Upgrade time!!

Kavalree

Kavalree

Kavalree

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Looking at upgrading my machine for no reason what so ever. I currently own a i5-3570k clocked at 4.4 on an Asus Z77-something-LX2 with 8GB Intel Extreme Masters Patriot Ram of unknown speed, a 770 GTX and multiple HDDS all powered by (for now) an FSP 750W (Got a Corsair RM1000 at work waiting for me) all in an XFX Bravo case.

I am looking at going Devil's Canyon and OC'ing it a good whack.

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This is what I am looking at, has capability for SLI if I want it, AND has a great placement for PCI for my Xonar D2 soundcard and PCI-E slot for Wi-Fi.

What do you guys recon? Any other boards I should look at?
 
tamzzy said:
why!? all that money for what...5% increase in cpu performance? lol
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Yup. I'm still running with a HDD for Windows, thats the reason for the SSD :D

I'm heading more future proof, my current board ain't SLI compatible and only works in x4 for Crossfire, so not worth it. Though, might aswell just upgrade...
 
Cost doesn't bother me 1 iota :p

I'm a systems builder for a company, can't say who. So, in conjunction with my job, I need the awesome specs :D
 
Not fussed on going Haswell-E due to the rumored price of $400 for the cheapest CPU. My main aim is SLI, but I need a very specific board layout due to having a PCI Sound-Card (Asus Xonar D2) and a wireless card...

The reason I was looking at the Gigabyte board I've shown, I can get the 4690k for £140 brand new, and the board I've been told, I can have for £115.

That layout is perfect me for, and it has the SLI capability and from reviews, it does well at OC'ing.

Regarding the SSD, the 850 Pro, from benchmarks, looking like it blows everything away? I have a Kingston V300 128GB that I stopped using as it wasn't noticeably faster than my HDD.
 
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