hi, i was going to upgrade my gf's pc and mine. she would get my cpu, gpu and psu. and i would get new faster bits etc. this would cost me around £500. but i have now decided to give her my pc (asus 970 mobo, phenom x2 550 @3.7 on air and a 5770) i need it for games, research has told me to buy a 2500k system, i have no problem with this however i do not understand how the intel mobo system works, what socket to get or what chipset. i will be pairing up with a £200 gpu when i have decided what gpu to get. (waiting on 7xxx pricing). i will be building fulll system and need some serious help. i dont want to spend more than £700 on hardware. but if it gets me a better system than my old amd system(which worked pretty well to be honest)then i think it will be worth it
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ok, now dont tell me missus, but i have just ordered the bitfenix shinobi black windowed, asrock extreme 3 gen 3, 8gb of 1600 mhz hyperx ram and a ocz modxstream psu, im gonna leave the 2500k and the nhd14 for now, just let the funds build a little,. oh yeh. still need that darn gpu
Excalabur50
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Do yourself a favour and buy a Corsair AX series psu not the ocz
only problem with that is corsair is double the cost...
Excalabur50
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try a HX 750 by corsair that will run it all nicely
i know that you are pushing corsair, but what about xfx? just found this on amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/XFX-P1-750B...I3ZQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326454648&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/XFX-P1-750B...I3ZQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326454648&sr=8-1
Excalabur50
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Im not sure if xfx are still made by seasonic if they are you wont have a problem with it
according to this http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/370 that psu is indeed a relabled seasonic unit. so im gonna order one of them, thanks for your help.
Excalabur50
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no worries good luck with your build
crap. i couldnt wait till next week, i have now ordered the cpu and nhd-14.... £500 into a pc i wont have a decent gpu untill sometime in feb... oh well, at least i will have time to get some more overtime in to pay for it, the money i spent today was suposed to go towards a new car lol, sod it, keep the old banger and have a good pc
Excalabur50
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crap. i couldnt wait till next week, i have now ordered the cpu and nhd-14.... £500 into a pc i wont have a decent gpu untill sometime in feb... oh well, at least i will have time to get some more overtime in to pay for it, the money i spent today was suposed to go towards a new car lol, sod it, keep the old banger and have a good pc
ROFL
yassarikhan786
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crap. i couldnt wait till next week, i have now ordered the cpu and nhd-14.... £500 into a pc i wont have a decent gpu untill sometime in feb... oh well, at least i will have time to get some more overtime in to pay for it, the money i spent today was suposed to go towards a new car lol, sod it, keep the old banger and have a good pc
Hahaha, that is awesome. At least you spend the £500 on something worthwhile
I was going to suggest waiting a couple of months or so for ivybridge to be released and the rest of the 7xxx series to also show their hand, but you've already got some great parts there, so good luck with the build and it should be considerably better than your old rig
i couldnt wait that long, its bad enough waiting till end of feb for a gpu. the only reason im able to do this without getting in trouble with ma gf is cos she is getting my pc soon as hers runs wow 25 man's in 1-5 fps...
