Your Opinion Please. Upgrade for Gaming.

[Sellsy39]

Hello Girls and Boys,

I want to upgrade my old Mesh Computer, Current Specs-

Intel Core Duo Extreme QX6700 Quad Core Processor, 2.66Ghz 8mb cache 1066 mhz CPU.
Stock Air Cooler
Asus P5 N32 - E Sli Motherboard
DDR2 900Mhz 2048Mb x 4 Kingston Memory sticks
120Gb Kingston SSD, for Microsoft 10
3 Gb Green Western Digital HD
Vapour X HD 6770 GDDR5 1 GB GPU
Broadcom Wifi Card 802.11G
OCZ 1000w PSU
Cooler Master Aluminium Case.

I want to play Fallout 4 On Max Settings.

I have looked on Overclockers Site and chose the following components

Intel Core i5 6600K 3.9Ghz Skylake Processor
Zalman CNPS7X Led V Shape CPU Cooler
MSi Z170A Tomahawk Intel Z170 Socket 1151 DDR4 ATX Motherboard
Samsung PM951 256Gb M.2 Internal SSD
Team Group Dark 16Gb 2 x 8Gb PC4 3000Mhz Memory Sticks
Be Quite System Power8 600W 80 Plus PSU

Graphics card well i am not sure what to do......Advice Please : )

XFX Radeon RX480 XXX 8192Mb GDDR5 PCi Express GPU

Saphire Radeon R9 Nitro 390 8192Mb GDDR5 PCi Express with Back Plate

XFX Radeon R9 390 DD Edition 8192Mb GDDR5 PCi Express GPU.

I will use my Cooler Master Case, Still Good Condition, Good Quality
Same with the WD Green 3 TB HD
Also the Kingston 120 GB SSD.

I would like to install windows 10 onto the M.2 Drive.
All my games are on STEAM only have Fallout 4 installed at the moment, would that fit ok onto the Kingston SSD, Would it load /work quicker?

What WiFi card do you recommend would like a quicker one.
My internet is provided by TalkTalk and is The top speed Fibre option

My budget is approx £750

Thank You for your help and advice

Ps at my age this will be the last upgrade that i will make so it does need to last me a few years : )

 

[stulid]

A few pointers,

Zalman cooler meh, maybe when Athlon socket A was available it was cool.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm= £17.99

Total: £26.69
(includes shipping: £8.70)
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But check its height against what can fit inside your case.



CPU+board bundles - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-components/motherboards/bundle-deals


550w will be enough, superflower, evga do some nice ones, you could reuse your ocz also if it has all the connectors for the new tech.



the pm951 is slooooow.

you want a sm951 and a nvme one at that,

my basket at overclockers uk:

• 1 x Samsung PM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive (MZVLV256HCHP-00000)= £74.99
• 1 x Samsung SM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e Gen3 8Gbps x 4 AHCI Solid State Drive (MZHPV256HDGL-00000)= £109.99
• 1 x Samsung SM951 256GB M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x 4 NVMe Solid State Drive (MZVPV256HDGL-00000)= £119.99

Total: £313.67
(includes shipping: £8.70)
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So theres three 256GB SSD that look the same, but they aint, only the last one is the true fast one. Look at the read/write and IOPS of all three and you will see.

 

[pastymuncher]

Which Kingston 120gb ssd are you reusing? Go for a motherboard/cpu bundle to save some money.