Spec me a new rig! :)

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Hey guys, I feel it's time for an upgrade, selling my old parts, blue rig in signature below - firstly, what do you guys reckon I can get for them second hand, and secondly, with the money I get from selling them, what could I upgrade to - PC usage = interwebs, WoW, video editing and heavy multitasking

EDIT - Budget around ~700-1000 :)

Cheers!
 
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I'd say your motherboard is overkill. You'll get what you need for half that. 16GB is overkill too if you're just gaming and browsing. Also, you'll get a good air cooler for half that too.
 
Icet said:
I'd say your motherboard is overkill. You'll get what you need for half that. 16GB is overkill too if you're just gaming and browsing. Also, you'll get a good air cooler for half that too.
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I'm going through and seeing what I can salvage from current pc :P

can anyone else help me spec something? c:
 
from the blue rig, i'd keep the vertex 3 if its been performing ok and the 6970.

how much video editing do you do, reason i ask is spec'd an i7 , but if its not a major part of what the pc is used for i'd go with an i5 version.

What psu do you have and how old is it.

what case do you use, and what sort of cpu cooler are you currently using.


Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99 (£229.99)

Asus Z87-PLUS Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £143.99 (£119.99)

GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £95.99 (£79.99)

Sub Total : £429.97
Shipping : £9.00
VAT : £87.79
Total : £526.76
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with a free copy of 3DMark advanced edition £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £109.99
1 x GeIL EVO Veloce Hot-Rod Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C10 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEV316GB1866C10DC) £99.95
1 x Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £89.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £79.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi USB3.0 Gaming Case - White/Blue £49.99
1 x XFX Pro 550W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £49.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £19.99
Total : £1,037.29 (includes shipping : £17.85).




I went for NVidia as I believe WoW favours Nvidia a lot. But the 7950 is probably better overall.
 
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mp260767 said:
from the blue rig, i'd keep the vertex 3 if its been performing ok and the 6970.

how much video editing do you do, reason i ask is spec'd an i7 , but if its not a major part of what the pc is used for i'd go with an i5 version.

What psu do you have and how old is it.

what case do you use, and what sort of cpu cooler are you currently using.


Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99 (£229.99)

Asus Z87-PLUS Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £143.99 (£119.99)

GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC) **OcUK Exclusive** £95.99 (£79.99)

Sub Total : £429.97
Shipping : £9.00
VAT : £87.79
Total : £526.76
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The vertex 3 was killed when my psu went :P im an avid youtuber and also fold one hell of a lot too :)
 
How about this ?? I'm sure you can use the optical drive out of the rig in your siggy, hey you could even reuse the case.

YOUR BASKET
1 x KFA2 Geforce GTX 770 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (77XPH6DV6KXZ) £329.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail with FREE Grid 2 PC Game £275.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard + FREE Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Pro SR1 CPU Cooler! £109.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TD120BW) £83.99
1 x XFX Pro 650W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £64.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £52.99
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CM) £47.99
1 x Xigmatek Asgard Pro Gaming Case - Black £32.99
Total : £998.92 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
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Hmmm choices! :D will the haswell outperform the piledriver? :o
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Just to make it harder for you ;)

YOUR BASKET
1 x intel core i7-4770k 3.50ghz (haswell) socket lga1150 processor - retail with free grid 2 pc game £275.99
1 x msi geforce gtx 670 oc twin frozr power edition 2048mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £259.99
1 x plextor m5s 256gb solid state drive - (px-256m5s) £139.99
1 x gigabyte z87-d3hp intel z87 (socket 1150) ddr3 atx motherboard + free be quiet! shadow rock pro sr1 cpu cooler! £109.99
1 x avexir core blue series 16gb (2x8gb) ddr3 pc3-12800c9 1600mhz dual channel memory kit (avd3u16001008g-2cw) - blue light £89.99
1 x corsair carbide 300r mid tower windowed case - black £69.95
1 x **b grade** seagate barracuda 2tb 7200rpm sata 6gb/s 64mb cache - oem (s (hd-255-se) £62.40
1 x thermaltake smart series 530w modular '80plus bronze' power supply £49.99
total : £1,058.29 (includes shipping : free).



i would agree with gza. to my knowledge wow is nvidia biased. we would usually spec a 7950 as it was cheaper than the 670 but the release of the 770 has brought the price down. i've included 16gb of ram at a good price, ok it's 1600mhz but the kit isn't very tall and has some decent oc potential (REVIEW). SSD is larger and faster, 2TB HDD is Bgrade to save some cash. PSU is also semi modular to help with cable management.

Haswell is faster than Ivy and has some impressive power saving features. In a nutshell if you OC this spec to 4.4Ghz that's the same performance as Ivy @4.6Ghz (so roughly 200Mhz ahead clock for clock)
 
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Now I'm even more confused! :(

Hmm, if I went piledriver, my current board would support it, correct? It's still a very powerful board and has some sweet OC'ing features - also power supplies, must be modularrrrrr! I'm sick of loose cables :P
 
satanicguardian said:
Now I'm even more confused! :(

Hmm, if I went piledriver, my current board would support it, correct? It's still a very powerful board and has some sweet OC'ing features - also power supplies, must be modularrrrrr! I'm sick of loose cables :P
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I edited in a synopsis fella.

I just went off your basket you posted earlier. I still used a windowed case and managed to keep a nice theme going to style it too. I wouldn't bother with a 120mm CLC, it's flash for the cash something like the K2 Mount Doom air cooler is better value and still looks sweet. The 240mm CLCs (eg H100i) are better but case choice then becomes an issue. Seeing as the GB mobo has a free cooler might as well just go with that to be fair.
 
The theme is nice to keep going with a windowed case :) red and black with white lights I think :) - am I right in saying my board could support a piledriver? And if so, would it throttle it?
 
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The theme is nice to keep going with a windowed case :) red and black with white lights I think :) - am I right in saying my board could support a piledriver? And if so, would it throttle it?
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I've heard that the 8*** piledrivers only work on the 9** boards, preferably the 990X's..

if you need a new motherboard haswell is the way to go.
 
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