torn on upgrade

adey · 5 Aug 2015 at 22:11

I game at 1080p atm which is my reason for indecision

6600k skylake with mobo, 16 gig of ram and a GTX970/ R9 390 for ~ £600

or

5820 x99 mobo combo, 16g of ram GTX970/ R9 390 for ~ £740 which gives the option of a SLI and monitor upgrade later.

opinions please?

RJC · 5 Aug 2015 at 22:20

I would probably look at the 6600k route, unless you're looking at upgrading to multiple GPUs and high resolution gaming.

adey · 6 Aug 2015 at 09:02

Thanks, I'm moving from a 1090T with a GTX580 so I'm guessing I should see a good jump in performance?

adey · 6 Aug 2015 at 20:06

Oh and i use windows 7 oem, i take it i will have to buy a new copy of windows?

RJC · 6 Aug 2015 at 20:56

You would need to as OEM is tied to the motherboard it was first installed / activated on.

And this would be a huge jump!

adey · 6 Aug 2015 at 21:43

Thanks for taking time to reply RJC

wish OCUK would put a 6600k bundle together