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vasquez

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Hay everyone I'm upgrading my pc, my budget is 700£. I have looked about and came up with this list:

Mobo: MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition
GPU: Asus NVIDIA GTX 960 STRIX DirectCU II OC Graphics Card - 2GB
CPU: Intel Core i5 4670 Haswell Processor
SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 2.5 Inch SATA 3
RAM: Corsair Memory Vengeance Jet Black 8GB DDR3 1866 MHz
CASE: Phanteks Enthoo Pro PC Case

All of that comes in at 668£ which leaves me enough for posting charges. I should add that I have a 520 Watt PSU from my current pc and 2 500GB HDD's

My current set up is this:

Mobo: MSI Z77A - G43
GPU: ASUS GTX 660 Ti
CPU: Intel i5 3330 3.00Hz
No SSD
RAM: Patriot viper 8gb
CASE: Beat up mid size case
PSU: Corsair HX 520Watt
OS: Windows 8.1 pro x64

If you can offer your opinion on what you would change/replace for the same budget that would be great. thanks.



 
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logainofhades
This would be a far better upgrade, overall.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V2 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£211.39 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£77.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 970 4GB JetStream Video Card (£245.47 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£85.93 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £620.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-29 15:28 BST+0100
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sadams04

sadams04

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I would stick with what you have with a GPU upgrade and add an SSD, but if you really want a new rig...

MB - Z97 is meant more for overclocking or SLI / CF. Look toward the H97 platform to pair with the non-overclocking CPU.
CPU - The 4590 is the better option when not overclocking. You won't miss the few hundred MHz difference between it and the 4670 / 4690.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor (£147.55 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£61.16 @ Scan.co.uk)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Tactical 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£45.77 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£77.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 970 4GB STRIX Video Card (£279.19 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT Phantom 240 ATX Mid Tower Case (£56.95 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £668.61
 
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logainofhades

logainofhades

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This would be a far better upgrade, overall.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1240 V2 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (£211.39 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£77.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 970 4GB JetStream Video Card (£245.47 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case (£85.93 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £620.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-29 15:28 BST+0100
 
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