OCUK 11700K "Value" Series

[Trundle]

Hi team,

I am looking at buying one of the OCUK advertised Value series - This one:

Value Bundle

I currently have an Asus Z170 running an i5 from about 2015, and its served my needs pretty well but its obviously a bit old now.

The the bundles they offer seem well priced, all be it the 1200 socket set.

I have a GTX970, but I plan to upgrade this once prices have come down a bit more.

Whats the consensus on these bundles? is it worth building separately or going for one of these?

Thanks,

 

[Kelt]

▷ Intel Core i7-12700K 3.60GHz (Alder Lake) Soc… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk) £375

▷ MSI Pro Z690-A DDR4 - Intel Z690 DDR4 ATX Mot… | OcUK (overclockers.co.uk) £190

Leaves you £217, ample enough to get a decent AIO and 32GB of 3600Mhz RAM.

Much, much better option.

I have the same board and CPU with 32GB of Corsair Dominator Platinum RAM and it absolutely flies.

 

[random_matt]

Old socket, nope. Better off buying a DDR4 Z690 and a 12600K.

 

[MagicBoy]

Avoid 11th Gen - it was shovelling a product out to keep shareholders quiet. it was crap and got replaced in a few months. Burns more power than the sun, slower than 10th Gen and the chipsets were glitchy.

Get a 12th gen.

 

[jigger]

Sit tight. £800 is deep in highend Zen3D territory.

 

[Trundle]

Thanks for the replies, I’ll avoid the value bundle and go for the 12 series.

Not really got budget to upgrade GPU right now, but for a Mobo/CPU update is the best process to remove old combo, put new ones in and clean Windows install?

Do I still need to add some thermal paste to this? I’d heard they done away with the need to buy this these days..

 

[mickyflinn]

Thanks for the replies, I’ll avoid the value bundle and go for the 12 series.

Not really got budget to upgrade GPU right now, but for a Mobo/CPU update is the best process to remove old combo, put new ones in and clean Windows install?

Do I still need to add some thermal paste to this? I’d heard they done away with the need to buy this these days..

What cooler will you be using as you need a skt 1700 bracket?

 

[HangTime]

Typically you don't need to reinstall Windows these days, although it's probably cleaner if you do. I think I'm right in saying my son's computer is still running Windows that was Win8 upgraded to Win8.1 upgraded to Win10 upgraded to Win11 having been switched from Intel mobo/cpu to AMD cpu/mobo and Nvidia GPU to AMD GPU. It's not like 20 years ago where changing chipset would often result in BSOD.