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PC Upgrade

Kiro-San

Kiro-San

Kiro-San

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I've decided it's time to upgrade my venerable QX6700 platform for something a bit newer and shinier as I've had it since new and it's getting a bit long in the tooth. SSD's, monitors, graphics, case, soundcard are all being re-used so it's just a new CPU, motherboard, memory and cooler required. My graphics card is a GTX680.

Here were my initial thoughts. I'd definitely like to be overclocking the setup:

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K - OEM
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z87X-OC
Memory: 16GB - Not sure what though.
Cooler: AIO - Not sure what though.

My existing PSU is an Enermax Galaxy 850W which I've had for about 6 years now so I don't know if I should really replace it.

My overall budget for the build is around £650 for the 4 components above but obviously if I need to spend more (for the PSU) that's fine, as is less!
 
If you can hold on a little while the new 4790k cpus will be launched, your PSU should be ok.

I have included a water cooler but check it will fit your case.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £59.99
Total : £507.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Well I won't be doing the upgrade until around the middle of June so hopefully there's more news on the 4790k chips. Should be ok, it's a Lian Li PC-A71 but I'll check it's dimensions tonight.
 
Certainly it's not ever given me any problems and there's no indication that anything is wrong with it now. I guess if I bought a new one I'd be looking for something in the 600w-800w range anyway.
 
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