Time for an upgrade

[cogrady84]

Having a fair bit of trouble with my motherboard not posting regularily, BSODs, lock ups etc... so i'm thinking about a MB/CPU/RAM/SSD upgrade. I have a 1070 GTX already and happy with it, so no GPU required

Current Setup:

Asus P8Z68-V Pro
i7-2600K @ 4.4Ghz
G.Skill RipJawsX 8Gb
EVO 840 250Gb
Inno3D GTX 1070 iChill Air Boss X3 8Gb
Corsair HX 850W

This has lasted me a good 7-8 years now I think, so looking for something with a similar timeframe in mind, budget isn't too much of an issue, but looking for the best price/performance ratio, not just the best kit on the market right now, i'm not into benchmarking. Also looking for a decent overclock and a minimum of 500Gb SSD

Any recommendations on a MB/CPU/RAM/SSD/PSU combo? (Not sure if my PSU is still good enough?)

Thanks guys

 

[cogrady84]

Had a go myself, any comments?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz (Coffee Lake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM= £308.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Gaming 7 Intel Z370 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £254.99
• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C14 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Red (CMK16GX4M2B3200= £199.99
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £188.99

Total: £963.46
(includes shipping: £10.50)​

 

[Quartz]

You'll need a decent CPU cooler. Are you going to be re-using your Noctua or going CLC?

 

[cogrady84]

The gigabyte board in my basket comes bundled with the following:

Cooler Master MasterLiquid Lite 240 Free With Z370 Gaming 7 Motherboard

Will that be sufficient?