Time for an upgrade

[iviv]

I'm having a couple of stability issues with my current rig, which has been going for a while on the strength of 'well, it's just about ok for what I'm doing with it, and if I wait a little longer then x will be out and it'll be a better buy'. But obviously if you keep it like that then you just never end up upgrading. So I'm looking at finally pushing the boat out. My current rig:

Phenom II x6 1055T @ 3.5Ghz
Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H mobo
OcUK H2Flo cpu cooler
2x4Gb DDR3 ram (Gskill ripjaw 10666 C9)
AMD 6870X2 2Gb graphics
OCZ StealthXStream 2 700W PSU

Usage wise, it's lots of gaming, recording, encoding video and ideally some live streaming as well.
Ideally I would stick with an AMD rig, but honestly while I have some principles, they are easily bought, so if there's a better option for the same price then I don't mind grabbing an Intel or Nvidia part.

Getting something fairly future proof, or at the very least powerful enough to last a good few years is important, this 1055T has lasted me just over 4 years now, so I've certainly gotten my worth out of it.

Finally, budget wise I would be looking at around £600 tops, but can spend a little more if it's going to be a significant upgrade for a little more cash. I'll be keeping all my monitors, peripherals and so on, there's no PCI cards or anything like that to worry about.
Thanks!

 

[RJC]

I have included a new cpu cooler as you may not have the correct brackets for the socket, also included is a new GPU and faster memory.

You should be fine with the current PSU.

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1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£43 Saving** £331.98
1 x VTX3D Radeon R9 280 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 950 Liquid CPU Cooler £37.99
Total : £585.95 (includes shipping : ).

 

[iviv]

Thanks for the fast reply RJC!

Do you think it would be worth splashing out more to get up to a 280X or even a 290? My monitors are only 1920x1200 and 1920x1080, so I don't do any eyefinity/multimonitor gaming, it's all just contained in the one monitor, so would the 280 be able to handle everything I throw at it at 1920x1200? And how would it stand if I did upgrade my monitors to something larger?

Cheers.

 

[iviv]

Sorry for the double post, but just looking at the ram, I saw there are a couple of other TeamGroup sticks on This Week Only.

For £2 more there are these 2400Mhz sticks

And for the same £2 there is this even faster 2666Mhz pair.

Now, I don't know very much about RAM, but given there are three different sticks that are basically the same price, is there any reason I shouldn't pick the fastest pair? I know there's something to do with the CAS timings, but I have no idea how important this are in comparison to the actual pure Mhz speed.
Would it be worth grabbing the fastest sticks out of those three?
Thanks!

Edit: Or swap out the GPU and RAM and go for This R9 290 which comes with 8Gb of ram as is, for an extra £80. Decisions!

 

[dfour]

I would go for the 290 with the free ram as it gives you the extra power for 1200p and bonus free ram.