Upgrade advise please

[Despise]

Hello guys,

Thinking of treating myself to a upgrade, looking to spend around 400 quid if possible and i would like to try the Intel route this time as i have always used AMD in the past. My current computer specs are ...

AMD 955
Asus Crosshair 3
8GB Viper Ram DDR3
Corsair H70 Water Cooler
Thermaltake 750 Watt psu
Thermaltake Element V gaming case
MSI 580 GeForce
60GB SSD for Windows
1TB WD Black for games
2TB WD Green for downloads

I guess my current GPU will be fine, would you agree?

Currently playing DayZ with is a very CPU hungry game and would be nice to future proof myself so looking at the i7 but im out of date with motherboards. I am unable to locate the intel back plate for my H70 cooler, is there a way to replace or are they generic? or do i need to buy a new cooler?

Any advise would be great.

Cheers guys,
Paul

 

[ExRayTed]

I'd spend some of the budget on a bigger SSD.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-SLI Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £98.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £79.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H60 V2 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £49.99
Total : £406.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).

 

[lee32uk]

Another option would be to add a bigger SSD later on and go for the i7.


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD4H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard with *FREE COOLERMASTER SEIDON 120V COOLER £143.99
Total : £393.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).




In the meantime send Corsair an email and see if they can help with a mounting kit for your current cooler.