Want to Upgrade to IvyBridge

[Jjustme]

So I'm upgrading after a very long time and my current specs are:

E6700 @ 3.2GHz
3GB RAM
P5B Deluxe
Corsair HX620
22" 1080p monitor

At first I thought of going all out and getting a 6 core Sandybridge-E so it would last me a long time, but then I felt the 6 cores haven't really settled in the market yet, and I'll just upgrade to that when IvyBridge-E comes out and there are more 6 core options.

So I'm planning on filling the gap between this and IvyBridge-E with the current IvyBridge.

I have a 285GTX and I'm not much of a PC gamer any more, mostly just consoles now so I think I'll keep it and put it in this new build.

I just wanted to check if everything is compatible in case I've missed something and also there are likely to be better suggestions for the RAM I've chosen, not really too clued up about IvyBridge RAM.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-3770K 3.50GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £251.99
1 x Asus P8Z77-V PRO Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £159.98
1 x Intel 520 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive - Retail £155.99
1 x Corsair Professional Series AX850 High Performance 850W Modular '80 Plus Gold' Power Supply (CMPSU-850AXUK) £154.99
1 x Corsair Obsidian 650D Gaming Midi Tower - Black £149.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/LGA2011/AM2/AM3) (CWCH100) £83.58
2 x Patriot Viper Xtreme 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (PXD316G1866C9K) £74.39 (148.78)
Total : £1,120.30 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 

[Jjustme]

Oh yeah, just general PC usage, not aimed at anything in particular.

Just want a snappy PC really, mine started feeling this is getting sluggish with all the new applications and stuff.

I do a bit of everything on it, video encoding, editing, image manipulation, audio manipulation, and I would just like it to be faster.

Looking for the best bang for buck, with good future proofing, like the 850W PSU, I don't think that current PC needs that much, but if I was looking at installing more HDD's and upgrading to Ivy-E and OCing, I might.

 

[Jjustme]

Thanks for the specs guys, and the reason I chose the 850W is because of where I plan to end up with this PC, IB-E.

I know I don't need it for normal day to day stuff, but I want it lol

I realise my HDD is probably the biggest bottleneck to my PC at the moment to the overall speed but just over a year ago, I made a PC for my 10 yr old little brother for £350 not incl monitor or anything and it is twice as fast as my current one in benchmarks.

It also feels quite a lot faster even though it's running on a HDD. (Comparing with two fresh Windows install by the way).

Also I feel this PC may give up any moment, I think I've had motherboard issues before (never actually figured it out because it just started working all of sudden) and PSU issues, or maybe they were both caused by the same thing.

A voltage measuring application I used not so long ago told me my 12V was running at 9.7V, all the other apps said 11.98, but the 9.7 reading was active and it varied slightly, all the apps that read 11.98 were static, no changes in the reading, same with bios, it just stays at 11.98.

The 3V and others are fine btw.

Another problem I had (probably still have) is after a short while of gaming (only some games, those truck simulator games really hit the spot here, made the pc crash instantly) the screen would just display no signal, but I could still here the PC normally, the fans and everything spin normally.

More demanding games like BF BC2 played fine for hours, no crashing at all. So there seems to be something wrong, I've already had to change the GPU once, from 8800GTX original to this 285GTX.

So yeah, I just want to upgrade the entire system apart from the 285GTX unless those problems persist.

 

[Jjustme]

Thanks all, changed the SSD, I guess the difference between the ones in this thread and the Intel 520 isn't worth the price difference so went with the Samsung after some googling, the crucial and samsung seem very close though!

 

[Jjustme]

Sorry I meant I've ordered before my last post.

The last spec is actually the CPU I put in the PC I built just over a year ago, while it's great and fast compared to mine, I really just wanted some faster.

I know it's complete overkill for general browsing, but I wanted it to be a great all rounder, I don't specialise in a certain type of use for the PC, it'll be doing everything from casual browsing on most days to video encoding, editing, maybe some gaming and whatever else I want to do lol.

Thanks for the help though guys, saved some £££ on the SSD over the Intel