Upgrading Antec 900 build and cooling optimization

Corbula · 12 Jul 2013 at 22:21

Adamthegreat984 said:
Antec 900 will take a haswell build then ?, ive got one myself

still got q6600 in it !

Yea same, that's why i want to upgrade.

As long as the motherboard is upgraded as well. The Antec 900 can take any ATX board, so you just need a board that has a LGA 1150 socket for Haswell.

Would you guys recommend the Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 to overclock the i5-4670k?

EDIT: actually i'm thinking of this motherboard instead now. Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87

Corbula · 16 Jul 2013 at 16:36

OK, i'm pretty sure this is what i'm going to get i just have two questions. Will all of this be compatible with each other and with my PSU. My PSU is this one from about 5 years ago.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article813-page1.html

Also which version of the GTX 760 would you get, which one is best?

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 WindForce 3x OC Rev2 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **Black PCB** £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £197.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £131.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (PV38G240C0K) £73.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC12DX CPU Cooler - Blue (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £44.98
Total : £700.33 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Fire_fly · 16 Jul 2013 at 17:17

All the components look good.

PSU will be fine, I'm using a TX750 of similar age.

The Windforce 760 is a good card, if you wanted to save a bit you could swap it for the MSI GeForce GTX 760 Gaming Edition.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-206-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830

Corbula · 16 Jul 2013 at 17:25

Thanks. So the PSU has two six-pin PCIe connectors?

Yea that is a consideration, I didn't realise how much it all came up to lol.

Although i have found the Gigabyte one cheaper elsewhere than the MSI one here, sorry OcUK lol

Fire_fly · 16 Jul 2013 at 17:50

Corbula said:
Thanks. So the PSU has two six-pin PCIe connectors?

From the review you linked to

OUTPUT CABLES

They are long and plentiful. There are a total of eight cable sets, all neatly sleeved:

22" cable for main 20+4-pin ATX connector
22" cable for 2/4-pin 12V AUX12V
2 x 24" cable for 6/8-pin PCIe connector - for the latest most power hungry graphics cards
2 x 37" cable with four 4-pin IDE connectors and one floppy drive connector
2 x 32" cable with four SATA drive connectors

Corbula · 16 Jul 2013 at 21:20

Hopefully when i come to do it in late August the prices have come down a bit but i don't hold out much hope lol.