Total upgrade (cpu, mobo)

dan958

dan958

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Hi,

I've been planning to upgrade my Pc for a while now and now that Christmas is over and I don't have to save up for presents, why not upgrade! The old AMD APU is something I wish to upgrade. I'm looking at intel i5 or i7 (Going towards more i7 just so it's futureproofed a bit more if it's not too much extra money.

I'm using this for lots of gaming, new games at 1680X1050 (dual monitors but only game on one) but looking to upgrade my monitors eventually. Also using this for lots of game recording and video rendering .


My current specs are

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £46.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
1 x Cooler Master 12cm Sickleflow Red LED System Case Fan - (CM-R4-L2R-20AR-R1) £6.98
1 x VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £155.99
1 x Silverstone Argon SST-AR01 CPU Cooler - 120mm (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1150 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £28.99

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What would you recommend?

I have been told this in the past. (And was told to replace it with a i7 if I want)


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £124.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £84.95
1 x XFX Pro 750W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £79.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £56.99
Total : £556.31 (includes shipping : £9.50).



Is this still the best bang for my buck?

I will also nee a new CPU cooler, the one I have got, I lost the inte brackets for.

500-600 price range

Thanks
 
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Idleman said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £76.99
1 x SuperFlower Golden Green HX 650W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
Total : £601.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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Thanks. Is this ram replacing my current one or adding to it?
Would 16gb make much difference? Would it be better to buy the same ram as to what I have now? (from another source as OC do not have them in stock)
If it doesnt make much difference, i'll stick with 8gb for now.


Would my PSU suffice for the time being, or isn't it powerful enough at all? (i also don't plan on having an SSD just yet)
 
dan958 said:
Thanks. Is this ram replacing my current one or adding to it?
Would 16gb make much difference? Would it be better to buy the same ram as to what I have now? (from another source as OC do not have them in stock)
If it doesnt make much difference, i'll stick with 8gb for now.


Would my PSU suffice for the time being, or isn't it powerful enough at all? (i also don't plan on having an SSD just yet)
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Haswell is optimised for use with faster ram, but you can use your existing ram. And 8gb is enough for gaming.
You could use your current Psu, as long as everything is running at stock speeds.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
Total : £392.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
Idleman said:
Haswell is optimised for use with faster ram, but you can use your existing ram. And 8gb is enough for gaming.
You could use your current Psu, as long as everything is running at stock speeds.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £245.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £26.99
Total : £392.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).

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Yeah, no overclocking just yet. I probably will do when the time comes for it, but that can be after another saving. I hate spending this amount of money in one go, even if I've saved up for it.
I'll need another monitor as well, one of mine are very old and only support VGA (that's not my gaming monitor though) - which that mobo doesnt. (I need to get with the times)

Thanks for the help
 
dan958 said:
Yeah, no overclocking just yet. I probably will do when the time comes for it, but that can be after another saving. I hate spending this amount of money in one go, even if I've saved up for it.
I'll need another monitor as well, one of mine are very old and only support VGA (that's not my gaming monitor though) - which that mobo doesnt. (I need to get with the times)

Thanks for the help
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Did`nt you get a DVI-VGA adapter with the 7870? If not, just buy one.
 
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