upgrade advice

[cannon-ian]

hi im upgrading my rig im gonna keep my antec 900 case and corsair tx 650w psu what do you think of what i picked i want it to last a few years befor needing up grading again hoping to play all new relises on max\ultra settings
any advice to change bundle or gfxcard to somthing better for similer price


Product Name Qty Price Line Total
"Krypton Z77 OVERDRIVE" Intel Core i7 2700K 3.50GHz @ 4.20GHz DDR3 Overclocked Bundle £467.99
(£389.99) £467.99
(£389.99)
Options applied to the above product:
Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0.00
(£0.00) £0.00
(£0.00)
HIS HD 7970 IceQ X² 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H797QM3G2M) £319.99
(£266.66) £319.99
(£266.66)
Iiyama Prolite X2377HDS 23" Premium IPS Panel Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £139.99
(£116.66) £139.99
(£116.66)
Plextor M5S 128GB Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5S) £89.99
(£74.99) £89.99
(£74.99)
Edifier R1900 TII Studio 2.0 Monitors. £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
(£66.66) £79.99
(£66.66)
Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) HDD £53.99
(£44.99) £53.99
(£44.99)
Asus PCE-N10 Network Adapter 150Mbps - PCI Express £14.99
(£12.49) £14.99
(£12.49)
Sub Total : £1,039.10
many thanks ian

 

[snips86x]

Don't go for the 2700k , look at the 3570k instead. This would be the idea CPU for gaming and paired with a 7970, will be a beast. You could also go for the 7950 to save some cash, Xfire when it gets slow & put that into a bigger SSD.


Slightly over, but a better build:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Z77 Gamer Intel Core i5 3570K 3.40GHz @ 4.50GHz DDR3 Ivybridge Overclocked Bundle £379.99
1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0
1 x HIS HD 7950 IceQ BOOST 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H795QC3G2M) £239.99
1 x Samsung S24B350H 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £139.99
1 x Samsung 128GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD128BW) £109.99
1 x Edifier R1900 TII Studio 2.0 Monitors. £79.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £56.99
1 x TP-Link 300Mbps Wireless N PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN881ND) £16.99
Total : £1,120.43 (includes shipping : £13.75).



Motherboard allows you to go xFire but you may need to replace your PSU if you do decide to upgrade to 2 cards.

 

[DaleTheWhale]

I'd wait for Haswell at this point really.

 

[Leprechaun312]

Wouldn't go with windows 8 it isn't a great Operating system just a heads up, you can try it for 3 months for free before you have to buy the operating system

 

[Incrauze]

You'll save some money if you overclock it yourself, if you plan to crossfire later on then go for the Gigabyte Z77X-D3H motherboard, also your sub total price isn't your total price, it hasn't calculate VAT,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7970 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £323.99
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £279.95
1 x Samsung S24B350H 24" Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £139.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series 7mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH128GCST) £94.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00403) £79.99
1 x Edifier R1900 TII Studio 2.0 Monitors. £79.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD10EZEX - OEM ** Single Platter ** HDD £56.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G186C9K) £39.95
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x TP-Link 150Mbps Wireless PCI Express Adapter (TL-WN781ND) £10.98
Total : £1,243.30 (includes shipping : £13.75).

 

[snips86x]

That is quite a bit over his budget! There is nothing wrong with the bundles, they make good value.

 

[mjallan123]

No point going for a 7970 and then game at 23" 1080p.

Either upgrade monitor to something like 27" or 29" or drop the card down to a 7870 and save yourself some cash.

 

[cannon-ian]

Cheers for the advice I know I have about £1200 to spend gonna buy half this month and the other next then I don't need credit all help is much apriciated I just want something that will last with our been outdated instantly and would like games on max settings cheers ian

 

[cannon-ian]

ok so after your advice this will be this month shopping list dose is sound good ill get the rest next month

Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
GeIL Black Dragon 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GD316GB1600C11DC)
Zero Infinity Shiva CPU Cooler - Black (Socket 775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM2+/AM3/AM3+/FM1
Edifier R1900 TII Studio 2.0 Monitors
total £574

 

[snips86x]

Use THIS to post your basket.

 

[Leprechaun312]

Hey cannon ain when your puting your basket into the forums use this http://ocuk-shopping-cart-to-forum-converter.googlecode.com/git/INSTALL.htm

right click the big green button and click add to bookmarks, when you are in your basket go to your bookmarks and open the link, it will give you code which you can copy and paste into the forums and it will look like the specced builds above