New CPU or GPU?

[Deehjay]

Yep, it'll be compatible with your board and the Be Quiet! range are pretty decent. Get the 3770k as it's all you'll need for at least the next couple of years... The 4770k really isn't worth it once you consider the cost of another mobo and then the hassle of reinstalling everything! And the fact there's no noticeable improvement over the 3770k .

That's brilliant then, thanks.

Do you think it would be wise to uninstall the drivers for my current 560 when it comes round to installing the new card?

 

[PowerPie5000]

Do you think it would be wise to uninstall the drivers for my current 560 when it comes round to installing the new card?

You should definitely uninstall them and maybe run a driver sweeper if you get an AMD card... I don't think it matters too much if you get another nvidia card though (just download and install the latest nvidia drivers over the version you have now).

 

[Deehjay]

You should definitely uninstall them and maybe run a driver sweeper if you get an AMD card... I don't think it matters too much if you get another nvidia card though (just download and install the latest nvidia drivers over the version you have now).

Ok, I just installed the Driver Uninstaller from Guru3d just to take a peak before I get round to it and it's pretty straightforward. The option to remove the C:\NVIDIA folder by default is unticked; would it be worth deleting this as well? Don't wanna screw anything up

 

[PowerPie5000]

Ok, I just installed the Driver Uninstaller from Guru3d just to take a peak before I get round to it and it's pretty straightforward. The option to remove the C:\NVIDIA folder by default is unticked; would it be worth deleting this as well? Don't wanna screw anything up

I'd delete that too if using an AMD GPU... It should also remove any nvidia files located in the Windows directories (system32 etc..) and also remove registry entries .

 

[honosuseri]

Ok thanks for that regarding the CPU.

I think the PSU I'm going to be going for is the BeQuiet 600w 80+ Bronze someone linked in the previous page. Is this a good recommendation and will it be compatible with my motherboard?

Thanks again

Yeah that was me

It's down to you dude. a lot of it comes down to the pricing and the weekly offers.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £71.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £65.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £59.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £53.99
Total : £251.95 (includes shipping : FREE).



The 500W is only marginally cheaper so I just plumped for the 600W. The L8 530W is semi modular (you attach the extra cables as needed), I own the 630W version had it for must be nearly 3 years now (touch wood) it's still going strong.

The seasonic unit is also semi modular but with a gold efficiency rating and Seasonic are pretty much the top dog in PSUs. It's on offer currently but the offers change on wednesday.

In regards to the C:\Nvidia folder, this is where the drivers are extracted to before they are installed. You'll probably find a few folders in there where you have updated your drivers over time. It's perfectly ok to delete the folder, it's just wasting HDD space.

 

[Deehjay]

Yeah that was me

It's down to you dude. a lot of it comes down to the pricing and the weekly offers.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £71.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £65.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £59.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 500W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £53.99
Total : £251.95 (includes shipping : FREE).



The 500W is only marginally cheaper so I just plumped for the 600W. The L8 530W is semi modular (you attach the extra cables as needed), I own the 630W version had it for must be nearly 3 years now (touch wood) it's still going strong.

The seasonic unit is also semi modular but with a gold efficiency rating and Seasonic are pretty much the top dog in PSUs. It's on offer currently but the offers change on wednesday.

In regards to the C:\Nvidia folder, this is where the drivers are extracted to before they are installed. You'll probably find a few folders in there where you have updated your drivers over time. It's perfectly ok to delete the folder, it's just wasting HDD space.

Yeah thanks for that. I think I'll be going with the 600 watt BeQuiet one as it seems like the best bang for buck (I can literally spend about £65 maximum) and I don't really know the difference between a normal PSU and a modular one anyway.

MAYBE I'll be able to get the Seasonic one since it's on sale and it's Gold rated and not Bronze, but is there any major difference between normal power supplies and modular ones?

 

[honosuseri]

Yeah thanks for that. I think I'll be going with the 600 watt BeQuiet one as it seems like the best bang for buck (I can literally spend about £65 maximum) and I don't really know the difference between a normal PSU and a modular one anyway.

