Upgrade advice - £500 budget

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Upgrade advice - £600 budget

With Elite Dangerous and GTAV on the horizon, it is time to upgrade my ageing Phenom II 965. I have a pair of SSD and a 1TB HDD that I will migrate from my existing system, along with a R9 280X Vapor.

My existing case is a Zalman Z7 which has been upgraded with a bunch of 120mm Noctua fans. My current cooler is an H60, though I don't think it supports some of the newer chipsets. My existing PSU is a Corsair TX 650W

My initial thoughts are as follows:

Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail - £257.99
ASRock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard - £109.99

This leaves another £200 to use on memory, case (if required), PSU, coolers etc.

I last upgraded my CPU six years ago and it is only just now starting to struggle to keep up with games - I want something else equally future-proof. Quietness is key too, at idle I barely want to be able to hear it :)
 
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As long as your cooler has a 1156 adapter it will work.. As mounting holes go, 1156 = 1155 = 1150..

EDIT:

If you're cooler didn't fit (and you want a new case, you can use you're current fans), this..

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£35 Saving** £365.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11T3K2/8) £71.99
1 x Crucial MX100 128GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT128MX100SSD1) £54.98
1 x Silverstone Tundra Series TD03 Liquid CPU Cooler £49.99
1 x **B Grade** BitFenix Ronin Tower Case - Black £42
Total : £594.54 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 
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Well, it looks like that bundle and the HyperX are the memory to go for.

I already have a 120GB and a 240GB SSD in here, so they should be good for now. It's interesting to know that the H60 should still be compatible and I might take a punt at re-using my case..

Now to convince the wife I need it as an early Christmas present :o
 
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