What would you change?

[jaydam]

Hi All.

I have been shopping!!!

is there anything you would change?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1080 G1 Gaming RGB 8192MB GDDR5X PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N1080G1 GAMING-8= £619.99
• 1 x Samsung 500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)= £145.99
• 1 x Alpenföhn Matterhorn Black CPU Cooler= £41.99
• 1 x Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail *FREE GAMES*= £299.99
• 1 x Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £199.99
• 2 x Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C15 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2B30= £119.99

Total: £1,547.93
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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[StarShock]

Depending on what monitor you have it might be worth saving a few pennies and getting a 1070. Even at 1440p a 1070 will manage most things and they're a fair bit cheaper than the 1080. But that's a nit pick really.

 

[pastymuncher]

That board and cpu are cheaper as a bundle:-

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte Z170X Gaming 7 - Skylake Core i7 6700K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£20 Saving**= £479.98

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Or there's the cheaper bundle that has the 6700k with the Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Designare motherboard:-

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Designare - Intel Core i5/i7 CPU & Motherboard bundle = £449.98
  • Processor:Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz (Skylake) Socket LGA1151 Processor - Retail *FREE GAMES*

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Same speed but much cheaper ram:-

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Grey (TLGD416G30= £79.99

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Same speed but cheaper low profile ram:-

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Team Group Delta 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz Dual Channel Kit - Red Light (TDTRD416G3000H= £98.99

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Cheaper cooler (must be good as it features in a lot of the bundles):-

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Alpenföhn Brocken ECO CPU Cooler - 120 mm= £29.99

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[jaydam]

woah !! thanks man you just saved me 110 quid

 

[jaydam]

Gah!!!

i should stop reading!!

Looking at my current specs would you say i am wasting 1500 quid?

i have had this machine since 2011 and it has served me well...........

i have also suggested upgrading a few times and always been told dont bother just overclock?

 

[mickyflinn]

New gpu like you said and another 8 gb of ram, should be able to overclock your cpu to 4ghz by just changing the multiplier in the bios to 40.

 

[mistersprinkles]

1 x Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7 Intel Z170 (Socket 1151) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £199.99
^Why do you need this? You're not even buying an M.2 SSD or going SLI. You could literally buy the cheapest Z170 board on the market and be ok.

 

[Klo]

Gah!!!

i should stop reading!!

Looking at my current specs would you say i am wasting 1500 quid?

i have had this machine since 2011 and it has served me well...........

i have also suggested upgrading a few times and always been told dont bother just overclock?

Well the real question is: do you need more performance? Are you unhappy with how your computer is running in games or in the day to day?

 

[pastymuncher]

Buy the gpu, overclock your 2700k and see how you get on. If all is good then you have saved a fortune. If you still want more power wait for this offer to appear again on the 28th December. GPU wise, even a 1070 is a big upgrade from a GTX780. I know because I upgraded from a EVGA GTX780 FTW which was around 780ti performance and the 1070 can be up to double the performance depending on the game. It's also massively more power efficient.

 

[jaydam]

Thanks all..

I have put it on hold for now as i am looking at the above suggestion!

that looks like a bargain!