Upgrading from Q6600

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Hi Guys

Im going to finally upgrade my computers cpu after 6 long years of my faithful q6600, I have a budget of about £400

I have a MSI 560ti Twin Frozr I plan to keep for the time being, and hoping to keep my 500watt psu, I also have 3HDD and 2 small SSD running.

I have my eye on this setup and would like your views on it, all this comes to about £330 atm.

AMD FX-8350
Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 Motherboard
Crucial BLT2CP4G3D1869DT1TX0CEU Tactical 8GB Kit (4GBx2), Ballistix

Thanks for reading my post,

James
 
I'm running a Prolimatech Megahalems with some noctua fans, I was thinking of getting the AM3 kit for it as its been a good cooler for me, what ya think?
Would I see a good performance increase from this upgrade? Is their a better memory set I could get as to the one I listed? I'm not sure on memory speeds ect.

Regards

James
 
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If the cooler is doing fine then keep it for now. Memory is really just memory. You pay for the specs more than the name/brand except for a few. Just find a minimum of 1600mhz ram with CL9 timings and a lifetime warranty.
 
I would upgrade to a higher wattage PSU. 8350 sucks up watts like crazy when volts start to go up. I would go for a 650+watt PSU now but if you plan on SLI/Xfire in the future you may just want to get a 750+ PSU.
 
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