Hey all and thank you in advance for any help.
As the title says, I am currently running a Q6600 setup that I have overclocked to 3.2 GHz.
I have been upgrading my system slowly over the last 6 years or so but it really needs a major overhaul.
Here is what I currently have and want to keep:
XFX 550W PSU which is new.
MSI HD7850 OC edition with 2GB
CoolerMaster ATX case and fans
Arctic Freezer 7 CPU cooler
Several hard drives and SSD
So I need to replace my CPU, motherboard and RAM. My budget is £150 ish as it is a gf gift for my birthday so not much headroom there.
My first plan was to buy the Gigabyte Z97 board (which is around £58 at dabs.com) and get a G3258 and overlock that. That would leave me with about £40 for RAM.
Are there better options than that setup? I would like to upgrade in the future so that's why I went for the cheaper CPU now and better motherboard. I also don't know much about good RAM so any advice there is appreciated.
Thank you
As the title says, I am currently running a Q6600 setup that I have overclocked to 3.2 GHz.
I have been upgrading my system slowly over the last 6 years or so but it really needs a major overhaul.
Here is what I currently have and want to keep:
XFX 550W PSU which is new.
MSI HD7850 OC edition with 2GB
CoolerMaster ATX case and fans
Arctic Freezer 7 CPU cooler
Several hard drives and SSD
So I need to replace my CPU, motherboard and RAM. My budget is £150 ish as it is a gf gift for my birthday so not much headroom there.
My first plan was to buy the Gigabyte Z97 board (which is around £58 at dabs.com) and get a G3258 and overlock that. That would leave me with about £40 for RAM.
Are there better options than that setup? I would like to upgrade in the future so that's why I went for the cheaper CPU now and better motherboard. I also don't know much about good RAM so any advice there is appreciated.
Thank you
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