Spec me an overdue upgrade

Mr-White · 28 Dec 2014 at 14:15

Last upgrade was February 2012

Current Setup:

Case: Corsair 600T
CPU: i5 2500k
Memory: Corsair 4x4GB DDR3 1600Mhz
MoBo: Asus P8Z68-V GEN3 Intel Z68
Gfx: 2x 7850
PSU: Corsair 650W
Cooling: Corsair Hydro H100

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YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade ** £403.98
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11226-03-40G) £275.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Gold 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY16GX3M2A1600C9A) £139.99
Total : £821.56

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1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Gold 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY16GX3M2A1600C9A) £139.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY16GX3M2A2133C11R) £149.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Pro Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CMY16GX3M2A2400C11R) £161.99

Are the memory speeds worth paying the small extra for ?

MW

PurplePhoenix · 28 Dec 2014 at 14:23

Real world, It not worth it. I would go for the 2133MHZ.

Danny75 · 28 Dec 2014 at 14:30

YOUR BASKET
1 x Avexir Golden Blitz 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001008G-2BZ1SE) £139.99

Tighter C10 timings @ 2400. Same price as the Corsair 1600. Good RAM.

abui1806 · 28 Dec 2014 at 14:48

That avexir RAM is nice, equal price but high speed + led stuff as well. To this question "Are the memory speeds worth paying the small extra for ?" I personally have used 2666Mhz and 1600Mhz for rendering and gaming, I saw no real difference.

wildman_33 · 28 Dec 2014 at 23:55

I personally don't think the upgrade from sandy bridge to devil canyon is really worth £400, I'd consider maybe going for gpu upgrades now and then waiting until the next platform to see if we get a bigger performance increase. You could even pick up a cheap 2600k or 2700k if you think your 2500k will be a bottleneck

Doomedspeed · 29 Dec 2014 at 02:00

Why the upgrade? Are you just still gaming or are you streaming alit or doing big amots of video editing.

If just gaming the 2500k is still fine, just upgrafe the GPU.

The GTX 970 would be my choice. Outperforms the 290X mostly, while having more OC headroom and less power consumption.

Mr-White · 29 Dec 2014 at 09:47

Doomedspeed said:
Why the upgrade?
If just gaming the 2500k is still fine, just upgrafe the GPU. .

Honestly I may just do this for now.

MW

pandem0nium · 29 Dec 2014 at 11:30

dropping in a 3770K would get you pcie 3.0 and would be better for a multi gpu setup.

About 95% as good as a haswell I7 and probably <£100 after selling the 2500k.

Mr-White · 4 Jan 2015 at 15:47

Bought one of those, it's on special offer this week @ £259.99, plus 1% Quidco and £50 for one of my 7850s means it's so far only cost me £200 until I sell the other 7850

1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11226-03-40G) £275.99

MW