New build, using some old parts :-)

spookunderdog · 26 Oct 2014 at 22:02

Hi Guys,

My trusty rig is slowly, well, ermm, getting slower so I feel an upgrade is needed. She consists of:

Asus P7P55D-E
Intel I5 760 2.8ghz oc’d @ 3.66ghz
Corsair 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz Vengeance ram (2x 4gb)
HD6950
Seagate 500GB Momentus XT Hybrid drive
Seagate 3TB hdd
OCZ 750W Fatal1ty Series Semi-Modular PSU

It's done me well, runs most of my driving sims pretty well on the triples. Bits in bold I aim to keep, for now.

I am going to use the Vengeance ram, I know it's not the latest and greatest but hopefully it will suffice. I am keeping my existing optical drives, & the 3TB, but going to replace the Momentus. Hopefully the OCZ power supply will be OK for now also.

I am thinking of the:

Gigabyte Z97X-SLI + Devils Canyon i5 4690k bundle - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-006-GI

MSI Geforce GTX970 Gaming edition (I know peeps have had problems with coil whine, but my old Thermaltake case does a good sound proofing job so may take a gamble)

Crucial MX100 512GB SSD

Any other suggestions oh guru's out there?

Cheers, Shane

tamzzy · 26 Oct 2014 at 22:17

depending on how stretched your budget is, you could get a 780 instead of a 970 to save a few bob.

also, have you got a decent heatsink?

spookunderdog · 26 Oct 2014 at 22:24

Hi Tamzzy,

Cheers for the reply. I was looking at the 970, just for the slightly cheaper running costs, (I am from Yorkshire, lol)

The cooler I have at the moment, again a few years old, but has run my oc'd i5 is an Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler. Again, hoping I can bring this across for now.

Cheers, Shane

tamzzy · 26 Oct 2014 at 22:27

the bob you save from electricity won't be that much lol. 3-5 quid a year at best, unless you game 24/7

spookunderdog · 26 Oct 2014 at 22:28

Aye, TBH, my machine is on 24/7, never switched off. I hark from the bad old days where power/heat cycling electronics did them no favours :-)

tamzzy · 26 Oct 2014 at 22:36

modern gpus consume very little power in their idle state ;p

stulid · 26 Oct 2014 at 22:49

Im a guru.

You can use your current heatsink, just get new paste or something.

Are your drives all SATA as I see the old board has IDE available.

Fleshwerk · 26 Oct 2014 at 23:35

spookunderdog said:
Hi Tamzzy,

Cheers for the reply. I was looking at the 970, just for the slightly cheaper running costs, (I am from Yorkshire, lol)

Cheers, Shane

Get the 970, new technology, more vram and it will run quieter.

spookunderdog · 27 Oct 2014 at 07:35

Hi,

Yes, all SATA, new paste added to the list ☺

stulid said:
Im a guru.

You can use your current heatsink, just get new paste or something.

Are your drives all SATA as I see the old board has IDE available.