Upgrade Advice

Joeface

So the time has come to say good bye to old Faithful Q6600 ,

Have a new board ,Just need advice on CPU, HEAT SINK and Ram.

Board is SOCKET 1155 ASUS MAXIMUS V GENE , but its been years since i even looked at CPU's so no idea what I am looking. Is it possible to upgrade for €250 to something that will play BF4. played the alpha when it came out and well current system has seen better days

Will be keeping my current GFX card Nvidia GTX570 & have an SSD drive

1. What is your budget? €250
2. What will be the main purpose of the computer? Gaming -BF4 and more
3. Do you need a copy of Windows? No
4. Can you use any parts from an old computer? GFX CARD GTX 570 , SSD drive , CASE and PSU,
5. Do you need a monitor? No
6. Do you need any of these peripherals?No
7. Are you willing to try overclocking? No
8. How can you pay?Paypal/Credit Card
9. When are you purchasing? In the next month,

PatMustard5

Why did you spend so much on the motherboard? You should really consider overclocking, its easy to do. Replace processor with i5 3570k if you plan on overclocking. The stock cooler that comes with the processor is also fine if you don't plan on overclocking

Item|Price
Intel Core i5-3470 Box, LGA1155|€166.85
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9-9-9-24|€54.63
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - Intel/AMD|€29.83
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€270.30

Joeface

thanks for the reply Pat

no problem with overclocking , current system is overclocked . would just avoid it in the beginning , just kinda hoping it won't be needed.

And no I didn't spend anything on the motherboard .gifted it

PatMustard5

Joeface wrote: »

thanks for the reply Pat

no problem with overclocking , current system is overclocked . would just avoid it in the beginning , just kinda hoping it won't be needed.

And no I didn't spend anything on the motherboard .gifted it

The 3470 cant be overclocked so if you plan on overclocking get an the 3570k. Only ones ending in K can be overclocked

BloodBath

Get the 3570k. They are great overclocker's and it's the easiest overclocking I've ever done. You will easily get 4.5ghz with the 212 evo cooler mentioned above. You already have a good board for it.

It will push you €30 over budget but it will be worth it.

Better ram for less.

Joeface

Learning more , Thanks for the feed back .