bits as i'm in need of a new case and PSU and wondered whether to do a new build or just change some bits so any help would be good.

I own an I5 4790k with a Corsair H100i cooler.
An Nvidia GTX 640 ti boost (gigabyte version).
An Asus H81M-E Motherboard. (weak link???)
8GB (2x4gb) of Corsair Vengeance Ram
and a Scandisk 250GB SSD

Firstly I need a new case and PSU, currently I hate the fan noise from my Corsair and GPU so a silent/quiet case is what i'm thinking of, I have a cheap case currently with a budget 500w psu and it is so noisy and cheap feeling. So recommendations for case and psu?

Next the motherboard i'm sure isn't great I bought it as it was all the money I had left over and I just needed something to get running. And the graphics card is i'm guessing a little old now with today's standards had it a fair while.

I haven't overclocked anything and I don't want to run ultra graphics but currently i'm not getting great fps on even high settings on the games mentioned. Something I might be interested in soon is recording my games so i will also need a new HDD to accompany my SSD, will any do?

My OS is Win 8.1 64 bit.

Any advice on where to go with my build would be great,

Thanks all,

Roo

 

[rupertbeats]

Hi,

Thanks very much for the really detailed reply.

The Vengeance RAM is i think tall version, has some pretty big heatsinks on it.

Now a series of follow up questions, sorry

Is that about the price i'm going to have to pay for a decent PSU and motherboard?

Any other case suggestions? The silver plate front is a pet hate. (though looks not so bad maybe on that one)

And finally graphics cards. I didn't set aside a budget as such I just wanted something that would be decent now and a bit future proofed, also as quiet as possible I don't crave the nicest of settings just looking nice enough and being steady fps.

Thanks again,

 

[rupertbeats]

Thanks guys,

So on my list is a case (thinking the Bequiet orange and black) a psu, (I think i'll fork out for the slightly better one) a motherboard (undecided) and a graphics card, will SLI be a bit overkill for what i'm after?

Final question I have the Corsair H100i , it seems really noisy and i'm not overclocking or anything yet, would it be worth selling and buying a normal CPU cooler maybe just one fan slightly quieter? Or keep hold of it.

Thanks again,

Roo

 

[rupertbeats]

Hi,

Yes I have, however i'm thinking perhaps the noise is due to my cheap case and when I get a quieter case this will help with the noise overall anyway.

PSU wise how does this compare to the one you listed for me?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-055-BQ

Thinking of buying the matching case, thought £100 might seem overkill for the case considering the one you listed for me has very good reviews.

Thanks