Upgrade Time

jimjam81

jimjam81

jimjam81

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Hi

The time has come to upgrade my current PC, after 6 years its time to move on from a I7 920.

I have approx £1800 to spend upgrading from the below PC spec, will be mainly used for gaming.

Asus P6T Deluxe
I7 920 @ 3.4GHz
6GB Ram
750GB hhd
512GB 840 Pro (keep)
Titan X (keep)
1300w Tagan piperock psu
Cosmos Sport Case

I currently have DGM 1440p monitor and a cheap keyboard too.

I am not sure whether to go the X99 over-clocked bundle route or Z97 over-clocked bundle route. Should I go all out for 5960x, fast DD4 and good motherboard or go cheaper Z97 and get another Titan X for Sli, or possibly middle ground with a 5820k bundle and perhaps 4k monitor?

I do need another SSD of at least 500GB and windows 8.

I am also going be giving my 920 (Coolermaster V8 sink on top) to my parents so a cheap case and PSU will also be required to house this, however that can be added on additionally to the budget.

Thoughts and feedback will be appreciated, I hope to place order in next 5 days so I can put together next weekend.

Thanks

Jim
 
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What do you use it for?

What parts are you giving away exactly? cpu, board, ram and Titan? or do you need a cheap gfx card for it in a new case with PSU?
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI X99S SLI Plus - TeamGroup 16GB 2400MHz DDR4 Intel X99 Motherboard Bundle **£40 OFF** £249.98
- 1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £319.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £155.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW) £99.95
Total : £960.90 (includes shipping : £12.50 Ex.VAT).



You can select higher grade CPUs with this bundle.

Im not to sure you should keep the PSU, its rather old and not that great, I cant even find if its bronze, silver, gold rated etc.
 
The i7 920 will want to go into something like,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Antec TruePower Classic 550w '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply £53.99
1 x Antec VSP5000 Silenced Tower Case - Black £39.95
1 x Sapphire Radeon R7 240 Boost 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £39.95
1 x Palit GeForce GT 730 SILENT 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card £38.99
1 x Antec GX500 Midi-Tower - Black £32.99
Total : £227.28 (includes shipping : £17.85 Ex.VAT).



So a choice of two cases.

But they wont fit a V8 cooler in them, its just too tall. A new heatsink is £20 roughly and will fit in these cases, maybe cheaper to do that than find a case that fits a V8.

And some sort of cheap gfx card to get it up and running, unless they want to play games?

jimjam81 said:
Hi

The PSU is 80 plus bronze I think. The PSU is about 5 years old, it replaced the 900 watt Tagan that died previously.
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Hmm, its still not something I personally would use.
 
Thanks for the feedback so far, hmm maybe it would be better giving my folks the Cosmos case and Tagan PSU and buy new case and PSU for myself.

There is an old X800 pro which I can put in there for them.
 
Yes, give them the cosmo as that way the cooler fits as its already in there.

There are cases that will fit the V8 but they aint what you call "cheap" sub £40 etc.
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - White £139.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
Total : £284.58 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).



I would stick to 1Kwatt or more.

The EVGA is made by Superflower, 10 yr warranty etc.

And you can get braided cable sets for it - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=123&subid=2805


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI X99S SLI Plus - TeamGroup 16GB 2400MHz DDR4 Intel X99 Motherboard Bundle **£40 OFF** £249.98
- 1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £319.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £155.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - White £129.95
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / White £69.95
1 x Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler - Black £44.98
Total : £1,122.32 (includes shipping : £13.75 Ex.VAT).




YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 5930K 3.50GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75930K) £479.99
1 x Gigabyte X99-Gaming 5P Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £229.99
1 x G.Skill Ripjaws 4 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit - Red (F4-2666C15Q-16GRR) £155.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £155.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Luxe Full Tower Case - Black £119.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H110i GT 280mm Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060019-WW) £99.95
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / Red £69.95
Total : £1,463.33 (includes shipping : £13.75 Ex.VAT).

