Upgrade help

badbob69 · 11 Aug 2013 at 13:07

Would like to upgrade my system, maybe a new mother board to take advantage of ssd. CPU and add more ram any suggestions AMD or Intel budget is £200 to £350 maybe a little more at a push thx in advance

Specs=
Antec 300 Gaming Case and Antec Basiq Plus 550W Modular PSU
Samsung 840 2.5" SATA III SSD - 250 GB
Asus nvidia geforce gtx 560 ti
AMD Phenom II X3 Tri Core 720 2.8GHz @ 3.5GHz
Antec Kúhler H2O 620 CPU Watercooler
Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P Mobo
Corsair XMS3 4gb DDR3 ram,

RJC · 11 Aug 2013 at 13:11

Along these lines:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87-D3HP Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £106.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (TXD38G2400HC10QDC01) £59.99
Total : £375.77 (includes shipping : £9.00).

teppic · 11 Aug 2013 at 17:31

Here's are some AMD upgrade options.

Both boards have native SATA3, USB3 and support the 6300/8300 CPUs.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus M5A97 EVO R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £49.99
Total : £241.37 (includes shipping : £9.50).

For future upgrades, that board does Crossfire, but if you want SLI then this is a much higher end board for not a lot more (this allows dual x16 Crossfire/SLI).

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £113.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6300 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £49.99
Total : £265.37 (includes shipping : £9.50).

honosuseri · 11 Aug 2013 at 17:36

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £185.99
1 x Patriot Intel Extreme Masters 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVI38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £45.95
Total : £293.33 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Or there is THIS Z77 at B grade but only the one in stock