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 Posted: Mon, 20th Jun 2016 18:55 Post subject: Upgrade Time - Advice Needed |
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Hey Guys,
Its been a long time since i built this computer here, too long in fact i7 920 D0, 6 gig and a Gigabyte EX58-UDR3R. Its done me well over the years, but its now y turn in the house to finally get some much needed upgrades. But as i have not followed hardware trends i may need a little help on some stuff.
I have a budget of around £430 this is just for CPU, Motherboard, Ram and some after market cpu cooling. I will be using Scan.co.uk as i have £100 of credit with them.
Here's what i have so far, if anyone thinks i'm making big mistakes or can do better then please do chip in.
I shouuld add i currently have a 770 GFX card but i will be replacing this most probably with an RX480
Intel Core i5 6600K
Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI
16GB (2x8GB) Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX Black, PC4-24000 (3000)
Arctic Freezer i30
Cheers in advance.
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| Posted: Mon, 20th Jun 2016 20:11 Post subject: |
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I may do sli in the future, i did have back awhile ago with two 560TI's, maybe in the future yes.
Regarding the Gigabyte motherboards, just habit i guess, started way back with Jetway boards then moved to Gigabyte boards as they were pretty much the only boards to buy back eon's ago, and i've stuck with them, as i have "touch wood" never had an issue with any of the machines i have built with them, and that list is pretty long.
If you can recommend something that you feel is better by either workmanship, usability, cost and so on, then by all means, please enlighten me.
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| Posted: Mon, 20th Jun 2016 20:23 Post subject: |
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just skip the sli thought. sli with midrange cards, i.e. everything below 2x1080 is useless
you might safe up to 20-30 pounds if you choose a non sli z170 board (though you need a z board to oc the k cpu, otherwise it would be even cheaper to get a b150 for example)
rest is ok, though ddr4 2666 is enough and the best price/performance combination. 3000 is to expensive for not bringing any improvement
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| Posted: Tue, 21st Jun 2016 02:59 Post subject: |
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| MadK9 wrote: | | I may do sli in the future, |
Dont. Just.
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