Moving on from my 7 year old Core2Duo Probably within the month unless there is a compelling reason to wait, say, around the holidays. I don't upgrade often as i don't like the hassle and apart from my GPU which was upgraded all else have not been changed. Hence my preference towards Gigabyte's UD boards.
Budget Range: around 550€
System Use: Gaming Hopefully High/Mid on 1080p on current games (GW2, Diablo 3, looking forward to GTA, Civ V and Beyond Earth), sound editing (Cubase 7.0), light video editing on 1920x1080 LG monitor
No peripherals or OS needed
Samsung EVO 840 120gb and a Gigabyte GTX 750 Ti 2gb already owned from another build
Parts Preferences: Intel, Gigabyte, Need an m.2 motherboard, Availability is short on options here anyway. The only H97 Boards with m.2 i can find is the Gigabyte listed and an ASROCK H97 KILLER . Then it's on to the Z boards.
What i've come up with:
CPU: Intel Core i5 4590 188.90€
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H 102.19€
Memory: Kingston HYPERX FURY 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 1866MHZ 79.48€
Storage: Western Digital 1TB Caviar Blue Sata3 56.50€
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 63.37€
Case: Corsair Carbide 200R 59.90€
The above come just at the 550€ mark but i would consider going over it providing the reasons are valid.
Questions:
Is there a decent / cheap / quiet cooler to help keep the noise tolerable during workloads?
Is it worth it getting a z97 board now with view of upgrading to a k processor in a couple of years?
Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H 102.19€
ASROCK H97 KILLER 119€
GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD3H 145€
As i plan to get a better GPU in time will the PSU be able to cover a 770 for example?Also, would it cope with OCing a k processor if/when i get one and another set of RAM sticks?
Budget Range: around 550€
System Use: Gaming Hopefully High/Mid on 1080p on current games (GW2, Diablo 3, looking forward to GTA, Civ V and Beyond Earth), sound editing (Cubase 7.0), light video editing on 1920x1080 LG monitor
No peripherals or OS needed
Samsung EVO 840 120gb and a Gigabyte GTX 750 Ti 2gb already owned from another build
Parts Preferences: Intel, Gigabyte, Need an m.2 motherboard, Availability is short on options here anyway. The only H97 Boards with m.2 i can find is the Gigabyte listed and an ASROCK H97 KILLER . Then it's on to the Z boards.
What i've come up with:
CPU: Intel Core i5 4590 188.90€
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H 102.19€
Memory: Kingston HYPERX FURY 8GB (2X4GB) DDR3 1866MHZ 79.48€
Storage: Western Digital 1TB Caviar Blue Sata3 56.50€
Power Supply: XFX TS 550W 63.37€
Case: Corsair Carbide 200R 59.90€
The above come just at the 550€ mark but i would consider going over it providing the reasons are valid.
Questions:
Is there a decent / cheap / quiet cooler to help keep the noise tolerable during workloads?
Is it worth it getting a z97 board now with view of upgrading to a k processor in a couple of years?
Gigabyte GA-H97-D3H 102.19€
ASROCK H97 KILLER 119€
GIGABYTE GA-Z97X-UD3H 145€
As i plan to get a better GPU in time will the PSU be able to cover a 770 for example?Also, would it cope with OCing a k processor if/when i get one and another set of RAM sticks?