Upgrade Advise.

Jagmoide · 19 Dec 2015 at 14:08

Hello all,

It's that time again. The community were absolutely amazing when i was building my first rig and hopefully you can step up and help this idiot once more

Been awhile since i have had an upgrade, below are my parts:

Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics
Card

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor

Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX)

XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)

Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) [KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX]

The question is, whats should i upgrade and at what cost? I don't really have a limit but i want to be cost effective. I need the best upgrades at the lowest prices, wonder if you pros can help me.

If you need any more advice give me a shout.

Padraig · 19 Dec 2015 at 15:54

This all i would get for now the gpu is hugely faster and the ssd will speed up your os if you make your boot drive.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 390 PCS+ 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR9 390 8GBD5-PPDHE)= £229.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £59.99

Total: £300.48
(includes shipping: £10.50)

and if you can afford it upgrade to 16gb
My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/16)= £65.99

Total: £74.69
(includes shipping: £8.70)

Jagmoide · 20 Dec 2015 at 13:34

You my friend are a hero. thanks a lot.

Jagmoide · 20 Dec 2015 at 13:38

quick question, can the motherboard handle all the new bits?

Padraig · 20 Dec 2015 at 19:31

Yes should be fine just plug and play mostly. The only thing you might need to do is update your bios if it isnt up to date.

Jagmoide · 2 Jan 2016 at 11:21

Quick question, just purchased all of the above. Which cables will I need for my second hard drive? I have the spare SATA cable but what pin connector do iI need for my hard drive to power supply?

mickyflinn · 2 Jan 2016 at 11:28

The sata power connector will look like this on the right hand side of the pic.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Akasa SATA power cable extension cable (30cm) (AK-CBPW04-30)= £2.76

Total: £5.50
(includes shipping: £2.74)

Jagmoide · 2 Jan 2016 at 12:02

You are a star! One more question, the Kingston HyperX Savage Red seems to have got bad reviews everywhere I look, can you recommend a different set of 8gb ram?