Upgrade or not?

dazzyboy10 · 28 Dec 2012 at 10:14

I have been looking at the idea of doing some upgrades as noticed that my board and GFX card aren't being sold anymore from the main retailers and could be considered outdated.

Maybe a P8Z77-V LX board but unsure of the GFX.

I haven't got a huge budget, maybe £200 tops for both so just need to consider something decent but affordable for a GFX card.

Also with my current setup, I have a SB 1TB drive and Force 3 SSD 128GB and was wondering if the SSD would be big enough to install Win 8 Pro and have my software and games installed on the other drive. Win 8 is currently installed on my 1TB drive and games and software on the SSD but i'm running out of space on the SSD and wondered if I made sure that only necessary software was installed on the SSD whether it would hold it all.

Thanks guys.

Doomedspeed · 28 Dec 2012 at 10:19

For £200 your not gonna be able to get a GPU to outperform a GTX 570.

If i were you i'd think about getting a motherboard that supports SLI (x8/x8) and get a 750W PSU and grab another GTX 570 2nd hand.

Ta Dah:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £105.98
1 x Corsair Enthusiast Series TX750M High Performance 750W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020040-UK) £89.99
Total : £207.97 (includes shipping : £10.00).

linwelin · 28 Dec 2012 at 10:22

i would wait, your system looks perfectly fine to me, if it is not struggling to play games there is no need to upgrade it, save the money, you could buy another SSD though

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 256GB SSD 840 PRO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7PD256BW) £209.99
Total : £219.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Sgt Tackleberry · 28 Dec 2012 at 10:23

Tbh i would bother on an upgrade.

Your rig is still a very good rig!. I would get a decent aircooler or a all in one watercooler unit and overclock your CPU a little more.!

zakblood · 28 Dec 2012 at 10:24

for me also i'd wait, save your cash

but yes a bigger sdd is always nice to have

dazzyboy10 · 28 Dec 2012 at 10:24

Is there a reason why youve chosen a Gigabyte mobo say over an asus? personal preference/cost?

dazzyboy10 · 28 Dec 2012 at 10:26

Sgt Tackleberry said:
I would get a decent aircooler or a all in one watercooler unit

I thought the Gelid was a decent cooler?

apeksdiver · 28 Dec 2012 at 10:31

dazzyboy10 said:
Is there a reason why youve chosen a Gigabyte mobo say over an asus? personal preference/cost?

Good quality with a UK base if you need to RMA.

linwelin · 28 Dec 2012 at 10:36

just no point in upgrading now when DDR4 is out soon

dazzyboy10 · 28 Dec 2012 at 10:40

Ok then well if I forget the upgrade for the moment and give myself some more saving time, what about the idea of swapping my drives over as I mentioned as I am going to need the extra space soon

linwelin · 28 Dec 2012 at 10:55

if you need space do you really need an SSD ? why not get something like this

YOUR BASKET
1 x Toshiba (7K1000.D) 1TB SATA 6GB/s 32MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA100) £51.98
Total : £51.98 (includes shipping : FREE).

for storage and keep your OS and games on the SSD ?

zakblood · 28 Dec 2012 at 10:57

i wouldn't hold your breath waiting for ddr4 memory or boards to support it either.

no volume releases next year predicted so far.

so unless you want to pay top prices, ie mega money for them

stick with whats out, and whats being released next year, and maybe not the year after

"Intel to introduce DDR4 with high-end server CPUs in early to mid 2014, DDR4 support will likely arrive for desktop systems in 2015"

copied from intel site

linwelin · 28 Dec 2012 at 11:02

zakblood said:
i wouldn't hold your breath waiting for ddr4 memory or boards to support it either.

no volume releases next year predicted so far.

so unless you want to pay top prices, ie mega money for them

stick with whats out, and whats being released next year, not maybe the year after

"Intel to introduce DDR4 with high-end server CPUs in early to mid 2014, DDR4 support will likely arrive for desktop systems in 2015"

copied from intel site

sometime 2013 is what i heard for DDR4

zakblood · 28 Dec 2012 at 11:04

yes it's true, for high end servers and costs to match
so if you buy a £500+ server board to get your £500 quid memory to work, it will rock

plus spend some decent cash on a cpu etc

benchmarks will be great, wallet will be empty

dazzyboy10 · 28 Dec 2012 at 11:07

Well this is my Current drive so I shouldn't need the one suggested

linwelin · 28 Dec 2012 at 11:08

zakblood said:
yes it's true, for high end servers and costs to match
so if you buy a £500+ server board to get your £500 quid memory to work, it will rock

plus spend some decent cash on a cpu etc

benchmarks will be great, wallet will be empty

i guess we will find out soon

dazzyboy10 · 28 Dec 2012 at 11:14

At the end of the day, i've used 101GB on games and only have 9GB left on the drive and this is why i'm considering the swap around, albeit having to reinstall everything

linwelin · 28 Dec 2012 at 11:21

just buy another SSD for your games only

dazzyboy10 · 28 Dec 2012 at 11:24

But wouldnt it be more cost efficient to just swap the drives round so i've got 1TB for games and 128GB for Win 8?

linwelin · 28 Dec 2012 at 11:27

dazzyboy10 said:
But wouldnt it be more cost efficient to just swap the drives round so i've got 1TB for games and 128GB for Win 8?

Honestly no you really want your games to be on the SSD if you don't mind waiting 30 seconds longer for your PC to boot up just stick your OS on your 1TB, i never turn my PC off i just put it to sleep, wakes up instantly.