upgrade time

longjohn · 1 Oct 2012 at 16:07

please check my upgrade, i have a gigabyte gtx 670 and im upgrading from a phenom 1100t black edition, im also a newbie overclocker so would like something easy to overclock

Gigabyte SKT-1155 Z77X-UD5H Wi-Fi Motherboard
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail
Corsair Force GT 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CSSD-F120GBGT-BK)
Corsair Dominator PLATINUM 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit with DHX Pro Connector (CMD8GX3M2A1600C8)

i have a corsair 600t so i have room for a h100 but not sure wot one is better h100 or h80

Doomedspeed · 1 Oct 2012 at 17:53

Easily overclock it to atleast 4.5-4.7

CPU is great, motherboard looks good too..

RAM looks pricey for what it is and SSD isn't one of the best.

I would go:

YOUR BASKET
1 x OCZ Vertex 4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (VTX4-25SAT3-128G) £85.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £85.98
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £37.99
Total : £220.76 (includes shipping : £9.00).

longjohn · 1 Oct 2012 at 18:05

well i already have the vengeance memory but i do like the platinum and im bit of a corsair freek wots the new neutrons ssd like

stulid · 1 Oct 2012 at 18:12

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18438446

That will help you.

Doomedspeed · 1 Oct 2012 at 18:18

longjohn said:
well i already have the vengeance memory but i do like the platinum and im bit of a corsair freek wots the new neutrons ssd like

Unless your OCing to MAD level, you wont see the difference in the vengeance and the platinum. I'd save the money and maybe put it towards a bigger SSD.

stulid said:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18438446

That will help you.

Seems like the vertex 4 comes out on top. Not by much though, tough choice.

longjohn · 1 Oct 2012 at 18:29

ok i will keep my vengeance memory as im a bit of a newbie to overclocking, but i dont really know wot i need to lokk for as in a good ssd

stulid · 1 Oct 2012 at 18:41

longjohn said:
ok i will keep my vengeance memory as im a bit of a newbie to overclocking, but i dont really know wot i need to lokk for as in a good ssd

Well there are quite a few good ones (the three in the link above) there is the Samsung830 and Intel520 series.

But also if you can wait there is a new Samsung840 soon.

If you stick to one of those then you can't put a foot wrong.

longjohn · 1 Oct 2012 at 19:58

well thanks again all i think i know wot to get