Upgrading PC, £700 budget.

80s_Guy · 29 Dec 2015 at 23:35

I'm not interested in overclocking or SLI/crossfire, RAID. Would like a motherboard with decent onboard sound.

Core i5-6600K 3.9GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - OEM £185.99
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler £29.99
GA-H170-HD3 Intel H170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £82.99
Z170A PC Mate Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard £94.99
Vengeance 16GB (4x4GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C15 2666MHz £89.99
500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive £119.99
RM Series RM550X '80+ Gold' 550W Modular Power Supply £72.95
Aerocool DS200 Black Edition £75.95
Graphite Series 230T Compact Mid Tower Case £59.99
Windows 10 £79.99

I'll use my old radeon r9 270x for now, then upgrade to a GTX 970 later.
Geforce GTX 970 Windforce OC or G1 gaming 269.99/275.99

My current pc
AMD Phenom II 965
Radeon r9 270x
ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3
8GB XMS3 Corsair DDR3 ram
windows 7

Any help would be appreciated, thanks Alex

Disco_P · 30 Dec 2015 at 02:16

For £560 I managed to get everything you need.

8 pack bundle for CPU, RAM, mobo and cooler £330
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8pac...locked-quad-core-gaming-bundle-bu-050-as.html

SanDisk x300 512gb ssd £99
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/sand...5-sata-6gbps-solid-state-drive-hd-028-sd.html

Power supply and case were already solid choices for the money so I left them. You could then sell parts from your current PC and buy a 970 almost immediately.

Windows I would try to activate on the new bundle. It might work by installing 7 and activating over the phone or by using the key for a fresh install of 10.

80s_Guy · 30 Dec 2015 at 10:53

Thanks Disco P, any particular reason you recommend the x300 over the evo 850. Isn't the evo 850 faster?

Alex.

Disco_P · 30 Dec 2015 at 11:35

SSDs are all so fast nowadays that you'll be hard pressed to find any difference outside of benchmarks. It also has the same 5 year warranty as the Samsung.