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Hi guys some lovely soul bought me a 1080ti for my birthday so it's time for me to replace my existing i5 mobo and cpu with something that can do the MSI gaming X justice.
System is primarily for games with office work.
Currently OC'ed at 5.2ghz with a swiftech 240x AIO and not looking to replace that, dark power pro 800 psu or case (will be getting the NSGO S0 when the retail model is released for fully silent rig)
Budget 750£
My current thinking is:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £753.47
(includes shipping: £10.50)
Do I really need the pre-binned chip? Is that mobo good enough? or should I abandon team intel entirely and give Ryzen a crack?
Shall I wait for a couple of months and see what the X series does to prices?
OR shall I just go in at i5 level and look to upgrade in 6/12 months?
System is primarily for games with office work.
Currently OC'ed at 5.2ghz with a swiftech 240x AIO and not looking to replace that, dark power pro 800 psu or case (will be getting the NSGO S0 when the retail model is released for fully silent rig)
Budget 750£
My current thinking is:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Intel Core i7-7700K 4.9GHz (Kaby Lake) Socket LGA1151 Pre-Binned Processor - OEM= £398.99
- 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B32= £158.99
- 1 x Asus ROG Strix Z270G Gaming Intel Z270 (Socket 1151) DDR4 Micro ATX Motherboard= £184.99
Total: £753.47
(includes shipping: £10.50)
Do I really need the pre-binned chip? Is that mobo good enough? or should I abandon team intel entirely and give Ryzen a crack?
Shall I wait for a couple of months and see what the X series does to prices?
OR shall I just go in at i5 level and look to upgrade in 6/12 months?
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