Upgrade (i7)

w33tab1x

w33tab1x

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Good Evening and Merry Christmas OcUK :)

I am looking to upgrade my pc with a i7 chip/board/ddr3 i already have some basics like corsair 500w psu, gtx 460 (Will upgrade in near future to x2), case, monitor the usual like :) so wondering what is a great board to allow for good features and mini-future proof possibly? I been reading sites but they seem out dated.

Thanks so much :)
 
OK if you want to go SLI you will also need to upgrade the PSU. If all you are using it for is gaming then you may as well go with a i5 2500k

I5, board, ram, cooler.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £149.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £417.35 (includes shipping : £9.50).

I7 etc.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £265.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £149.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £498.35 (includes shipping : £9.50).

New PSU SLI capable.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-054-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=
 
jamesfreddie said:
OK if you want to go SLI you will also need to upgrade the PSU. If all you are using it for is gaming then you may as well go with a i5 2500k

I5, board, ram, cooler.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £184.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £149.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £417.35 (includes shipping : £9.50).

I7 etc.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £265.99
1 x MSI Z68A-GD65-G3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £149.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £498.35 (includes shipping : £9.50).

New PSU SLI capable.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-054-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=
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would say cheaper motherboard and the kingston ram thats £30 for 8gb, the corsair speced has fins which will interfer with the tranquilo so no option for upgrade to 16gb in the future as the tranquilo overhangs the first ram slot so only slots are usable(the kingston doesn't have this problem as no fins and fits under the fan on the cooler).

w33tab1x are the hard disk/s and optical drive sata? if not you'll need new ones as new motherboards don't have ide.

if its gaming then as said no need for i7

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - OEM £173.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £82.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £640.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).



use the voucher code OCUKXMAS if ordering before midnight tomorrow to get 5% off the order + free shipping so it comes in at under £600

yes you said you'll get a 2nd 460 in the future but would say the 560ti 2gb would be better, can then add a 2nd in the future(but will need a new psu as well when you get another card). can use the 460 for phyixs(sp?)

if you must have i7 then

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £263.99
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 560Ti OC Twin FrozR II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £215.99
1 x Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £99.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT064M4SSD2) £82.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £29.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
Total : £730.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).



the 5% code will save you ~£35/£36, you can bring it to/under £600 by dropping either the graphics card or the ssd.
 
I would upgrade the board to waht i said as he wanted it to be mini-future proof and with the MSI he can use Ivybridge when it comes out and PCI-E 3. But i agree with the RAM.
 
jamesfreddie said:
I would upgrade the board to waht i said as he wanted it to be mini-future proof and with the MSI he can use Ivybridge when it comes out and PCI-E 3. But i agree with the RAM.
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the gigabyte can also 'use' ivybridge, but if you MUST buy into the hype that only those with g3/gen3 in the title can use ivybridge and pci-e 3.0 then there are cheaper boards available no need for £150 unless you want/need the extras

examples:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-493-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-192-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-191-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1990
 
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fowler002 said:
the gigabyte can also 'use' ivybridge, but if you MUST buy into the hype that only those with g3/gen3 in the title can use ivybridge and pci-e 3.0 then there are cheaper boards available no need for £150 unless you want/need the extras
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Would you please point out WHERE in the description it says IVY BRIDGE and PCI-E 3.0
 
jamesfreddie said:
How about pci-e 3.0. Thats not just a bios update but a hardware change.
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no its not hardware(well not completely) as the ivybridge has the pci-e 3.0 controller which it 'shares' with the 1st pci-e x16 slot, for the 2nd/3r/etc slot you need a separate controller.

and anyway pci-e 2 is not fully 'saturated' yet, the new ati/amd 7xxx and nvidia 6xx cards are backwards compatible and wouldn't see a huge jump in performance on a pci-e 3.0 compared to pci-e 2. it wouldn't be a few years till it happens by which time we'll have a newer intel socket motherboard and cpus.
 
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Cheers guys :) Now i have to think about both arguments lol. I already have a corsair h50 liquid cooling so that will cover the cooling :)

I can only buy half this month and get the final bit next which will be the cpu i think then i can get it all up and sorted :)

I do think i will go for the i5 if you say there isn't much noticeable difference, + i could always buy a i7 later in future.
 
w33tab1x said:
Cheers guys :) Now i have to think about both arguments lol. I already have a corsair h50 liquid cooling so that will cover the cooling :)

I can only buy half this month and get the final bit next which will be the cpu i think then i can get it all up and sorted :)

I do think i will go for the i5 if you say there isn't much noticeable difference, + i could always buy a i7 later in future.
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You might aswell use the H50. I think it will be fine to about 4.6 - 4.8GHz.
 
well if you have a h50 then use that, do you have any thermal paste? if not would suggest the arctic cooling mx-4.

get it all together rather than half now half later, I learnt to my cost that it's best to order everything together when you are ready to build.
 
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