Upgrading My PC

TeeJay132 · 28 Dec 2012 at 15:31

At the moment I have a 650 watt PSU and would like to upgrade to MSI GeForce GTX 680 and a Intel Core i7-2700K 3.50GHz (Sandybridge) What power supply would I need or should I re-consider what I should upgrade to all together?

At the moment I have a Intel i3 2100, the motherboard is a ASUS P8H61-M and the Graphics card is a HIS 6770.

Thanks in advance.

TeeJay132 · 28 Dec 2012 at 15:37

Hi

It's a OCZ ZS Series, thank you for the reply.

TeeJay132 · 28 Dec 2012 at 15:43

Idleman said:
Can you list your full system spec and your budget?

At the the moment i've got an i3 2100 @3.10GHz, 4GB 1600MHz ram, HIS Radeon 6770, ASUS P8H61-M, 500GB HDD, 650w OCZ ZS Series. My budget is about £600

TeeJay132 · 28 Dec 2012 at 15:46

RJC said:
Fairly decent so you be fine.

Instead of spending extra money on the 680 have you thought about the 670 series, this offers minimal performance loss when compared with the 680.

I run Gigabyte WF card without issue.

Ok, i'll check them out thank you for the help.

TeeJay132 · 28 Dec 2012 at 15:56

Idleman said:
What case do you have?

Antec 300 Thats one thing i'm windering will it fit? lol

TeeJay132 · 28 Dec 2012 at 16:10

Idleman said:
The spec for the case, states a maximum length of 279mm/11". A GTX670 is 9.5" long, so will be all right. You might also get away with a 7950, if the power connectors are at the side.

Right Ok, thank you for the help it means a lot.

TeeJay132 · 28 Dec 2012 at 16:58

Idleman said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £72.98
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
Total : £580.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).

This and sell your existing parts and recoup some of the money.

Looks good, I'll most probably get this. Thank you so much for the help

TeeJay132 · 28 Dec 2012 at 17:08

TeeJay132 said:
Looks good, I'll most probably get this. Thank you so much for the help

TeeJay132 · 28 Dec 2012 at 17:09

Idleman said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE FARCRY3, Hitman Absolution, Sleeping Dogs & 20% off MOH Warfighter PC Games £239.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V LX2 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £72.98
1 x Thermalright HR-02 Macho CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366) £39.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £35.99
Total : £580.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).

This and sell your existing parts and recoup some of the money.

One more thing, will I need to get a new PSU if the card is 2x6 pin connectors I won't be able to do it on the PSU I have at the moment as it only has one 6 pin connector?

TeeJay132 · 28 Dec 2012 at 17:13

Idleman said:
You are welcome.

Can you measure from the back of the case to the hdd rack and tell me what the distance is, please.

It's about 11"

TeeJay132 · 28 Dec 2012 at 17:27

RJC said:
Just buy one of these, no need for a new PSU.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Akasa PCI-E to PCI-E 2.0 Adapter (AK-CB052) £2.89
Total : £5.17 (includes shipping : £1.90).

The PSU I have has one 6 pin but the card needs 2 6 pin what do I do then?

TeeJay132 · 28 Dec 2012 at 17:38

RJC said:
looking at the OCZ Specs your PSU should have 2 PCI-E cables.

http://www.ocztechnology.com/ocz-zs-series-550w-750w-power-supply.html

Edit: The ZS Series was launched in 2011 and you should have 1 x 6 pin & 1 x 6 + 2 pin connections so the adapter should not be needed.

Oh yeah it does, it was hid away with a bunch of other wires. thats great then haha. Im happy now thank you

TeeJay132 · 28 Dec 2012 at 17:42

Haha, you guys are awesome! Thank you so much for helping me and my dumbness

TeeJay132 · 28 Dec 2012 at 18:14

Idleman said:
Looking around the net 11.2" is the average size for 7950. Now some people say it will fit, others only if you remove the drive bays. If you can give us an accurate measurement, we will know one way or the other.

11.2" Just