Replacing a Q6600...

philster123

philster123

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I have had a bonus and want to upgrade my pc, i have an "old" q6600 with a discrete Nvidia 280 gfx card, i was looking at ivybridge 3570, is the built in graphics a better performer than my 280? which is only direct x 10 compatible, also ssd is apparantly the best upgrade, but looking at 256gb models, which is the best, samsung, crucial m4 or ocz, but is the agility range getting bad reviews? I've read the pc building article but it seems like it runs to last year :(
I was looking at ram, is 8gb is the sweet spot, should i get more within reason, ie 16gb, as those kits are £95 but would i really notice the difference, it's been a while since i built a pc. Thanks in advance for any help, i am reading round but any help i can get to bring me up to speed on the new systems would be appreciatd. Phil.
 
Grab the Ivy Bridge, and a Z77 mobo.

8GB RAM is very nice too 4 is OK but more and more things are starting to use more. Crucial M4 is reconised as being one of the best SSDs

I guess it all depend on your budget :)
 
q6600 replacement

I have a coolermaster stacker 830 case, 1kw enermax psu and therefore need system speccing for around £600 - £700. I have windows 7, office 2010 and norton av. Looking at i guess, ssd, hdd?, cpu, mobo, ram and blu ray burner, forgot cpu cooler, Help me out please...
 
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Number_25 said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £109.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost £85.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH80) £79.99
Total : £477.32 (includes shipping : £9.50).




Why not?
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I don't think so, It sounds like a needs a 'fuller' setup.

First of all, your GTX 280 will outshine the HD 4000 on board graphics, though you can get a decent GPU into your budget.

A h80 is pointless unless wanting to get HUGE (4.5 5Ghz) overclocks. The PCu cooler i've specced will get you to 4.5 ish.

I think:


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 830 Desktop Series SATA 6Gb/s KIT with Norton Ghost - (MZ-7PC128D/EU) £85.99
1 x MSI HD 6850 "Dual Fan Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-DS3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £74.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £52.99
1 x TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket LGA2011/1366/1155/1156/775/ AMD AM3/AM3+/AM2/AM2+/FM1) £29.99
1 x OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £15.98
Total : £581.87 (includes shipping : £10.00).




Number_25 said:
Everyone seems to be banging on about this!
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Me mainly. :)

Has good reviews and it's so cheap. :)
 
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