Upgrade for my system! HELP!

BennettWHU

BennettWHU

BennettWHU

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I'm looking to upgrade a few components in my system soon and would like some advice on what to go for. I have listed the components that I want to upgrade below;

Motherboard; Asus P8H61-M LE/USB3
CPU; Intel Core i3 2100 3.10GHz Socket 1155 3MB L3 Cache
GPU; MSI HD 6850 OC Edition

The CPU and motherboard are the more important components, but I want to upgrade my GPU into the 7000's series maybe.


- BennettWHU
 
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Socrates470BC said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
Total : £521.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).




Afraid does not leave anything in the kitty for a new striker during the transfer window.
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I don't want a Gigabyte motherboard. They don't do any nice looking ones and the motherboard has got to look nice because of the window I'm fitting to my case.
 
BennettWHU said:
I don't want a Gigabyte motherboard. They don't do any nice looking ones and the motherboard has got to look nice because of the window I'm fitting to my case.
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The D3H is sexy as hell. Black with blue accents on the heatsinks. Just put one in my case and I have to say it looks the dog's. Much better than the all-blue boards they used to do.
 
Devrij said:
The D3H is sexy as hell. Black with blue accents on the heatsinks. Just put one in my case and I have to say it looks the dog's. Much better than the all-blue boards they used to do.
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The Z77X-D3H and the Z77X-UD3H maybe, but the Z77-D3H is still all Blue.
 
i care less about looks tbh, its very stable overclocks well and colour blue looks nice, not that i can see it in my chieftec full tower, no windows, no fancy lighting rubbish, glowing under my desk, i want to play on it, not pretend im at blackpool.

then again im older, keep forgetting kids like flashing lights and glow tubes and stuff that do nothing but look nice, sorry for blue spec##

nice one in red if you like the price?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-038-EA&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2174

:)
 
I prefer the ASUS Sabertooth motherboards, but I can't find one for under £200. The CPU can obviously be changed since I'm changing the motherboard. I just don't really want to go AMD for CPU's unless they're better than Intel.
 
BennettWHU said:
I prefer the ASUS Sabertooth motherboards, but I can't find one for under £200. The CPU can obviously be changed since I'm changing the motherboard. I just don't really want to go AMD for CPU's unless they're better than Intel.
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well thats a debate in its self, the amd bit....


ASUS Sabertooth, great motherboard, most wont use or need the stuff it offers, i'd like one, but never fill it or use the extra bits it offers

and in an open windows case, looks er well black
 
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zakblood said:
well thats a debate in its self, the amd bit....


ASUS Sabertooth, great motherboard, most wont use or need the stuff it offers, i'd like one, but never fill it or use the extra bits it offers

and in an open windows case, looks er well black
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I won't go into the entire AMD vs Intel debate. There are many different schools of thought on that. I don't mind switching over to AMD though as I use AMD GPU's and I'm comfortable with them. Also, I'm not a child, mate, I am 21, but I just like my system to look nice as well as play nice.
 
BennettWHU said:
I prefer the ASUS Sabertooth motherboards, but I can't find one for under £200. The CPU can obviously be changed since I'm changing the motherboard. I just don't really want to go AMD for CPU's unless they're better than Intel.
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Sabertooth under £200

I like the slightly more expensive Asus boards starting at the P8Z77-V, then the Pro, Deluxe, and premium. Alos the ROG boards like Sabertooth.


1 x Asus P8Z77-V PRO w/ThunderBolt Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £199.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V DELUXE Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £199.99
1 x Asus Z77 Sabertooth Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £173.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V PRO Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Asus P8Z77-V Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £145.99
 
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