what would you buy?

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looking at possible upgrade from [email protected] 4gb dd2

what would you buy if I gave you £300.

Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
(£144.99) £173.99
(£144.99)
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
(£87.49) £104.99
(£87.49)
Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £252.47
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £52.39
Total : £314.36
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or

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
AMD Bulldozer FX-8 Eight Core 8120@8150 Black Edition 3.60Ghz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail with FREE Deus Ex PC Game £143.99
(£119.99) £143.99
(£119.99)
Asus Sabertooth 990FX AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £126.00
(£105.00) £126.00
(£105.00)
Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99
(£19.99) £23.99
(£19.99)
Sub Total : £244.98
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50
VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £50.90
Total : £305.38
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be used as a games pc mostly and I have a 5850 at present.
 
Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99 (£144.99) £173.99 (£144.99)
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99 (£87.49) £104.99 (£87.49)
Kingston Blu 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9AD3B1K2/4G) £23.99 (£19.99) £23.99 (£19.99)
Sub Total : £252.47
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with: DPD Next Day Parcel (This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.50 VAT is being charged at 20.00% VAT : £52.39
Total : £314.36
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Or as the system is primarily for gaming you could upgrade your current video card first then do the cpu/mobo/ram upgrade at a later date (although in all likelihood you will be very slightly cpu bottlenecked). One advantage of getting the cpu/mobo/ram first would be you could add a,cheap second hand 5850 if your current board doesn't support Xfire.
 
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current board is ip35-e and 2 of the sata ports are broken, purchased a shuttle to put that cpu in so it will live on for few years as a spare pc.


are the stock coolers ok to oc with or do they suck/or loud?
 
honosuseri said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) £40.79
Total : £299.76 (includes shipping : FREE).



The mobo doesn't do SLI/Xfire. Not sure how much of an issue that is for you but it did allow for more RAM :)
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This. Assuming you have a 64bit OS.
 
Ivybridge does run hotter than sandybridge. If you are serious about OC'ing a good budget cooler would make sense so.....

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £173.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £84.98
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £25.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/4GX) £23.99
Total : £308.95 (includes shipping : FREE).



Seeing as adding RAM will be an easier upgrade than swapping the heatsink, this is certainly an option. Although the mobo doesnt do SLI/Xfire you do get lucid MVP still which will provide a boost in performance for your 5850 GPU.

EDIT I have no idea what case you have so please check the heatsink will fit before ordering. The gelid is smaller than the corsair A50 which is another budget heatsink fav here.
 
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No idea why anyone would even consider Bulldozer for a desktop PC. It's a massive letdown. Only one way to go at the moment and that's intel. Just hope AMD come up with something good soon or intel will start to put their prices up....
 
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