upgrade spec from 2500k

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budget of £600 trying to decide between 5820k and 6700k, dont really have a clue on the motherboards and the reason i have gone for the noctua cooler is for as quiet as possible in my 330r case as its in the living room. Could i use a cheaper mobo on the 6700k or have i pot luck picked a decent one for the price?

parts being re used are :-
2x 120gb ssds and 1x 1tb HDD
1x EVGA 980 ACX
550w corsair psu
330r corsair case

i'm swayed to the 6700k as it comes under budget, but i have seen this bundle
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but i dont know much about the cooler and in my head im thinking the 3200mhz ram must be better.... probably not!
 
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Unfortunately my mobo is a cheapo jobby And not the right chipset to overclock. I got at the time and can't overclock or I would up the 2500k :(

Use the pc solely for gaming, my father has a 5820 overclocked and a 980 and the difference on some games in frames is pretty good (bear in mind I'm on stock and he's 4.4)

Like the look of that stulid, anyone know how the cooler is for noise?
Also for £10 more surely I may as well get the 3200 corsair ram even if it doesn't make much difference?

And thank you for saving me the embarrassment of the cooler height! Kit guru and corsair forums said 170mm so I presumed it was ok
 
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Looking around and 2nd hand z77s go for circa £100.

i still think ill move to a new platform,

at the moment its between

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would prefer x99 but seems may be more costly, but my dad does have a pair of the cheap 2400 team group (2x 4gb) spare so can use quad....

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maybe i need to settle for the matterhorn cooler and not this noctua one as that bundled with 16gb is £10 cheaper. Hate having many choices!

bonus is paid last day of the month so have 5 days to decide and order the 31st!
 
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i got my tape measure out and have 163mm from mobo to side panel, this Noctua DH14 one is 160mm. Maybe im just being fussy and should half the cooler cost with the materhorn or even materhorn pure for 29.99 as im not going to be looking at it so aesthetics are not an issue.

yes he got the team group 2 x 4gb cheap to get him going then upped to quad channel 3200mhz corsair ram. So the team group 2400 is sat idle and even though im 27 im still "borrowing" bits from my dad... i did buy him a gsync monitor for xmas mind!
 
sold it right there!

so

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or
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above for the 6700k route

or for the 5820k route

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or
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my dads vote is as follows, then use his 8gb of the same ram also.
This cheap board doesnt get bad reviews at all, negative is i wont be albe to sli (i have no intention on doing so)

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thanks for all your help! You've been an absolute legend! Better sound is great and it will be using ethernet also. A quick google shows decent reviews for the board.

im pretty sold on this spec now, use my dads other ram also for 16gb in total.

And sell my 2500k and mobo and ram on fleabay or the tree one and help cut the cost also!

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this much under budget im tempted to throw a M.2 nvme drive in there for windows.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sams...state-drive-mzvpv256hdgl-00000-hd-213-sa.html
 
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it just gets better! Lets hope its all still in stock come thursday, just a shame the wife spent most of my bonus on a holiday, i mean, who needs one of them :D
 
Thanks for update. It's very keenly priced but I think I'll push to a different board for delivery tomorrow as I'm well under my wife's agreed budget ;)
 
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