 
I'd defo upgrade the PSU (because of age) it would probably be fine but as you are upgrading I'd at least consider it if you have money left over for it. Anyway I'll leave you in the capable hands of stulid. :)
 
Ok cool

Think we are getting close now.

Corsair Obsidian 900D Super Tower Case (CC-9011022-WW) £299.99
MSI X99S SLI Plus - TeamGroup 16GB 2400MHz DDR4 Intel X99 Motherboard Bundle £249.98
K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail £319.99
Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD £155.99
EVGA Superflow G2 1000w £134.99
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM £79.99
Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Black £69.98
LG BH08LS20 8x Blu-Ray-RW/DVD±RW Drive £59.99

Total : £1,388.60

I quite like the big cases so went for 900D, Added optical drive and Windows. Not too fussed about the cable sets.

Would a 1000w psu allow for a additional Titan x in the future for SLI or would I need a bigger psu?

Is there much of a difference between a 5820k and 5930k?
 
If you like big cases then spend £200 on a Phanteks Primo.

Theres a white one on offer at £179 with a free heatsink, maybe you can ask for the black+white heatsink so it matches.

Look how big they are,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIpoC65bpX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i0x-wXaBrI


YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI X99S SLI Plus - TeamGroup 16GB 2400MHz DDR4 Intel X99 Motherboard Bundle **£40 OFF** £249.98
- 1 x Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £319.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower Case - White Edition £179.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £155.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £79.99
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / White £69.95
1 x LG BH16NS40 16x SATA Internal BDRW - Retail £59.99
Total : £1,271.09 (includes shipping : £16.85 Ex.VAT).



There's a door on the case to hide the drive, retail drives usually include playback software.
 
Ok, that case does look good and it would save me some money too.......

However my folks have agreed to buy my pc less the Titan X and the 840 pro for £300 so my budget is now £1800.

Worth pushing the boat out for the 5960X ?
 
I will leave that choice to you, the 5930K and 5960X do also have extra PCI-E lanes so multi gpu setups is less hassle.

You can do black+red too,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel 5930K 3.50GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75930K) £479.99
1 x Gigabyte X99-Gaming 5P Intel X99 (Socket 2011) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £229.99
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower - Black/Red £199.99
1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £155.99
1 x G.Skill Ripjaws 4 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz Quad Channel Kit - Red (F4-2666C15Q-16GRR) £155.99
1 x EVGA SuperNova G2 1000W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £134.99
1 x Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £79.99
1 x CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / Red £69.95
1 x LG BH16NS40 16x SATA Internal BDRW - Retail £59.99
Total : £1,587.08 (includes shipping : £16.85 Ex.VAT).

 
Thanks for all the help Stulid, I have just ordered the below


"Steamroller Asus X99" - Intel Core i7 Haswell-E DDR4 Configurable Bundle £204.99
SI Bundle - Megahalems RevC + Noiseblocker £60.72
TeamGroup Elite 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-19200C16 2400MHz Quad Channel Kit - Black (TPKD416GM2400HC16QC01) £99.99
Intel 5820K 3.30GHz (Haswell-E) Socket LGA2011-V3 Processor - Retail (BX80648I75820K) £266.66
Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower Case - White Edition £149.99
EVGA SuperNova G2 1300W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply (120-G2-1300-XR) £137.49
Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU) £129.99
Microsoft Windows 8.1 64-Bit DVD - OEM (WN7-00614) £66.66
CableMod E-Series G2 & P2 Cable Kit - Black / White £58.29
LG BH08LS20 8x Blu-Ray-RW/DVD±RW Drive - Black (OEM) £49.99

ORDER COST SUMMARY

Sub Total: £1224.77
Shipping: £16.85
Total Vat: £248.32
Total inc Vat: £1,489.94

I decided to go with 5820k bundle in the end with Black and White theme, can always upgrade CPU next year to a Broadwell - E

Jim
 
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