Upgrading help.

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Right I'm deciding to get a new motherboard and a new CPU, as my old 1055T at stock is bottlenecking my 7950.

But the bundle consists of:

- i5 4670K @ 4GHZ
- Asus Z87-K
- 4GB Corsair Vengeance LP RAM
- Xigamatek Gaia SD1283


The price for this bundle is £389.99 and it comes Pre-Assembled.

My questions are, is this a good bundle? With the CPU being overclocked, I know it shortens the CPU lifespan but by how much?
I already have 8GB Vengeance Blue in my system which is at 1600MHz, will it be okay to have both in, will there be any conflictions or issues?
I have only read a few reviews on the CPU cooler, but I'm gonna guess and say that it'll fit in my case as I have a Coolmaster Storm Sniper with a HD 7950, but I'll double check for safety.
 
Thing with that is that I'm not a fan of MSI motherboards, I've always had Asus and I've heard bad things about MSI.
 
How difficult is it to attach the CPU to the mobo and then the cooler to the CPU?

I've never done it before so I'm a bit nervous about doing it, incase I bend the mobo or break something, and I don't want to be spending £300+ on something that I'll break and be unable to get a refund.
 
Hmm okay.

I've put this together.

- i5 4670K @ Stock
- Asus Z87-K
- NZXT Havik 140

Cost: £315.88

With the paste for both, should I buy a separate brand or use the paste that's included?
 
Yeah I have 8GB Vengeance blue's at the minute that aren't that old, think I bought them 4-5 months ago.

I may look at getting another 4GB or 8GB or Vengeance Blue's but there's no need at the minute.

This is the price without a new Operating System which will set me back a fair amount, as I doubt I can use the OS that came with my PC.
 
Yeah I knew it was too old to just upgrade the CPU.

Think I'll throw a spanner in the works, would it be worth considering a 4770K or an AMD equivalent of either the 4670K or 4770K?

Obviously the price of the 4770K is gonna bump it up a bit, but could I not save by going for a cheaper motherboard then the one I'd get for the 4670K?

Ideally I'm looking to spend £350 for a new CPU, mobo and a cooler, non water-cooled.

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*Just put this together on another website*

Intel 4770K @ Stock
Coolermaster 212 Evo
Asus Z87-K

Total Price: £377.81

That to me seems like a good deal, but here is where you say that the cooler won't be good enough or something and crush my dreams :(
 
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It is retail no sign of OEM in the title name anywhere :)

I just compared it to the prices on here and the difference is £25.16, so near enough a second EVO just in saving.
 
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I know it's not allowed to speak about other sites being cheaper but this really is a steal, let's just hope those prices stay the same or go lower once I have all the money together :D

Another thing, will my GPU be upto scratch for a stock 4770K? *I'm looking to keep it stock until I actually need to OC it.*

I currently have a 3GB Sapphire HD 7950 Vapor-X OC, which is now a year old.

And what about a new PSU, I currently have a Corsair 650W TX.

I would like to get a new PSU, possibly the AX760 or another which is a Platinum PSU to save in the long time on running costs, am I correct in thinking the Platinum's use less power etc or something?
 
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I take it I'll need to buy a new version of Windows?

Should I go for an OEM version or not, also what's the difference?
 
Well I ordered a PC from a PC building website, and I think... I installed it myself.

Since buying a new HDD I was able to install it onto the new HDD I believe, so would I be able to re-use it once again?

I thought it had something to do with the motherboards too?
 
Wow really, and there was me thinking I had to spend £70 for an OEM version or more for retail...

Maybe I could treat myself to something else instead then if that's the case :P
 
Well I found out that my current Windows 7 came pre-installed on my system, so I'll try and see if I can get it to work on the new mobo when the time comes, but if I can't which should I buy?

Win7, Win8 or Win8.1?

It's mainly just a gaming PC, maybe streaming in the future, and general use.

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Also could I get some reasons or suggestions as to which CPU to choose?

i5-4670K
i7-4770K
An AMD equivalent
 
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