Please help spec a pc upgrade

bgbennyboy

bgbennyboy

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I would appreciate some help with speccing an upgrade to my pc. Its reached the stage where its at or below the minimum specs for the latest games.

My current setup:
  • PSU: Corsair TX 650W
  • Motherboard: Asus P7P55D Intel P55 (Socket 1156)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz (Lynnfield)
  • RAM: Geil Ultra Series 4GB (2x2GB) PC3-17000 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit
  • Graphics: Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 Vapor-X 1024MB GDDR5
  • Heatsink: Scythe Ninja II Rev. B CPU Cooler + fan
  • Sound: Xonar DG
  • HDs: 128GB SSD + 1TB HD
  • Case: Antec P183
  • Dual monitors: Benq XL2420T 24" @ 120hz and iiyama 24" @ 60hz - I only play games on the Benq monitor.

I'm not bothered about overclocking, I'll be using it for gaming and general use. My main requirements are that it'll run current games well and will be quiet in normal non-gaming use (noisy pc's drive me crazy).
The heatsink and graphics card in my current pc run very quietly and I'd rather sacrifice a bit of speed for quiet.

My budget is around £700. My knowledge of current hardware is limited so any advice anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated.
 
Deffo need a gtx gard update, I'd reccommend getting 4gb more ram, and probs a 970/980 everything else seems ok

If you got spare cash get i7 4790k and black edition bundle
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade + £30 Intel Cashback ** £397.98
1 x Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (ZT-90101-10P) £259.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01) £59.99
Total : £731.46 (includes shipping : £11.25).




The cashback brings it down to around £700. GPU has 5-year warranty and motherboard can be exchanged for newer model within 3 years, if you want to upgrade, and also has a 5-year warranty (remember to register GPU and mobo).

That's what I'd get if I wanted to splash £700. But you could go i5-4690K if main use is gaming and save a bit of money. For gaming on that BenQ, a 970 will be more than fine, so I wouldn't go higher. Even something a little below that (770/780/280X/290) would still be good right now. The 970 will be more game future-proof, though, and handle 120Hz better.

It should be quiet when computer is idling. Likely quieter than your present GPU. Your cooler appears to be compatible with socket 1150. Motherboard has both PCI and PCI-E slots so whichever standard your sound card is, you should be able to use it. The Antec P183 should have removable HDD cages, in case removal of one is required to fit the GPU?
 
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Thank you very much for this, I really appreciate evveryone's help. Particularly Danny75.

My case does have a removable hard drive cage and my SSD is a Crucial M4 which I believe uses Marvell rather than Sandforce.
 
bgbennyboy said:
Thank you very much for this, I really appreciate evveryone's help. Particularly Danny75.

My case does have a removable hard drive cage and my SSD is a Crucial M4 which I believe uses Marvell rather than Sandforce.
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Just to point something out quickly, have you updated the firmware for your SSD recently? There's a 5200 hour bug where if the SSD reaches 5200 (5164 to be exact I think) then it might lock up
 
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