Time for an upgrade?

namaan

namaan

namaan

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Hi guys, new to the forum, but been an OCuk customer many times.

i am currently running a core i5 760 oc'd to 4 gig per core.
4gb corsair dominator ddr3
GTX 560ti
Coolermaster HAF-X case

i've had this rig for a few years, but now i am considering upgrades.

in my position, where would you go in terms of upgrades.

opinions?

budget is upto £1500

cheers
 
 
Fallen god said:
For just a tower I would go with this.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780Ti WindForce 3x OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N78TOC-3GD) £479.99
1 x Asus Maximus VII Ranger - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£34 Saving** £345.94
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £95.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case with Window £89.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 1250 Liquid CPU Cooler £76.99
1 x Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1) £74.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £67.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £38.99
Total : £1,270.86 (includes shipping : ).

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Thanks for the quick reply, i do already have a massive case (coolermaster HAF-X) so i would probably use that to house all this lovely stuff.

cheers
 
Luke_Bowman said:
If you're just looking for an upgrade and not an entire system then 4gb more ram, an SSD and a badass GPU would do you proud
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Couldn't agree more - that 760 @ 4GHz should be fine for virtually everything. Not to mention Mantle and DX12 will likely reduce CPU workload which will only further reduce the importance of a bleeding edge octa cored CPU in the future.

Ram and GPU - plus an SSD if you don't already have one. Relatively affordable and will net you big gains over the 560Ti.



Without changing much else I moved from a GTX470 to a GTX670 and most recently to a 290. On each occasion the boost in performance was very noticeable - gaming @ 1920x1080 and 2560x1080. I can only imagine a 560Ti (similar to my 470) to a 290 will be a pretty huge leap in framerate.

EDIT: In fact the XFX DD 290 is currently up at £289.99 with a 60GB Kingston SSD bundled with it. A little on the small side but fine for a windows install plus a couple of programs. TBH the rest you could just pop on a mechanical.

Then past that you could add another 4gb of ram or just buy an 8gb kit (some of it is very affordable - HERE) so it's matched and sell what you have on. You could probably get the upgrade done on £340 or so.

Incidentally - what PSU do you have in your system at present?
 
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gt_junkie said:
Couldn't agree more - that 760 @ 4GHz should be fine for virtually everything. Not to mention Mantle and DX12 will likely reduce CPU workload which will only further reduce the importance of a bleeding edge octa cored CPU in the future.

Ram and GPU - plus an SSD if you don't already have one. Relatively affordable and will net you big gains over the 560Ti.



Without changing much else I moved from a GTX470 to a GTX670 and most recently to a 290. On each occasion the boost in performance was very noticeable - gaming @ 1920x1080 and 2560x1080. I can only imagine a 560Ti (similar to my 470) to a 290 will be a pretty huge leap in framerate.

EDIT: In fact the XFX DD 290 is currently up at £289.99 with a 60GB Kingston SSD bundled with it. A little on the small side but fine for a windows install plus a couple of programs. TBH the rest you could just pop on a mechanical.

Then past that you could add another 4gb of ram or just buy an 8gb kit (some of it is very affordable - HERE) so it's matched and sell what you have on. You could probably get the upgrade done on £340 or so.

Incidentally - what PSU do you have in your system at present?
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thanks for the in depth responses guys,

my current PSU is an OCZ modxtreme 600...happy to replace as required. using an OCZ vertex 3 for my O/S.... would like a bigger ssd too really as i've almost filled it ( 120 GB)
 
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Great suggestion Lee - since he's already got a SSD that would be an excellent choice.

Monster cooler and a backplate too which is never a bad thing.

One thing to note is that I seem to recall something about bios/hardware related stuff with the powercolor's so might be worth doing a little research before pulling the trigger on it. But assuming all's well with one of those that's a peach of a deal! :)
 
namaan said:
thanks for the in depth responses guys,

my current PSU is an OCZ modxtreme 600...happy to replace as required. using an OCZ vertex 3 for my O/S.... would like a bigger ssd too really as i've almost filled it ( 120 GB)
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No problem! :)

If you can afford it then a PSU might be worth considering - especially if that units been running for a few years (it's a 4+ year old design and was mid range at the time).

For a single card any decent branded 750w unit would be fine but if you think you might ever go crossfire/sli then a decent 1kw design would be a good choice.
 
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Quite agree with the others. The i5 760 is still a capable cpu. Wish I kept mine instead of listening to the hype and upgrading. All you really need is a new gpu and a upgrade to 8Gb of ram. SSD wise, 240Gb drives are dirt cheap now and eben 480/512Gb drives can be had cheap.
 
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