Upgrade to Intel Core i7 from AMD

[Ice_Black]

I would like to upgrade my PC from AMD to Intel i7.

My budget is £300 to £350 - the motherboard will need to be top quality - My PC is always on!

I just need a new motherboard, CPU and 8 RAM - which one do you recommend?

Intel Core i7 3770K Quad Core Ivy Bridge or better would be good.

Current spec:
AMD Phenom II X4 945 3-Ghz
4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR2
ATI Radeon HD 4670
128GB SSD - Samsung 830
CORSAIR HX 520W MODULAR PSU
Motherboard: ASUSTeK Computer INC. M3A78-T
Windows 8

 

[snips86x]

Why the i7?

You doing more than gaming?

 

[Ice_Black]

Video Encoding, Web Development, VirtualBox, etc.

I don't play games

 

[Incrauze]

You might want to invest a aftermarket cooler to overclock the CPU,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £279.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
Total : £423.32 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 

[Ice_Black]

You might want to invest a aftermarket cooler to overclock the CPU,

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £279.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9) £41.99
Total : £423.32 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Thanks for suggestion. What about ASUS motherboard?

 

[T345]

AMD FX 8320 could be a good option

 

[snips86x]

AMD FX 8320 could be a good option

Will be cheaper too, depending on the actual parts used:

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8350 Black Edition 4.00GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £184.99
1 x Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2133HC11DC01) £49.99
Total : £336.37 (includes shipping : £9.50).

 

[Smoogels]

Thanks for suggestion. What about ASUS motherboard?

The Gigabyte D3H is generally considered the best in it's price range

 

[jonathanbruce]

I have been running that m/b for quite some time now.. Generally i am very happy with it.. got 16GB ddr 1600 running on it, with Fx8-8150, so i should be ok for quite sometime!.. best advice would be to wait if you can., if you still want to go down the i7 route then wait for the latest Haswell to come out.. thats my opinion anyway.. not sure what others might say here... !!!!