Spec Me an Upgrade please....

Mr_Moose

Mr_Moose

Mr_Moose

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Hi all,

It's come that time for an upgrade I feel and I'm looking for ideas.
Current Set up:
Mobo - MSI P55-CD53
CPU - Intel Core i5 750 2.66GHz (Lynnfield) (Socket LGA1156) - OEM
GPU - Sapphire HD 7870 GHz Edition 2048MB GDDR5
RAM - OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (OCZ3G1600LV4GK)

I'm thinking Upgrade the Mobo and RAM (not sure if CPU is required?)
Budget: £200-£220 (Prob could throw £150-£170 in if CPU is needed)

make me proud :D
 
I would upgrade the mobo without upgrading the CPU, bit of a waste IMO.

If i were you:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £81.98
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket LGA1366/1156/1155/775/AM3/AM2+/AM2) £32.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £31.19
Total : £342.55 (includes shipping : £9.50).



With the CPU cooler you can get HYUGE overclocks on the chip. :)

EDIT: so HUGE, a Y randomly appears.
 
Or chuck in an SSD and just overclock your existing chip, which is perfectly fine with a bit of a boot up the arse. Better bang for buck imo, but the Ivybridge i5s do overclock very very well, so if you think you're cpu limited then you could go that route. You could get a 240GB SSD for peanuts these days, and then you could pocket the change from your budget.

What kind of things do you want to improve? Gaming? General "snappiness"? Boot times? Rendering times?

EDIT: beaten!
 
tbh I just wasn't sure the LGA1156 chips were compatible with the newer boards (all state 1155).
Sorry should have noted I already have SSD.

I'm just thinking, I have PCI-e 3 GPU but not a board so not getting all I can get out of it and would be interested in SATA-III drive nearer the festive period.
If I can get away with keeping the CPU then I would to save a little
 
well you can use your old ram, and cpu cooler maybe if you have one?
your chip easy oc to 3.5, maybe without a voltage change
then 4ghz with some volts
 
Your cpu is not compatible with the newer socket 1155 from Intel so you would need a new mobo and cpu. If that i5 750 of yours is running at stock just get it overclocked. It should easily hit 3.8-4Ghz with a decent cooler and then you could wait until Haswell is released next year along with it's new socket.
 
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