Upgrade advice.

[ak22]

I am not update to with the latest hardware its worth spending money on a aging system as my motherboard has died, should I buy a used one and get some more RAM & GPU or just buy a new CPU, RAM, motherboard & GPU?

Currently looking to spend £400 i don't mind spending some more later down the line.

Here is my current build

Intel Core i7 950 3.06GHz overclocked to 4.00GHz
Asus Sabertooth X58 TUF (Socket 1366) DDR3 Motherboard (Broken)
460 GTX MSI Hawk Twin Frost
Corsair Dominator (3x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Triple Channel Kit
Prolimatech Megahalems Rev.B Cooler
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6GB/s
Coolermaster HAF 912 PLUS
Corshair TX 650 W Power supply
LG DVD+/-RW SATA Drive

 

[ak22]

Well, that CPU is pretty damn old at this point... Not much sense in replacing the board as you'll be getting a 6-8 year old part if you do that.

RAM is cheap enough. 2X8GB is like $60 US.

I'd suggest getting a CPU and board now. Use your existing RAM temporarily. Then upgrade RAM and GPU later. Also add an SSD as your OS drive.

Look at an i7 6700K and an entry level Z170 motherboard.

Good idea might as well upgrade slowly I may buy Motherboard & CPU now then then buy RAM & GPU later would my current RAM work ok on this?

Can you recommend me some motherboards? I usually go with ASUS: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...-6600k-bundle-10-pounds-saving-bu-026-gi.html

 

[ak22]

Thank you for the replys guys how does this look? Is it worth paying more for the Coarsair over other brands and is the cooler any good?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C14 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A24= £59.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Rock Cpu Cooler - 120mm= £26.99
• 1 x Gigabyte Z170-Gaming K3 - Intel Core i5 6600K Bundle **£10 Saving**= £280.98

Total: £378.46
(includes shipping: £10.50)
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