Upgrade Time...

[Traffic_Warden]

Right guys,

time for an upgrade, last upgrade was 9th January 2011 with Sandybridge. I made a balls up by not knowing about the K versions and order the 2400 haha so this time. I don't want to make that mistake, the system will be primarily used for gaming - Eliteangerous, Battlefield etc, browsing the internet etc usual stuff. Also do i go for the R290 or a Nvidia equivalent?

If you think I could do better please let me know, but i want to keep it around the same price.

Current setup-
I5 2400 (Sandybridge)
Asus P8P67 LE
8GB Patriot Viper Extreme
ATI Radeon 6950 2GB


YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 5960X Extreme 3.00GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75960X) £759.95
1 x Asus PB287Q 28" 4K 60Hz 1MS Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £539.99
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-P-4GD5) £479.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Elite 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit £479.99
1 x Asus Rampage V Extreme Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR EATX Motherboard £329.99
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £179.99
1 x Aerocool DS200 Black Edition £74.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD20EFRX - OEM HDD £71.99
Total : £2,940.98 (includes shipping : £20.10).



Or 5930K CPU

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PB287Q 28" 4K 60Hz 1MS Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £539.99
1 x Asus Radeon R9 290X ROG Matrix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (MATRIX-R9290X-P-4GD5) £479.99
1 x Crucial Ballistix Elite 32GB (4x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit £479.99
1 x Intel 5930K 3.50GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75930K) £429.95
1 x Asus Rampage V Extreme Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR EATX Motherboard £329.99
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £179.99
1 x Aerocool DS200 Black Edition £74.99
1 x Western Digital Caviar Red 2TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache WD20EFRX - OEM HDD £71.99
Total : £2,610.98 (includes shipping : £20.10).






Thanks

 

[lee32uk]

Both of those systems are massive overkill for gaming. If like you say you are just gaming, then I would stick with socket 1150.

Also red hard drives are more for NAS storage than day to day use. I would go with a WD Blue or similar.

I will do a spec in a few mins.

 

[lee32uk]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus PG278Q ROG Swift 27" G-Sync 144Hz Gaming Widescreen LED Slim Bezel Monitor - Black/Red £695.99
2 x Asus GeForce GTX 780Ti DirectCU II 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £499.99 (£999.98)
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 - Devils Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£43 Saving** £343.98
1 x Crucial MX100 512GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter CT512MX100SSD1) £154.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Pro Mid Tower Enthusiast Case without Window £79.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Red (HX21C11BRK2/8-OC) £67.99
1 x Toshiba 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6GB/s 64MB Cache - OEM (DT01ACA200) HDD £56.99
1 x Samsung SE-S208DB/TSBS External Slimline 8x DVD-RW (TV Connect) - Black £21.98
Total : £2,611.84 (includes shipping : ).





A 4K monitor is still pretty hard to drive even with dual cards. You won't get 60FPS on a lot of games.

The monitor above is 1440P which is a little less brutal on the gpu's. Also it is a gsync monitor, so screen tearing should be reduced.

The Phanteks is a better case imo, although that is personal preference. I don't know if the H105 fits the Aerocool case though.

You could reuse your old Patriot Ram if you wanted.

 

[pastymuncher]

A massively cheaper option would be to pick up a 3570K/3770K in the MM and drop it in your current board along with a new gpu.

 

[lee32uk]

A massively cheaper option would be to pick up a 3570K/3770K in the MM and drop it in your current board along with a new gpu.

Doesn't sound like He wants cheap though but you have a valid point.

 

[Randomface74]

Your current system is okay... I would do:

1. SSD
2. GPU

 

[Traffic_Warden]

Was wanting to upgrade to X99 and DDR4.

Cost wise , i don't spend every year so this will be another 3/4 years before i order again.

I think ill stick to the 4K monitor, and just get another GPU in 6 months time.

So many opinions , I just want the newest parts. Simple.

 

[lee32uk]

Was wanting to upgrade to X99 and DDR4.

Cost wise , i don't spend every year so this will be another 3/4 years before i order again.

I think ill stick to the 4K monitor, and just get another GPU in 6 months time.

So many opinions , I just want the newest parts. Simple.

You won't be running a 4K monitor with a single gpu though. It doesn't have enough horsepower. You need dual cards to get decent framerates. Even then you won't be maxing out @ 60FPS on most games.

 

[Fallen god]

Was wanting to upgrade to X99 and DDR4.

Cost wise , i don't spend every year so this will be another 3/4 years before i order again.

I think ill stick to the 4K monitor, and just get another GPU in 6 months time.

So many opinions , I just want the newest parts. Simple.

Its just that X99 and DDR4 won't make much difference for gaming so its better to spend that on your GPU(s).

 

[anthony566]

Your current system is okay... I would do:

1. SSD
2. GPU

+1 and maybe a cpu from the MM ....