System Refresh time!

sepulchre · 5 Mar 2015 at 23:41

I've been out of the custom PC game for a few years now but my now ancient Q6600 system is in dire need of a refresh. I have a decent enough case, an 840 SSD and a PSU, the PSU I'm not sure about, its a Be Quiet Dark Power Pro 750W. I certainly need a new mobo, CPU, ram and Gfx card.

I've come up with the following, any advice on where I could improve/save money? I don't want to spend much more than this. Main use for the PC is photo editing and gaming.

Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99

Inno3D GeForce GTX 970 OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £263.99

Asus Maximus VII Ranger Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £135.95

TeamGroup Elite Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TPKD316G1600HC11DC01) £89.99

Total 773.41

Thanks in advance

stulid · 5 Mar 2015 at 23:44

Can your case take a ATX sized board?

The PSU is a quality unit.

sepulchre · 6 Mar 2015 at 00:05

Hi, the case is an Antec 900 so should be fine.

The PSU - good news, although I just found the receipt, its 6 years old :eek:

DaleTheWhale · 6 Mar 2015 at 00:10

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£15 Saving + Gigabyte Free Upgrade ** £397.98
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 EX OC "Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (97NQH6DNB4TX) £275.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/16) £95.99
Total : £779.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Motherboard has 5 years warranty & can switch out for the next socket within 3 years, 1 year extra warranty on the GPU and faster RAM.

stulid · 6 Mar 2015 at 00:17

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K OEM CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£40 OFF** £363.98
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 970 SC ACX 2.0 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (04G-P4-2974-KR) £275.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/16) £95.99
1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm £19.99
Total : £765.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).

sepulchre · 6 Mar 2015 at 00:22

Blimey, thanks to you both for the suggestions!! Each looks better in every respect than the items I was considering. I will take another look in the morning in detail

sepulchre · 6 Mar 2015 at 12:19

Ok, I think I'm sorted with a hybrid of the above

1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K OEM CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£40 OFF** £363.98
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 EX OC "Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (97NQH6DNB4TX) £275.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/16) £95.99

And

Corsair Hydro H80i GT High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060017-WW) £79.99

I think that should be a pretty fast and cool system

Does that look ok then?

Danny75 · 6 Mar 2015 at 12:33

YOUR BASKET
1 x Cooler Master Nepton 240M AIO Cooling Solution £79.99

If there is room in your case for it. 120/140mm AIO's don't do near as well as good air coolers or 240/280 AIO's.

sepulchre · 6 Mar 2015 at 12:55

I think that needs to be mounted in the roof, horizontally? My case would allow for that I don't think and vertically in the back of the case there isn't enough room

sepulchre · 6 Mar 2015 at 14:45

order placed

Thanks all!

sepulchre · 15 Mar 2015 at 09:19

Quick update, I was away last week but this was all waiting for me when I got home.

So now its built, running very quiet, very cool and very fast! Its so much better than my last red hot hoover of a system lol. Now I need to start reading up on overclocking

Thanks again to stulid and ThaReaperGuy