Thinking of Upgrading

alex1997123

Hi there,

So I'm considering upgrading my gaming PC. My main reasons for wanting to upgrade is the noise of my PC at the moment. My CPU fan is currently the stock one that comes with the I5 CPU's. I'm looking for a good CPU fan that's not noisy as well as some Case Fans, I would consider a water cooling. I'm also looking for a SSD. Not sure weather that would 120GB or 250GB depends on the price really.

Now this next part is really me just asking but I currently have

I5 3450
HIS 7850 1BG
8GB Ram
450 Watt PSU

So I wondering if you think it's worth upgrading to a overclockable Haswell CPU and getting a new graphics card that really good at overclocking aswell?

Thanks in advance

BloodBath

Need more info. What are your total system specs including monitor size and resolution?

I don't think it's worth upgrading to an overclockable Haswell just yet. You're not going to see much of an improvement over what you currently have.

A graphics card update could give you a nice boost though. Noise levels would be easy enough to sort out as well.

You can get a decent cheaper cpu cooler that will reduce noise a lot and get a newer card that runs quietly.

raymix

For SSD look at new Samsung Evo series, they are almost on par with Pro series (much more expensive ones) at a cost of regular Samsung SSDs.

Noise is affected by your stock cooler and possibly amount of case fans.

You might need to up wattage to 500W on PSU if planning to get unlocked CPU. Also depending on what GPU you end up with, you might run out of PCIe connections and borrowing from 4-pin molex with adapter isn't the best idea either.

alex1997123

ASRock B75 Pro3, Sockel 1155, ATX
8GB-Kit G.Skill PC3-10667U CL9
Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 450W
HIS HD 7850 GDDR5 1024MB DVI/HDMI/2xMini DP
BitFenix Merc Beta
LG GH24NS bare schwarz
Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb
Intel Core i5-3550 Box, LGA1155
LG 1920 X 1020 Monitor

Here's my full system specs Any suggestions on Card and fan Bloodbath

BloodBath

What's your budget?

These are good.

Sapphire 7950 vapor-x €250

Coolermaster hyper 212 evo €30

If you are happy with performance and it's really just the noise that is annoying you then maybe just get the cpu cooler and a new silenced case like the Nanoxia deep silence 1 or 2 or the Fractal Design R4 or the Cooltek Antiphon.

You can change the speed of any fans connected to your mainboard through the bios as well.

alex1997123

I knew I was forgetting to tell you something haha, My budget is €400 so that fits in nicely. How would that card overclock and would I need some new thermal paste for the fan?

BloodBath

The card is a great overclocker. Of course it depends on other variables like case airflow ect but it has a lot of headroom if you can keep it cool. The cooler on it goes a long way. It's one of the best ones.

Maybe add a couple of extra case fans and a fan controller. How many 3 pin fan headers are on the board?

If noise is really annoying you though I would definitely consider upgrading your case.

alex1997123

I would have to check how many 3 pin headers there are on the board

BloodBath

This is a bit over budget but if you sold your old case and card you should get around €120- €140 for the pair.

The case has good cooling performance and silent fans + sound dampening for the internal components.

Item|Price
HIS HD 7950 IceQ Boost Clock GDDR5 3072MB DVI/HDMI/2xMiniDP|€230.88
Nanoxia Deep Silence Two Anthracite, ohne Netzteil|€83.10
Alpenföhn Sella - 92mm, AMD/Intel|€17.77
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€350.74

alex1997123

My budget is 400 I wrote 300 by accident. I would still like to get the SDD. I was thinking Graphics Card, CPU Fan and SSD for about 400

BloodBath

How about this? The case comes in 2 other colors as well.

Item|Price
HIS HD 7950 IceQ Boost Clock GDDR5 3072MB DVI/HDMI/2xMiniDP|€230.88
Samsung SSD 840 EVO Basic 120GB SATA 6Gb/s|€84.39
Cooltek Antiphon White, ohne Netzteil|€62.39
Alpenföhn Sella - 92mm, AMD/Intel|€17.77
Shipping|€18.99
Total|€414.42

alex1997123

I'll have to think about it, thanks anyway I'll get back to you with my decision

alex1997123

I found a Gigabyte 7950 on the "Selling personal gear" Thread for €200 So I could go with that or is the cooling better on the HIS one?

indough

alex1997123 wrote: »

I found a Gigabyte 7950 on the "Selling personal gear" Thread for €200 So I could go with that or is the cooling better on the HIS one?

if you are referring to my ad then i will do you a deal of 290 for the graphics card and the ssd if you're interested, so youd be saving yourself another 10 there anyway and the ssd im selling is better (not by that much, but a small bit). it hasn't been used either, as in nothing has ever been installed on it although it's been taken out of its box.

wait and get some advice on which cooler is better first though as i've never used the HIS one

alex1997123

indough wrote: »

if you are referring to my ad then i will do you a deal of 290 for the graphics card and the ssd if you're interested, so youd be saving yourself another 10 there anyway and the ssd im selling is better (not by that much, but a small bit). it hasn't been used either, as in nothing has ever been installed on it although it's been taken out of its box.

wait and get some advice on which cooler is better first though as i've never used the HIS one

I am referring to your ad and thanks for the offer I still have to decide on what I'm gonna go

BloodBath

If it's a triple fan gigabyte windforce then there's not much difference in the cooling and €200 is a great price.

indough

yep, it's the windforce one all right

http://www.hardwareversand.de/3072+MB/55042/Gigabyte+Radeon+HD+7950%2C+3GB+GDDR5%2C+PCI-Express.article

alex1997123

That card looks massive, would that fit in my current case? Any chance of you going any lower indough

alex1997123

Actually you know what forget that, I'll take you up on that deal of €290 for the graphics card and SDD if you could post them to Dublin and can I pay through Paypal?

indough

I can do that no problem as long as you cover the postage and paypal costs. Won't be able to send it out until Monday though. I doubt it would cost too much

alex1997123

Got any idea how much it would cost to post it here?

indough

I don't know mate but I'll go into the post office tomorrow and find out,

alex1997123

Alright cool

indough

alex1997123 wrote: »

Alright cool

Hi, it will cost an extra 15 for insured post + paypal. Let me know if that's ok and we can sort things out. Thanks

alex1997123

So €305 in total?

indough

alex1997123 wrote: »

So €305 in total?

Yep that's right

marco_polo

That a great deal in fairness, if I'd only had money I'd have snapped up that HD7950 a few days ago. :pac:

indough

Hi Alex, if you do plan on taking me up on that offer would you mind making the offer on the advert linked in the other thread (via adverts.ie), I just want to keep the ad itself above board. Thanks

alex1997123

Alright man, I'm going to take you up on that offer. Just about to make the offer of 290 on Adverts. I'm Alex9715 on Adverts

Edit: Wait, **** was I suppose to offer 305 on Adverts

indough

alex1997123 wrote: »

Alright man, I'm going to take you up on that offer. Just about to make the offer of 290 on Adverts. I'm Alex9715 on Adverts

Edit: Wait, **** was I suppose to offer 305 on Adverts

That doesn't matter really it doesn't need to match the exact paypal amount

alex1997123

I know it's a bit late but I'm assuming a 450 Watt psu is going to be ok for 7950

BloodBath

Yes the super flower amazon is decent. The card would use around 200w of power. Your cpu is rated for 77w and the rest of the system would be 50w max.

alex1997123

Awesome thanks Bloodbath

alex1997123

Thanks Indough. Everything arrived and is working