Upgrade help

[karambaitos]

heres what i derped up
Budget 1.8k-1.9k euros
the place im buying my stuff from,
links.hr - homepage ... a=05060615

the currency exchange rate is 1euro=7.5kn or 1 U.S. dollar = 5.51
hopefully you can decifre some of the words but ill put the correct list if i have a question for anything (all prices are with tax included)


CPU- Procesor INTEL Core i7 2600K BOX, s. 1155, 3.40GHz, 9MB cache, GPU, Quad Core (IDK what the difference is between the K one and the one with non K)

MOBO-http://www.links.hr/index.php?naziv=Mat ... 50.306.719

or Mati?na plo?a GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD7-B3, iZ68, DDR3, zvuk, S-ATA, RAID, G-LAN, PCI-E, CrossFireX, SLI, eSATA, FW, USB 3.0,... - 050.306.759 artikl | 05030617

RAM - PC-14900, 8 GB, G.SKILL Sniper Series, F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR, DDR3 1866 MHz, kit 2x4GB
here you can see what other RAM is available DDRAM 3

HDD - 1000.0 GB WESTERN DIGITAL Caviar Black, SATA3, 64MB cache, 7200rpm

GPU - PCI-E XFX AMD RADEON HD 6970, 2GB DDR5, HDMI, DualDVI, miniDP, HDTV

DVD ROM - DVD?RW ASUS DRW-24B3LT/BLK/G/AS, 24x, SATA, Dual Layer, LightScribe
other available Serial ATA

Case - COOLERMASTER HAF 912 Plus RC-912P-KKN1, medium tower

PSU - 1000W, COOLERMASTER Silent Pro M, RSA00-AMBAJ3-EU, 135mm vent., PFC, ATX12V V2.3, modular
PSUs available NAPAJANJA
i really dont know what PSU to buy or which are better than which

Wireless card - PCI, D-LINK DWL-G520, 108Mbps (yes i know, but i really need it and they dont offer anything apart from D-Link)

Cooler - Cooler COOLERMASTER V8 (it seems im a cooler master fanboy)
here are all the coolers available CPU AKTIVNI HLADNJACI

Monitor - should i go for this 22" Monitor 22'' LED SAMSUNG S22A350H LS22A350HS, 2ms, 250cd m2, 5000000:1, D-SUB, HDMI, crni - 100.328.029 artikl | 10032830

or one of these 23" SAMSUNG

total with UD7 and 22" samsung comes in around 1,801.99 euros, but i guess i can go a 100 euros over budget and hopefully i can get some kind of discount

[Steeps]

That seems a bit expensive for that system.

But don't quote me on that. I don't have a computer available to try and price match that.

[Beee8190]

1.Any other use than games (video editing, heavy photoshop stuff etc..)?

2.What games would you like to play?

[karambaitos]

1.Any other use than games (video editing, heavy photoshop stuff etc..)?

2.What games would you like to play?

yeah if i get this i would definitely record and video edit, i want to BF3, ARMA2, ME3, what ever other game is going to be released

[Beee8190]

That seems a bit expensive for that system.

But don't quote me on that. I don't have a computer available to try and price match that.

Yeah I sort of agree, 1800Eur seems bit too much for what you have listed though.

Anyways, If you cant wait for Ivy B. (new intel stuff) the 2600k should serve you very well.
The K version means its partly unlocked so you will be able to OC it much further than non K versions.

Now, usualy the i5 2500k is sufficient enough for about anything you might wanna do with it but if you don't mind spending that bit more for the i7 2600K, I'd say go for it, if your not planing on upgrading for years to come.


MBoard - Mati?na plo?a GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD5-B3, iZ68, DDR3, zvuk, S-ATA, RAID, G-LAN, PCI-E, CrossFireX, SLI, eSATA, USB 3.0, FW,... - 050.306.719 artikl | 05030617

Honestly, I think buying the best is just waste of money.
(just look at 990X CPU vs 2600k for example)
So unless you planning on quad Crossfire or SLI and OC your CPU to absolute max on liquid nitrogen, its really unnecessary.( IMO as well is quad SLI )



Most likely sufficient enough - Gig UD-3
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showprod ... ubcat=1990

I recon saving the money and go for 128 - 256Gb SSD instead...


RAM - hard to justify higher price of 1886Mhz sticks compare to any major brand 1600Mhz offerings, when real difference is just too negligible, temps and latency included...

PSU - overkill, 750W / 850W max will be more than enough and saves you a lot of cash.
(I have Corsair HX 750 and Im pretty happy with it, its silent too)

[Daniel]

I would DEFINITELY go for a Nvidia GPU!!!

[Beee8190]

I would DEFINITELY go for a Nvidia GPU!!!

I guess me too, just for sake of Arma 3

btw - AnandTech - Bench - GPU11 GTX 580 FTW

[karambaitos]

not going for nvidia, thats a final, the 6970 is a beastly card that exchanges punches even with the 580, and plus i have lifetime overclocking warranty with xfx

@Beee
stuffs more expensive in croatia unfortunately
i can either get a UD7 or UD5 no UD3


alternately if i got a AMD T1100 which is cheap as hell, and i would be able to get SSD and all that jazz

[Beee8190]

Nah dude, I can't really recommend T1100, at least at this time when new toys are about to get released....

That shop is insane lol, how can they sell only UD-5/7's ? You sure you cant shop in different retail? maybe croatia amazon or something?
Either way I'd personally rather get any other brand than pay for those boards lol

[Dougalachi]

i think you would get more for your money if you got a 120-128GB SSD instead of the i7. Also, the 1000W PSU way overkill unless you plan on putting 2 6970s in there.

I agree that the Gigabyte UD3 (not UD3P) would be a good bet for a mobo.