My Upgrade Path

[sedontane]

Back in 2008 I built my University computer, It's been upgraded in a mish mash way ever since, usually on the super cheap (e.g the mobo/CPU, £1 when my work upgraded some machines a few years ago).

Anyway, its time to truly do it justice. I'm thinking a tiered upgrade plan.
Stage 1: Core elements
Stage 2: New Case/Peripherals
Stage 3: Water cooling loop/M.2 drive

This is my current mish-mashed pc:
(obligatory image is coming)

A list of my current PC

CPU: Intel Core i5-750 2.66GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock P55 Pro/USB3 ATX LGA1156 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£73.13 @ Misco UK)
Memory: Kingston 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3-1333 Memory
Storage: Kingston HyperX 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital WD Green 2TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card
Case: Antec Nine Hundred Two ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair 750W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
Sound Card: Creative Labs Audigy SE 24-bit 96 KHz Sound Card
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN851ND PCI 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter

These are the parts I'm considering for Stage 1. My budget for this stage is ~£1k, but every penny saved is a bonus, so I've plumped for an i5 instead of the i7. Changed ut the 1060 for a 1070, as per reccomendations

Stage 1

CPU: Intel Core i5-7600K 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor (£230.99 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Silverstone TD02-LITE 92.5 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler (£77.99)
Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£199.38 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory (£73.13 @ Misco UK)
Video Card: Palit GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Super JetStream Video Card (£399.93 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £981.42

For Stage 2 I really like the look of the Nvidia GeForce special edition InWin 303 case. But I dont like the window with the garish white text.

InWin 303

Unluckily, it also seems the Nvidia Special is currently only available as a pre-built solution from PC Specialist :sad:


Stage 3: The Pipe Dream
I'd like to water cool it, probably hard tubing, and install an M.2 SSD, with a fast controller (>SATA, 3Gbs speed), but I think that's a H2 2018 goal.

I'm interested to hear peoples opinions on any of this.

 

[AlienALX]

Wait for Ryzen.

Don't spend that much on a 1060, put some extra and get a 1070.

 

[Lazlo]

For Kabylake standard ram speed is 2400. So I would go atleast 2400 instead of 2133.

 

[RobM]

most definitely wait for ryzen and possibly vega, you may also find better prices at Aria or ocuk

 

[Bartacus]

If you're not overclocking, you could save some coin on the CPU cooler. A cheaper air cooler will work great on stock speeds, even OCed a little. It won't be much, but it would be something. I'd also echo Aliens suggestion of a 1070, if you can swing a cheap one.