Time for another upgrade.....but what ??

jonlu69

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Here is what I have at the moment:

NZXT Phantom case
OCZ ZX850 PSU (Lost the spare PCI-E cables so if going SLI will need new PSU)
ASUS Sabretooth Z77
i5 2500K processor turbos at 4.3Ghz with corsair H75 Cooler
16Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3
120Gb Old M4 SSD
1Tb Western digital
OcUK GTX 980ti
Acer XB280HK 28' monitor

Now I was thinking of going down the SLI route and getting another 980ti but I will need to replace PSU as cannot find any spare PCI-E cables. A change of MOBO would also be on the cards as this one does not have 2 x 16X(Gen 3) PCI-E slots.

Change of MOBO would also then require a change of processor...the list goes on.

Any suggestions ?

Mostly used for Gaming.

Would probably have around the 2k mark to spend so would need to get it right this time or the Mrs will probably kill me :)
 
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I have went for this, will this be ok for 4k gaming (I already have another GTX980Ti for SLI)


Product Name

Price

Qty

Line Total

OcUK GeForce GTX 980Ti "Reference Design" 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £424.99 1 £424.99
SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1300W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £124.99 1 £124.99
Corsair Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M4B3000C15) £124.99 1 £124.99
Samsung SM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e Gen3 8Gbps x 4 Solid State Drive (MZHPV256HDGL-00000) £108.29 1 £108.29
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733) £66.66 1 £66.66
Pioneer BDR-S09XLT 16x BluRay / 16x DVD±RW 50GB Drive - Black (Retail) £54.16 1 £54.16
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £39.16 1 £39.16
NVIDIA PROMOTION: Batman Arkham knight PC Game - Email Download £0.00 1 £0.00
OcUK Branded Cable Tie 1m Length Cutable to Length £0.00 1 £0.00
DPD Next Day Parcel Saturday: £17.25
VAT: £192.10
Order Total: £1152.59

Product Name

Price

Qty

Line Total

Intel 5930K 3.50GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - OEM (CM8064801548338) £399.99 1 £399.99
Asus Rampage V Extreme Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 EATX Motherboard £295.82 1 £295.82
Corsair Hydro H100i GTX 240mm High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060021-WW) £84.99 1 £84.99
Corsair Graphite 730T Full Tower Chassis - Black (CC-9011046-WW) £77.49 1 £77.49
Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (20g) £11.74 1 £11.74
Intel Promotion: £300 value games/application package (View your codes here) £0.00 1 £0.00
DPD Next Day Parcel Saturday: £20.50
VAT: £178.11
Order Total: £1068.64
 
Id have got win 8.1, you may have to enable Legacy BIOS Mode

quote...
Many computers with UEFI firmware will allow you to enable a legacy BIOS compatibility mode. In this mode, the UEFI firmware functions as a standard BIOS instead of UEFI firmware. This can help improve compatibility with older operating systems that weren’t designed with UEFI in mind — Windows 7, for example.
 
Not too bothered as I will use the free upgrade to windows 10. I am sure I am using UEFI on my setup just now with Win 7.1 (sabertooth z77) may be wrong though :)

Other than that though does this setup look ok......to last me a few years anyway !!
 
Personally if it was me, I'd look at dropping a 2700K or 3770K in there if you are looking to SLI in the future. Maybe stick a wanted ad up for a pci-e cable and save a bit of wallet on buying a new psu?
 
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