Upgrade suggestions
- Thread starter MoridinUK
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yeah I had noticed that just now... sigh.. and the pc which died was the one with the add on that converts ones cart to a forum post... need to refind that lol
So it is This:
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6350 Black Edition 3.90GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Asus M5A97 R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £63.95
Total : £229.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).
Verses This:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
Total : £273.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).
Thoughts?
YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-6 Six Core 6350 Black Edition 3.90GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £89.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
1 x Asus M5A97 R2.0 AMD 970 (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £63.95
Total : £229.52 (includes shipping : £8.00).
Verses This:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-4440 3.10GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £131.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £65.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £65.99
Total : £273.56 (includes shipping : £8.00).
Thoughts?
I was thinking of using the spare cash to pick up a friends small secondhand ssd and a cooler, not a great one but one the improves over the stock ones...
My plan is to upgrade again in about a year or so, but these parts would then move into my second pc. I have two (e6600 core 2 duo, 4gb asus pb5-deluxe which these parts would eventually replace and a q6600 core 2 quad at 3ghz 8gb, gigabyte ep45-ud3 which will get properly upgraded in a year or so, both systems need to step up, this is my attempt to do it a stage at a time.)
So these parts would go into my main pc for about 18 months and the q6600 would go into my back up pc till then. So I'm not sure about how future proof the z97 needs to be. After this round of upgrades, will come a graphics cards and then nothing for 4-5 years again by which stage I imagine it doesn't matter which board I get it will be obsolete?
My plan is to upgrade again in about a year or so, but these parts would then move into my second pc. I have two (e6600 core 2 duo, 4gb asus pb5-deluxe which these parts would eventually replace and a q6600 core 2 quad at 3ghz 8gb, gigabyte ep45-ud3 which will get properly upgraded in a year or so, both systems need to step up, this is my attempt to do it a stage at a time.)
So these parts would go into my main pc for about 18 months and the q6600 would go into my back up pc till then. So I'm not sure about how future proof the z97 needs to be. After this round of upgrades, will come a graphics cards and then nothing for 4-5 years again by which stage I imagine it doesn't matter which board I get it will be obsolete?
Intel Core i5-4460 3.20GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £112.49 1 £112.49
Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £54.99 1 £54.99
TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £54.99 1 £54.99
Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99 1 £14.99
Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g) £7.49 1 £7.49
Ordered today!
Gigabyte Z97P-D3 Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £54.99 1 £54.99
TeamGroup Vulcan GOLD 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLYD38G2133HC11ADC01) £54.99 1 £54.99
Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler £14.99 1 £14.99
Arctic Cooling MX-4 Thermal Compound (4g) £7.49 1 £7.49
Ordered today!
