Upgrade path for Titan 8100i Triceratop

[Burlybolsh]

Hi

I bought this PC from OCUK back in 2011.

"Titan 8100i Triceratop" Intel 4.40GHz Quad Core System

SW-127-MS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit OEM
FS-064-OP System 12 Months Standard Warranty
HD-076-OC OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD
GX-175-OK OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5
CD-099-LG OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
CA-056-OC OCZ ZS Series 650W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
MB-364-GI Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
HD-253-SE System Int. Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB
Cache - OEM (ST500DM002)
HS-011-XG Xigmatek Red Scorpion CPU Cooler (Socket
LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/AM2)
FS-202-OE OcUK Logo Retangle Gel Case Badge - Black
CA-101-AN Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case - Black
CP-368-IN Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155

I subsequently added a 2TB Western Digital HD.

I'm looking to upgrade the GPU and maybe the CPU. What's the furthest I can take it realistically (decent bang for buck...) without overloading the PSU?

Thanks!

 

[stulid]

Hi,

What do you use this for?

How much do you want to spend?

If you add a new GFX card then its more than likely not going to fit in your case as the Antec 300 doesn't have much room by todays standards and has no removable HDD cages.

Keep your CPU as it has a healthy overclock on it.

How much RAM is there?

 

[ShivP]

The PSU is 5 years old, so it should be okay. However £55 will get you a brand new Seasonic OEM one so you could look at that. Looking at the setup, the problem really is teh GPU as you said. If you overclock that 2500k, it will be around the same performance as a current gen 4690k (possibly a bit slower) but certainly not enough to warrant a Z97 upgrade. A good CPU upgrade if you wanted could be a used 2600k, 2700k or 3770k. I'd look at upgrading the GPU first, you already have an SSD which is great

Something like a GTX 970 springs to mind at £290ish - what kind of budget do you have realistically?

 

[Burlybolsh]

The PSU is 5 years old, so it should be okay. However £55 will get you a brand new Seasonic OEM one so you could look at that. Looking at the setup, the problem really is teh GPU as you said. If you overclock that 2500k, it will be around the same performance as a current gen 4690k (possibly a bit slower) but certainly not enough to warrant a Z97 upgrade. A good CPU upgrade if you wanted could be a used 2600k, 2700k or 3770k. I'd look at upgrading the GPU first, you already have an SSD which is great

Something like a GTX 970 springs to mind at £290ish - what kind of budget do you have realistically?

I'm looking to upgrade the GPU more than the CPU, so gaming mostly. The i5-2500k is overclocked to 4.4 Ghz (IIRC). I'm also bit surprised the case is short of space to be honest as it looks pretty big to me!

 

[stulid]

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Check for space, but im sure its tight.

That card is like 271-280mm

This one - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-071-ZT&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1010

Is much shorter at 8.03 inches and will fit, but its not as good technically.


No need to get a new CPU, just make sure you have 8GB of RAM.

Nice new case just in case you need one.

 

[Deus Ex]

GPU upgrade should be pretty sweet.