Upgrade or New Build ?

boobaca

boobaca

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Around Christmas time im wanting to either upgrade or build a new pc depending on what you guys suggest.

Current Spec
Intel i5-3570k
Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H
Gigabyte GTX 670
Corsair H60
Corsair Vengeance 1600mz (16gb 4x4)
OCZ Z-Series 750w PSU (3 Years Old)
Samsung 830 Series 128gb SSD
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB HDD

The Budget is around £1500-1650

I came up with the following build but originally wanted a black/white theme with white sleeved cables;

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780Ti 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £559.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £179.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £172.99
1 x Corsair Graphite 600T Midi Tower Case - Silver (CC-9011020-WW) £149.99
1 x Avexir MPower Yellow Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21000C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U26661104G-2CM) £131.99
1 x Seasonic X-Series 750w '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £129.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £92.99
Total : £1,417.88 (includes shipping : FREE).


*The White 600T , Chose wrong one ;p*

The above using my 1TB drive and 128gb SSD.

Thanks :)
 
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Gonna be honest, 3570k to 4670k isn't worth the money.

Your motherboard isn't worth changing (for colour scheme either.. Just add a few touches of blue to the build to tie it together.
 
Is it worth getting the RAM/GPU/PSU then ? , only adding the PSU to that list because its 3 years old this year and I dont want it to fail ;p , its not showing any signs of failure ATM even with nearly 24/7 running but still :p
 
Yes that's a lot of money for little gain, If you want to improve gaming performance then get the 780 and overclock your 3570K if you have not already, there just is not a big enough difference in performance between the two CPU's to justify changing all your kit.
 
If you really wanted could go i7(3770k) as i7 will be more future proof what with more hames going multi-core/threads in the future, will also be useful if going sli/xfire(if your mb is compatible that is).
 
Get a nice water cooling loop set up, and drop in a 780ti?

Went for a slight blue theme to match your motherboard, also didn't include fittings as I'm not sure what would be best. Maybe you can stick a White LED inside the res+pump combo.
YOUR BASKET
2 x MSI Geforce GTX 780 Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £399.95 (£799.90)
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower Case £199.99
1 x XSPC D5 Photon 170 Reservoir/Pump Combo £129.95
2 x EK Water Blocks EK-FC Titan & 780 - Acetal+Nickel Full Cover Waterblock £79.99 (£159.98)
1 x EK Water Blocks EK-Supremacy - Nickel £52.99
2 x XSPC EX360 120mm Radiator - Black £47.99 (£95.98)
1 x Mayhems Aurora - Supernova Clear Coolant 1L £14.99
6 x BitFenix Spectre PRO 120mm Fan Blue LED - Black £11.99 (£71.94)
2 x XSPC HighFlex Hose 1/2" ID, 3/4" OD, 19/12.7mm, 2m, Blue/UV Blue £6.98 (£13.96)
Total : £1,539.67 (includes shipping : FREE).




Or a smarter idea is to get a 780ti and a beasty monitor.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gainward GeForce GTX 780Ti 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £549.95
1 x EIZO Foris FG2421 23.5" 240Hz Widescreen Gaming LED Monitor - Black/Red £449.99
Total : £999.94 (includes shipping : FREE).

 
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