Worth Upgrading

[ikilby]

Guru's

my current system is as follows:

i7 950 3.07GHz overclocked on air to 4.217Ghz (on air)

Bus running 183

Dram 6Gb @ 733.5MHz

Radeon HD6970

Is it worth me upgrading and if so any recommendations on best HW - RAM / MB/ CPU & graphics.

Probably will start / test on air and want to move to Water

budget wise - best performance required - cost not really an issue.

 

[snips86x]

If you had a budget, what would it be?

I think your CPU is still capable, comparison for:

i7 950 vs 4670k
i7 950 vs 4770k

If you wanted to upgrade, the only path where you would see a performance increase would be the 4770k or going for the 4820k on the X79 platform, but the x79 can be more expensive.

Here would be 2 suggestions:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £239.99
1 x Intel 4820K 3.70GHz (Ivybridge-E) Socket LGA2011 Processor - OEM (CM8063301292805) £239.99
1 x MSI X79A-GD45 Plus (8D) Intel X79 (Socket 2011) DDR3 Motherboard £153.95
1 x Kingston HyperX Genesis 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual/Quad Channel Kit £89.99
Total : £723.91 (includes shipping : FREE).



YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x Asus HD 7970 DirectCU II TOP 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **FREE SHIPPING** £239.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £152.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX21C11T3K2/8X) £71.99
Total : £724.96 (includes shipping : FREE).

 

[ikilby]

Thanks mate.

As said before budget not really a problem just want best performance and great OC.

If I am going to put water cooling - will the 4820k /4830K be good.

Also X79 MB whats the best - is it the Asus Rampage IV?

Thinking of dual Nvidia 780's too...The titans are too expensive !!

Why do OC's UK not do swiftech Water blocks anymore?