The 600W has ALL the cables hard wired into the unit as it's not modular. A fully modular PSU means you can disconnect ALL the cables which makes it a doddle to remove to give it a quick dusting off to clean it.

Semi modular it does vary. My L8 630W has the 24pin and 8 pin mobo power cables hard wired to the unit. You add the sata, molex, PCI-E cables as required. I've used Corsair units and they had the most commonly used cables hard wired to the unit and you could add extras.

If your case is relatively cheap it might lack cable management options and/or have little room behind the mobo tray. Having a semi-modular PSU means you don't have a vipers nest of excess cabling to hide or block airflow in the case.

In short I'd probably prefer the L8 530W but had I suggested that then somebody would say buy the Seasonic on offer it's not much more. You have to balance the budget for yourself bud.

 

[Deehjay]

The 600W has ALL the cables hard wired into the unit as it's not modular. A fully modular PSU means you can disconnect ALL the cables which makes it a doddle to remove to give it a quick dusting off to clean it.

Semi modular it does vary. My L8 630W has the 24pin and 8 pin mobo power cables hard wired to the unit. You add the sata, molex, PCI-E cables as required. I've used Corsair units and they had the most commonly used cables hard wired to the unit and you could add extras.

If your case is relatively cheap it might lack cable management options and/or have little room behind the mobo tray. Having a semi-modular PSU means you don't have a vipers nest of excess cabling to hide or block airflow in the case.

In short I'd probably prefer the L8 530W but had I suggested that then somebody would say buy the Seasonic on offer it's not much more. You have to balance the budget for yourself bud.

Does that mean you're suggesting a modular one would be better for a cheaper case? I could stretch the extra fiver to get the Seasonic one if it's going to be efficient and future proof.

 

[honosuseri]

Does that mean you're suggesting a modular one would be better for a cheaper case? I could stretch the extra fiver to get the Seasonic one if it's going to be efficient and future proof.

Yes mate exactly that. The Seasonic is usually £80 so there is a noticeable difference from the L8 530W that is £65. The Seasonic also has a 5 year warranty vs the 3 years on the Bequiet, see how easy it gets to justify the extra few pounds whilst it is on offer?

You said you wanted to spend circa £260. My suggestions were just shy of £300 but like you said you can flog the BF4 game to recoup some cash Offers change on wednesday and I can't say what will be up for grabs. You can use the free P&P perk as this allows you to grab bargains that do come up on offer without being stung on the postage

 

[Fulax]

I've got the 650W version of the Seasonic. The 24-pin, 8-pin, and PCI-E cables are hardwired, the rest are modular.

I also have the BeQuiet 600W. It is very quiet, but it's non-modular and the cables were a bit much for my little case.

The extra £5 for the Seasonic is well worth it, I'd say.

No price checks or trades outside of MM

 

[honosuseri]

All pricing is done within the MM itself. You can start a thread requesting something like the windowed case you'd like or just browse what people are offloading.

I still have a 1GB 460 in service on my HTPC, a few months back it was worth ~£50. I bought it here for £100 (I ignored the 560 that was available at the time), so two years later I was happy to see it was still worth half of what I paid for it and it still had a year left on the warranty

The 560 wasn't really an improvement over the 460 except the lower power consumption. So yes I can understand your need to upgrade for gaming but remember not everyone uses their rig for gaming. Some people are on a tight budget and the AM3+ socket and intels 2011 don't have integrated graphics. You'll never see me suggest a new discrete GPU like the 6450 (~£40) I always suggest people look for a 2nd hand bargain. Your 560 can still play games to be fair and it offers CUDA support which is widely used to accelerate software applications. Overclocking the GPU improves CUDA performance further still, so for people looking to build a video editing rig on the cheap it's an attractive bargain

 

[Burnsy2023]

I'm pretty sure they'll look the other way due to the cheeky wink at the end of the sentence. That's how it works, right?

I can't access the MM anyway; you need to have been registered for 180 days

No, that's not how it works. The MM rules are strict for a reason and that convers people trying to sell or do swaps outside of the right forum. I'll let it slide this time, but please make sure that no swaps or sales occur outside of the MM.

 

[Deehjay]

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Just the PSU to go now ;o