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Hi All

Looking at upgrading my current machine, does anyone see anything glaringly wrong with the below?

My current spec is at the bottom of the post, was thinking of keeping the GFX card & upgrading when i have more monies, though i have found a 650Ti for less than £80 brand new i'm thinking i might grab for the time being.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4570 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £149.99
1 x Gigabyte H87-HD3 Intel H87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £80.99
1 x Seasonic S12II 520W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £59.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite Black 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38GM1600HC11DC01) £56.99
Total : £359.95 (includes shipping : £10.00).




Current Spec:
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R Socket 775
CPU: Intel Q6600
Cooler: Tuniq Tower 120
RAM: 2x Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz (8GB Total)
GPU: Palit GeForce GTX 275
SDD: OCZ Vertex 2E 120GB 2.5"
HDD: 2x WD Blue 500GB in RAID 0 (Used to be the C Drive prior to the SSD)
HDD: Samsung F2 EcoGreen 1.5TB
Soundcard: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio 7.1 Sound Card
PSU: Corsair 520W HX
Case: Antec P182
 
Just had a quick look at a 4670k build, is the extra 40 or so quid worth it?

The mobo even comes with a cooler, hopefully it'll fit in my case :D

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 Seasonic S12II 620W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £67.99
1 x GeIL Black Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD38GB1600C11DC) £47.99
Total : £405.96 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
If you want to overclock then the "K" CPU and Z87 is worth it..especially as you are also getting a free cooler.
 
Didn't think it'd work worth the mobo as it only has a 24 pin & 4.pin power connectors for the motherboard.. Unless there's an adapter I need? The psu I currently have is 6 years old at least
 
The HX520 should have a 4+4pin ATX that join together to make a single 8pin ATX?
 
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I tried looking on the corsair site and couldn't see anything maybe I'm being blind. I know my current mobo has a 4pin after looking at the manual. Maybe I'll try having a look in my current rig and see, think that connector is under my heatsink though which makes things abit difficult.

If I don't need a new psu then bonus :)
 
Well just took the other side of my case off (you know the side you only have off when setting up your rig & routing cables about) and sure enough there was the 8 pin connector sitting there nicely cabled tied out the way of everything :)

Good spot ThaReaperGuy & Stulid, guess I won't need a PSU after all :D
 
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