Upgrading - please check my list.

[rentaspoon]

I'm upgrading my pc as it is slowly lagging behind due to a few poor choices on my last build. 

 

I've made this list of upgrades http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/38Nwp

 

Only thing I'm unsure of is the water cooling AIO as I can't find any reviews for the 120V only the 120M and 120XL I already have a R9 270 and it's all running in a Silverstone SG09, I'll be upgrading piece by piece as that is the only way I can do it, motherboard first so I can stick my current processor in.

[Shd0w2]

YOu dont need 16gb. Honestly I'd do this; sell that 270 and all of that rig except the ram, case and PSU.

 

 

Then buy a new GPU and cpu.

[nsyedhasan]

I would go with a thick 120mm cooler. Do you need the 16GB RAM? I would go with something Intel instead.

[TheSLSAMG]

The motherboard is garbage. Frankly, if you are going mATX, go Intel Z87 or AMD FM2+.

[CartertheCOCguy]

id say intel bro

[nsyedhasan]

The motherboard is garbage. Frankly, if you are going mATX, go Intel Z87 or AMD FM2+.

You could always get a B85.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£125.99 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£29.90 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£54.99 @ Amazon UK)

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£47.99 @ Aria PC)

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£49.98 @ Aria PC)

Total: £308.85

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-12 23:36 GMT+0000)

[TheSLSAMG]

You could always get a B85.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£125.99 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£29.90 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£54.99 @ Amazon UK)

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£47.99 @ Aria PC)

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£49.98 @ Aria PC)

Total: £308.85

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-12 23:36 GMT+0000)

Of course, but then you lose overclockability. Not that it really matters though.

[SAV1OUR]

more pricey but better 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£161.99 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£25.44 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  Asus GRYPHON Z87 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£110.96 @ Amazon UK) 

Memory:  Kingston Beast 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£59.94 @ CCL Computers) 

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£47.99 @ Aria PC) 

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda LP 1.5TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£34.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £441.31

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-12 23:37 GMT+0000)

[nsyedhasan]

Of course, but then you lose overclockability. Not that it really matters though.

That's why the cooler is a thin 120mm.

[rentaspoon]

YOu dont need 16gb. Honestly I'd do this; sell that 270 and all of that rig except the ram, case and PSU.

 

 

Then buy a new GPU and cpu.

 

Well that I know but thought it would be worth filling up the bays, my ram and cpu/mobo will be going to my dad so don't have the choice to sell

 

I would go with a thick 120mm cooler. Do you need the 16GB RAM? I would go with something Intel instead.

agree on the thicker cooler, no don't need 16GB atm.

 

The motherboard is garbage. Frankly, if you are going mATX, go Intel Z87 or AMD FM2+.

FM2+ isn't really much better which is a shame but out of interest what cpu would you say is a good FM2+ cpu? I did look at Z87 it seems to have better options but not as much bang for buck, that said it's been a while since I had an intel processor

 

You could always get a B85.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU:  Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£125.99 @ Aria PC)

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Seidon 120V 86.2 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  (£29.90 @ Amazon UK)

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (£54.99 @ Amazon UK)

Storage:  Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  (£47.99 @ Aria PC)

Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£49.98 @ Aria PC)

Total: £308.85

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-12 23:36 GMT+0000)

As above I need the ram but 8gb would do, that seems less for more?

[nsyedhasan]

agree on the thicker cooler, no don't need 16GB atm.

 

As above I need the ram but 8gb would do, that seems less for more?

Keep the RAM, PSU, GPU, and case then get the B85 build.