Upgrading my old Titan Triceratop Rig

Jack1986

Jack1986

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Hi All,

I have an old PC that I have upgraded a little over the years. It is still going and I have been running my Vive on it. I will be getting a new gaming rig after my wedding later this year but I was thinking of upgrading the processor on my old PC in the meantime.

Everything else was pretty easy to upgrade but I am clueless with the processor.

The original setup was the Titan Triceratop from 2011.

System Specification
- Case: Coolermaster Elite 335 Case - Black
- Power Supply: OCZ ZS 650W PSU
- CPU: Intel Core i5 2500K 3.30GHz Sandybridge overclocked to 4.40GHz
- Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. Z68AP-D3 DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Corsair H60 CPU Cooler
- RAM: 4GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6GB/s
- Graphics Card: Choice of the latest DX11 Graphics cards
- Sound: Realtek 7.1 Channel Sound (On-Board)
- Optical Drive: LG DVD+/-RW SATA Drive

Would someone be able to advise a processor to get as an upgrade? I understand thet Overclockers dont supply a suitable option for this any more.

What do I have to look for to make sure the processor will work in my motherboard? Is it just the socket number? (1155 I believe).

Thanks for your help!

Jack
 
Thank you for the swift response!

I have actually already increased the RAM. It came with a 2 x 2gb kit. I have since added a 2 x 8gb kit. I also have a GTX 1060 6gb and I have added a new PSU. All over a long period of time.

The CPU is the only part left to switch out I think.

Does the revision of the board affect which CPU I can get or is that just to make sure I upgrade the BIOS correctly?

Ill start having a look now.

Thanks again!

Jack
 
Thanks for the info Danny,

I forgot to add that I have upgraded my hard drive to SSD for the OS and more demanding games. The old 500gb is now just a secondary drive.

The CPU is still running overclocked and I'm not confident enough in my ability to try and get any more out of it :)

Cheers

Jack
 
Hi All,

Thank you for your help with this so far. I have successfully fitted my i7 3770k and it is has given me an improvement in performance and benchmarking.

I'm looking for a little more help if possible.

I have overclocked my GPU and I was looking to overclock my CPU in a similar way to my previous i5 2550k. Unfortunately it seems I can only up the multiplier in the BIOS to 39. I was hoping to get this up to somewhere between 40 and 45.

It seems as though this is a limitation with the motherboard and that it is limited to 39 max with this CPU. I have looked for information online and it seems as though a number of people have been hitting the same problem but I thought that as if has been a few years now since all of the posts I was seeing, there may now be an alternative solution.

I am running the latest version of the BIOS (F8) but it still only lets be up the multiplier to 39.

Are there any other ways that I may be able to overclock my CPU if the motherboard is limiting this to 39x? People have been suggesting using a UEFI BIOS but it doesn't look like there is an option with this motherboard (GA-Z68AP-D3 - rev 1.0)

Thanks again!

Jack
 
Thanks again for the info. I will look into trying the rev 2 on my board and let you know how i get on :)

I have checked the processsor and it is definitely i7 3770.

Cheers!
 
Hi again,

i don't suppose you have a link to the guy who installed the version 2 UEFI BIOS do you? I have tried installing it but it does not work. I'm wondering what he did differently.

Alternatively, if you know what I might need to do to install this BIOS on the version 1 motherboard that would be greatly appreciated!

Kindest regards

Jack
 
Thank you for your help with this.

I'm now throwing a bit of a curve ball and I'm going to give this to my bro and get myself a new pc. I think I have it running as well as I can and it's is still doing well, but I'm getting too many dropped frames in the more demanding vive games.

I reckon I can stretch to £1900-£2000 including vat. I want to get a VR rig and for it to be future proofed for a few years.

I was thinking something like this https://www.overclockers.co.uk/tita...7600k-4.8ghz-kabylake-fs-125-og.html#t=b1d(k7

With the i7 and one of the 1080ti cards.

What do you reckon and do you think it would be best to start a new thread?

I'd like to order from over lockers but would be ok to order from ****** if they had something good. We get most of our work gear from there.

I'd rather not have to build it :)

Thank you for your help before with my knackered old Triceratop.

Cheers
 
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