Upgrade £800'ish

Kippered

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Evening folks,

Considering upgrading a couple of pieces which has led to almost a new system but thought I'd ask for guidance.

Current Cpu - phenom X4 925 and a gtx 460.

Was looking at the Z77 i5 bundle, a gtx670 or 680 and a case.

Don't need HD's SSD's or PSU, 750W should do the trick? My case is an old coolmaster so wanna swap it out.

Any suggestions? Think the above is decent and it'll come to around £800 i think. Any other suggestions would be good.

Cheers
 
What is the make / model of your PSU?

Have you thought about buying the items separately and overclocking your self.
 
 
 
You chaps work quick cheers.

Current PSU: Antec TruePower New Modular 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply

Should do the trick?

Always fancied an MSI Twin Frozr card.

Thanks for your help guys. :) Early crimbo present.
 
 
Hey guys,

Was unsure how to do the proper basket thing. Going ahead with the items below. The cheaper cooler mentioned above is out of stock and theres a few to chose from at a similar price of £30-£40. Any other stand out as clear choices?

Also was wondering about the RAM, seen these on special this week.
GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit

But not sure how much diff it makes to the Kingston?

Your basket

MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 £311.99
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - £184.99
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £112.99
Fractal Design Arc Midi Tower Case - Black £79.99
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit - £25.99

Shipping £11.75
Total : £730.06

Any help finalising with the cooler/RAM would be much appreciated.

Cheers,
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N670GTX PE 2GD5/OC) £311.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Fractal Design Define R4 Midi Tower Case - Titanium Grey £99.98
1 x Thermalright Silver Arrow SB-E CPU Cooler (Socket LGA 2011/1366/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA775/AM2/AM3/FM1) £52.79
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB2133C11DC) £35.99
Total : £815.72 (includes shipping : FREE).



I've gone a little over but you do get the gaming surface and some nice "geeky" extras with this UD3H. Nothing wrong with the mobo you picked if you want to save a few quid.

Are you not in the mainland UK? You should get free P&P
 
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Yeh I'll get it free now that you mention it.

I did look at that mobo but struggled to distinguish the benefit of having it over the one originally picked.....hence it probably means i won't get the most out of spending the extra pennies.

Hadn't really considered spending a bit more on a case. Might be worth the punt though, got a cheapo coolmaster at the moment.
 
The UD3H has an onboard power button, makes it dead easy to test out of the case. RJC kindly did a side by side comparison, ta mate, saved me a link there :)

The gaming mat if you flip it will become an anti-static work surface to build on ;)
 
Morning folks,

Been dithering a bit with the ordering of this. Am i right in thinking the weekly deals change today? Going on the help from everyone that has posted I've mixed at matched to chose the following.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 670 OC Twin Frozr Power Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (N670GTX PE 2GD5/OC) £311.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £129.98
1 x Fractal Design Arc Midi Tower Case - Black £79.99
1 x Akasa AK-CC4008HP01 Venom Voodoo CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3 £44.99
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £29.99
Total : £796.93 (includes shipping : £12.50).



Does this work? I guess the prices are about to change today so the total may go up £20 or so.

My PSU currently sits in the top of my case, will it be an issue if the fan is pointing to the floor of the Frac case or can i just flip it around? Potentially a silly question.

Cheers
 
Kippered said:
Morning folks,
Does this work? I guess the prices are about to change today so the total may go up £20 or so. Yes

My PSU currently sits in the top of my case, will it be an issue if the fan is pointing to the floor of the Frac case or can i just flip it around? Potentially a silly question. Not a silly, question. Providing the case is not sat on a carpet, it is best to have the fan facing down.
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Ordered before deals changed.

Always feel guilty spending money on myself.

Now all i have to do is forge a plan that will hide this new gear from the Mrs...
 
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