Upgrade plans for 2014

[lachyman]

Hi there!

I plan to upgrade my rig you see in my signature this year. I plan to change a lot of things, so I came here to gather your ideas and recommendations. 3 most important points I made for this are new design, overclockability and 4K capability. 

 

I'll start with the design part. I don't really like how my PC looks like now, and I blame the case and the motherboard for this. Too much red and plastic, doesn't tickle my fancy. Also I'm a bit upset from the lack of filters in the case. I wouldn't care that much to change it if I didn't know somebody who actually likes it and could buy the stuff off from me. In that case, I'd buy the 450D from Corsair and the Z87 Sabertooth. I consider this rig as my inspiration (http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/12550-my-r4/), I'd love to see a similar dark theme and minimalistic design in my PC too. 

 

Now onto overclocking. My i5 is a pretty good overclocker, it just gets a bit hotter than average in the proccess, so I need a nice AIO to use it to it's full potential. But as every 240mm AIO costs above €100 here, with the good ones like the H220 around €125, I tought I could just pay up a little and get the H320 for €145 for ultimate performance. With that I'd also get some fans, 3 with high SP for the rad, 1 120mm as rear exhaust and 2 120/140mm as front intake, this is what I'm not very experienced in, so you could recommend some.

 

Up to the last and most important thing, 4K. I hope to get a 4K screen around the end of the year, but I obviously can't run it with a 660. I'm going to wait for the 800 series with my upgrade, as the current gen doesn't really have anything to give me now. 

 

I'm also getting a new mouse and keyboard, as what I have now is slowly dying after 4 years of loyal service, I plan to replace them with the Ducky Shine 3 and Mionix Avior 7000.

 

So, what are your toughts on this? 

 

 

[Altecice]

4K capability wont be around any time yet and the 800 series still wont be up to the task (if you are talking about a one GPU solution) You are going to need to be spending a lot and either SLI/CrossfireXing some GPU's. If you are wanting to ultra spec games at that res. As for maximum overclockability sure you could spent lots on a LC loop and things but if the CPU you buy is not a good OC'er then you will be stuck with it .

 

Mouse is optical so spot on there 

[toggleguy]

that inspiration is beutiful

[toggleguy]

you should get sleeved cables or sleeve them yourself

[Izaya Orihara]

4K capability wont be around any time yet and the 800 series still wont be up to the task (if you are talking about a one GPU solution) You are going to need to be spending a lot and either SLI/CrossfireXing some GPU's. If you are wanting to ultra spec games at that res. As for maximum overclockability sure you could spent lots on a LC loop and things but if the CPU you buy is not a good OC'er then you will be stuck with it .

 

Mouse is optical so spot on there 

Well a 780ti can handle Metro Last Ligth in 4k with 28 fps.