Please Help Spec Me An Upgrade

ShaggyRS6 · 2 Oct 2013 at 16:37

Hi all, my system specs are below and I want to hand my CPU Motherboard Ram and maybe PSU to by son.

I'd like to upgrade those components to make my machine a little faster.

What can you suggest? I'd like to keep the cost down but there is no hard and fast budget set right now.

Cleisthenes · 2 Oct 2013 at 17:24

do you still need an i7? do you plan to oc?

ShaggyRS6 · 2 Oct 2013 at 17:26

I don't need to OC no. I just want it to run faster than I have. The rig is used for gaming and photo editing.

Cleisthenes · 2 Oct 2013 at 17:27

ShaggyRS6 said:
I don't need to OC no. I just want it to run faster than I have. The rig is used for gaming and photo editing.

you should be fine with an i5 then or equivalent. Would you prefer amd or intel or do you have no preference?

ShaggyRS6 · 2 Oct 2013 at 17:30

Preference would be to stay Intel always had issues with AMD

Cleisthenes · 2 Oct 2013 at 17:35

This sort of thing? What are your thoughts?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £169.99
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 550 '80+ Gold' 550W Power Supply (CP-9020053-UK) £89.99
1 x Gigabyte H87-HD3 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £80.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Sport Series DDR3-1600, CL9 - 16GB Kit (BLS2CP8G3D1609DS1S00CEU) £79.99
Total : £432.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

ShaggyRS6 · 2 Oct 2013 at 17:39

Yeah that looks good but what about the PSU, will that be man enough? I'm just thinking of future GFX upgrades, also, what about a cooler for the cpu

Cleisthenes · 2 Oct 2013 at 17:44

The cpu will come with a stock cooler, which will be ok but if you want more silent operation something like this:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £78.95
1 x BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 2 CPU Cooler £61.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
Total : £179.33 (includes shipping : £9.50).

The top one is a closed loop cooler, which would do you for overclocking and will give you really good temps, btu if you wanted to oc you would need to get the K edition of the cpu, and a 140mm fan mount on your case.
The middle is a high end air cooler, which will also do you well, but maybe not quiet as much as the H80i.
And the bottom is probably the most recommended budget cooler, very good for the price.

Regarding the PSU, unless you are going to be getting something beefier than a 770, or going sli/xfire it should be fine. It is made by a good manufacturer so it will be able to take being under heavy load.

ShaggyRS6 · 2 Oct 2013 at 17:56

This is great, gonna now weigh up the options, thanks!

Cleisthenes · 2 Oct 2013 at 18:00

ShaggyRS6 said:
This is great, gonna now weigh up the options, thanks!

no problem mate, let us know how you get on!

fowler002 · 2 Oct 2013 at 18:13

unless you're buying right now the ram will go back upto to £130(today only plus only 2 left).

even if not overcocking now would say go for the k version as it'll give you option in the future

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16001008G-2CW) - Blue Light £107.99
1 x Seasonic G series 550w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £79.99
Total : £489.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).

the motherboard comes with a cpu cooler

ShaggyRS6 · 2 Oct 2013 at 20:05

I'm thinking about upgrading the motherboard to the MSI Z87-GD65 gaming. What are your thoughts. I'll keep the PSU I have for now