New Build

VmkNinja · 4 Mar 2016 at 17:53

Looking at upgrading the system from this thread

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=22712194#post22712194

Nearly 4 years ago :eek:

So basically im after a Motherboard , Cpu , Ram and Graphics card

I have a case and xfx 750w power supply , hard drives etc

Will be mainly gaming at 1080 on the likes of Elite Dangerous, Black Desert Online , FFIV etc

Budget is around £800
Any help would be much appreciated

mickyflinn · 4 Mar 2016 at 20:30

Heres a starting point I-5 but you could go I-7 if you wish, also nvidia should releade there latest gpu called pascal later this year so you may want to hold off.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Gigabyte Z170XP-SLI - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£20 Saving**= £308.98
1 x Kingston Fury Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX424C15FBK2/8)= £31.99
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90101-10P)= £259.99

Total: £612.06
(includes shipping: £11.10)

VmkNinja · 4 Mar 2016 at 20:56

Thanks , any advantage to a i7 ? and whats the zotac cards like, not used them before or Nvidia for years either tbh

mickyflinn · 4 Mar 2016 at 21:15

I-7 has Hyperthreading and may become more useful as games take advantage of it. Zotac cards come with a 5 year warranty but its best to read the reviews, you could still use your 7850 till the new release gpu,s.

Nvidia card use a lot less power than Amd the alternative to the 970 is the 390 both cards will be at least twice as powerful as your 7850.