Upgrading from Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 - Help Needed!

Akagi · 19 Sep 2014 at 12:52

stulid said:
Teamgroup are solid, been around for yonks.

Have they? I thought they appeared out of nowhere a couple of years ago?

stulid · 19 Sep 2014 at 12:59

Acme said:
Have they? I thought they appeared out of nowhere a couple of years ago?

Founded in 1994.

MrJB · 19 Sep 2014 at 13:22

Acme said:
Have they? I thought they appeared out of nowhere a couple of years ago?

Yup certainly hadn't heard from them when I last did an upgrade a few years ago. But looks like they have indeed been around a while.

MrJB · 19 Sep 2014 at 15:25

Right, so have decided to go with a 105 and also realised I can fit a Micro ATX board into the Air240 case.
Pretty happy with this, just under 700 pounds too

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £263.99
1 x MSI Z97M Gaming Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H105 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060016-WW ) £89.99
1 x Crucial M500 240GB M.2 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CT240M500SSD4) £89.99
1 x Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 High Airflow PC Case - Black (CC-9011070-WW) £69.95
1 x TeamGroup Xtreem LV 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-21300C11 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit (TXD38G2666HC11CDC01) £65.99
Total : £699.49 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Thoughts?

stulid · 19 Sep 2014 at 15:37

You still get cashback if you buy a gigabyte board and cpu, doesnt have to be together as a "bundle" just needs to be same time+date and place.

https://toptechcashback.com/uk/en/pages/cashback/terms

The Promotion is open to residents of the France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, UK, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Spain, Italy & Austria. Only purchases of Qualifying Products made in the Territory are eligible to enter the Promotion. Qualifying Products must be purchased in the same place and on the same date This offer is not open to employees of Intel and other manufacturers whose products included into promotion, their parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising representatives and agencies, their agents, wholesalers, resellers, retail staff, retailers, participating stockists or anyone connected with the Promotion and the immediate families of any of the foregoing persons, are NOT ELIGIBLE for this Promotion.

MrJB · 19 Sep 2014 at 16:43

Thanks for the heads up, looks like most combinations of Motherboard and Devil's Canyon i5/i7 are eligible.

I noticed you posted the i5 bundle, I am wondering If I really need an i7, the real life performance difference isn't that great... and it saves almost 100 quid.