Upgrade - £400-£500

[RoDuSu]

Hello!

I need some advice.

I currently have a Dell XPS8100 which I've upgraded with an EVGA 750W PSU, a GTX770 and an SSD, but I want to move those components to a new rig and (long term) upgrade the graphics card.

I was thinking of getting this bundle - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/defc...ghz-overclocked-skylake-bundle-bu-068-og.html

and this case to stick it all in - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/coolermaster-masterbox-5-midi-tower-case-black-ca-36a-cm.html

I don't need any peripherals, so I'm just wondering if that's the best I can do for a £400-500 budget?

For clarification, I'll mainly be using this for flight sim software, such as P3D and DCS!

Any advice gratefully received!

 

[RoDuSu]

Do you know what processor it was that you had in the dell machine?

Also, what are you trying to achieve by doing this? Do you know that doing what you want is going to improve your performance?

It's an i7-870, so 7 years old.

It's done a great job up until now but I'd like to increase frame rates and general performance on P3D, really.

 

[RoDuSu]

The bundle is good if you dont want to overclcok yourself i would advise geting the 16gb of ram and the alphenon black cpu cooler if you go with that bundle as it will look better.

Heres my alternative.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Kingston Fury Black 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C15 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (HX424C15FB2K2/1= £52.99
• 1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler= £41.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z170X-Gaming 3 - Intel Core i5 6600K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£30 Saving**= £324.98

Total: £431.06
(includes shipping: £11.10)
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That looks good!

 

[RoDuSu]

I went for it with those components I quoted above. I haven't OC'd it yet but I will do soon. It's wonderful - such a massive improvement. Getting 30-40FPS on P3D and that's a marked change. Thanks for the advice