Upgrade Time

ince · 2 Mar 2013 at 12:56

hi all. i am looking for some suggestions to upgrade my rig.

i will be buying a k95 keyboard when out.

here are my current specs.

1 x Benq G2420HD Full HD TFT LCD 24" HDMI Monitor
1 x Corsair 500W CX Series PSU
1 x Intel Core i5 2500K 3.3GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor 251596
1 x Gigabyte GA-Z68AP-D3 Z68 Socket 1155 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
1 x Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 XMS3 i5 Memory Kit CL9(9-9-9-24) 1.65V
1 x Emprex 6310U Chiclet Desktop Keyboard
1 x Logitech OEM S120 Black Speakers (2.0)
1 x M65 Corsair Mouse
1 x IHAS 224 DVD writer
1 x TSSTCorp CDDVDW SH-S223F
1 x Corsair 300r
1 x Windows 7 HP
1 x Maxtor STM3500320 HD
1 x Samsung 840 240gb SSD
1 x SAMSUNG ST1000DM005 HD
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX560Ti OverClocked White Edition PCI-Express Graphics Card
1 x Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro rev 2 Socket 775, 1156, 1155, 1366, AM2, AM3 Heatpipe CPU Cooler

i am looking at a ssd 256mb and corsair 300r case.

looking to spend around £300 - £500 on this upgrade. used for browsing and now latest games.

ideally i want my pc to look like this inside eventually in terms of neatness and cables so some cables would be nice. not fussed about water cooling but not against the idea. open to any suggestions.

http://www.corsair.com/en/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/3/0/300r_side_open_built.png

snips86x · 2 Mar 2013 at 13:06

Case has good cable management, cooler will fit and is one of the best air coolers you can get. SSD is quick with good read/write speeds. Another 4gb RAM would also help your setup.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Adata XPG SX900 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (ASX900S3-256GM-C) £172.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Elite 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C8 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLE2CP2G3D1608CE1TX0CEU) £29.99
Total : £347.05 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Doomedspeed · 2 Mar 2013 at 13:08

Sell your 560ti and get this:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £239.99
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 256GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT256M4SSD2) £157.99
1 x Corsair Carbide 300R Mid Tower Windowed Case - Black £69.98
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £59.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £37.99
Total : £580.04 (includes shipping : £11.75).

Blue160 · 2 Mar 2013 at 13:11

Well an extra 4GB ram a 7950, and an SSD would be a good way to upgrade your systems gaming. There's no point upgrading CPU or motherboard yet.

Don't know much about custom cabling or water cooling