upgrading first gen i7

almoststew1990

almoststew1990

almoststew1990

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Hey OCUK

I'm finally upgrading my i7 860 to Haswell next week when I get paid. I have a budget of around £900-£950. At the moment I have:

ASUS P7P55D Evo
i7 860 @ 2.8GHz
8GB DDR3 2133MHz
HIS IceQ 7970
Various HDDs
Corsair 500r

I'm after a CPU, Motherboard, giant SSD and PSU. I've already decided on the 4770K + h100i bundle- that's £365 or so.

I like the look of the ASUS Sabretooth for around £200. Is there a better high end motherboard for this price? Has to be ATX, support 2 GPUs, not be a bright colour, like overclocking...

I like the look of the Samsung 840 512GB Basic. Is there a better 512GB SSD for this price?

The PSU has to be modular and be sufficient for two 7970s. And no short cables! The only one that catches my eye is the Corsair Builder Series CX 750 Modular jobbie- http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-118-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2597


Cheers!
 
best i could do:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor & Corsair H100i CPU Cooler Bundle £358.99
1 x Toshiba SSD HG5D Series THNSNH 7mm 512GB Solid State Hard Drive - (THNSNH512GCST) £341.99
1 x Asus Z87 SABERTOOTH Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £199.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series HX+ 750W '80+ Gold' Modular Power Supply (CP-9020031-UK) £107.99
Total : £1,020.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).



MHD

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the ssd, is cheaper but have a better writing and reading speed, i dont know much about ssd, but i think that is better, unless a miss a point
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor & Corsair H100i CPU Cooler Bundle £358.99
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £289.99
1 x Asus Z87 SABERTOOTH Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £199.99
1 x XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £71.99
Total : £932.96 (includes shipping : £10.00).



Better quality PSU, and you may have to wait a little while for the SSD (They just went on pre-order today)

I'm guessing that you don't need any RAM

If you wanted to save a little money you could get one of the referb H100 coolers for £40

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-021-CS
 
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YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £289.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £158.99
1 x XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £71.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
1 x Corsair Fan, SP120 PWM High Pressure Fan 4 pin, Dual Pack (CO-9050014-WW) £25.99
Total : £868.90 (includes shipping : £10.00).


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• UD3H is still a great board, but at a much lower price
• Refurb H100 + SP120 fans will be just as good as if not better than a H100i
• Great PSU, and it's even on offer atm!

If you don't want to wait for the 840 EVO to come in stock you could subsitute it with something like this:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Crucial M500 480GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - (CT480M500SSD1) £299.99
Total : £307.73 (includes shipping : £6.45).

 
Thanks for the suggestions! Any idea when the Samsung evo will be dispatched? A couple of you have specced the Sabretooth- I'm assuming it is pretty good? What am I missing out on if I go for the gigabyte board?
 
Only things you're missing out on really with the Sabertooth is the fancy heatshield and the 5 year warranty, however Gigabyte have a UK based RMA, so if something ever does go wrong you won't be left without a motherboard for very long ;) (Asus RMA is in Czech Republic iirc).

And in regards to the ETA on the EVO drives:
Andrew Moore said:
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Oops, I over estimated my budget a bit- I've got £800 to play with. I'll skip the power supply for now and stick with my current one, and get a sli able one later. Is it Still possible to get a 4770K h100i, overclocking mobo and 512GB SSD for £800?
 
What are you using the system for? If you want it mainly for gaming you could save on the CPU and go for an i5 4670K 3.4GHz and OC it to 4.4GHz

i5 Build

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £289.99
1 x Asus Z87 SABERTOOTH Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £199.99
1 x Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £185.99
1 x XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £71.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £6.59
Total : £796.54 (includes shipping : £10.00).





i7 Build

YOUR BASKET
1 x Samsung 500GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE500BW) £289.99
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - OEM £263.99
1 x Asus Z87 SABERTOOTH Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £199.99
1 x XFX Pro 850W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £71.99
1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1150 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g) £6.59
Total : £874.54 (includes shipping : £10.00).

 
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