PC Upgrade - CPU-MOBO-RAM

Mr Arky · 24 Jun 2016 at 14:41

Looking at upgrading my PC, I've gone ahead and ordered a EVGA 1080 FTW,
and with my other components being somewhat aged, I want to go ahead and do an overhaul on my PC.

So I've been looking at these:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Intel i7-6800K 3.40GHz (Broadwell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80671I76800K)= £378.49
1 x MSI X99A SLI Plus Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £169.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30= £69.95

Total: £628.93
(includes shipping: £10.50)

I am a big time gamer, general browsing, often use Photoshop, and casual 3d max user.

I thought I would ask the experts opinions before going ahead with this,
I think they are compatible, but I'm no wiz at motherboards and just wanted to make sure I haven't overlooked anything, or yet if theres better alternatives.
Scanning through at CPU coolers but I'm ok with that.

I do understand that for what I do, I don't necessarily need this much of a jump, and my CPU is currently on its last legs as I've been having issues which have lately been getting worse.

I have the upgrade itch, and it wont go away

Thanks

mickyflinn · 24 Jun 2016 at 20:19

The 6700k is faster than the 5820k which will need to be overclocked to about 4.4ghz to match it.

In your spec you've gone for dual channel memory you shoud go for quad channel memory.

Cooling do you want air or an aio water cooler ? Budget ?

Mr Arky · 24 Jun 2016 at 20:28

Looking at around the 600 quid mark, maybe 650 tops, air cooling, the processor I linked is the latest i7 6800k cpu, which is surely a better choice over the 6700k or 5820k right?

mickyflinn · 24 Jun 2016 at 21:03

The 6800k is faster than the 5820k and depending on game miniscule faster than the 6700k.

If your not going more than a single gpu for gaming than the x99 platform makes no sense.

Mr Arky · 24 Jun 2016 at 23:21

Realised that :L

Currently looking at getting:

Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 - Skylake Core i7 6700K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£20 Saving**= £446.98
Kingston HyperX Predator 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX432C16PB= £96.95

As u said, i have no plans at this time to go for sli, so Im gonna play it sensibly and put my money where it counts

Now my only issue is whether to go water cooled or not >.<

mickyflinn · 25 Jun 2016 at 12:09

The Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom is an impressive cooler i would stick with that but you mite need low profile ram, check ram clearance.

If you decide on watercooling the antec is good value but has blue led fans ,not sure if you can turn them off. The corsair has corsair link software which you will be able to set custom fan profiles.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Corsair Hydro Series H100i v2 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060025-WW)= £89.99
1 x Antec H1200 Kuhler 240mm AIO Liquid Cooler= £59.99

Total: £160.48
(includes shipping: £10.50)

Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 7 Owners Thread.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18730403