What's next?

[kokoleison]

I have my setup here.... pretty happy with them...what should i get next?

my specs:

COOLERMASTER RC-430-KWN6 ELITE 430 WINDOW BLACK RED EDITION 54.90 €

 

CORSAIR CX500 - 80 PLUS BRONZE CERTIFIED 500W POWER SUPPLY 68.00 €

 

AMD FX-6300 3.5GHZ 6-CORE BOX 105.89 €

 

ASROCK 970 PRO3 R2.0 RETAIL 64.55 €

 

G.SKILL F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL 4GB (2X2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800 RIPJAWS DUAL CHANNEL KIT 44.00 €

 

KINGSTON HX316C10FR/4 4GB DDR3 1600MHZ HYPERX FURY RED SERIES 36.51 €

 

ASUS R9 270X R9270X-DC2T-2GD5 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E RETAIL 186.94 €

 

LITEON IHAS124-04 DVD-RW BLACK BULK 18.60 €

 

CORSAIR AIR SERIES AF120 LED BLUE QUIET EDITION HIGH AIRFLOW 120MM FAN 12.90 €

 

BITFENIX SPECTRE PWM 120MM FAN BLUEE LED - BLACK 9.30 €

 

COOLERMASTER R4-BCBR-12FW-R1 120MM WHITE LED FAN 6.80 €

 

COOLERMASTER RR-T2-22FP-R1 BLIZZARD T2 COOLER 14.80 €

--------------------------

This is my setup.... it costed me around 700euros ... (i made it long ago... prices are not the same)

 

Other stuff:

 

LG M2250D 22" LED LCD Monitor TV my main monitor

 

lg flatron 1946 my second monitor

 

Keyboard and stuff: 

SHARKOON SKILLER 17.05 €

 

NATEC NMG-0376 GENESIS GX66 INFRARED 3200DPI GAMING MOUSE 22.90 €

 

GENIUS SW-S2.1 200 6 WATT 3-PIECE SPEAKER SYSTEM 15.40 €

 

RAZER GOLIATHUS SPEED SMALL 14.94 €

 

NATEC NSG-0373 GENESIS HX55 5.1 GAMING HEADSET 29.90 €

-----------------------------------

 

This is all i have...

(personal oppinion ... A ssd ... a new mouse (from ebay) and a keyboard ...)

some call it 

Frankenstein 

("i wonder why")

[Jobbe03]

See... Why are you asking us what you should buy? Do you need an upgrade? or do you just have some extra money?

 

Save the money if you don't need anything. 

[kokoleison]

See... Why are you asking us what you should buy? Do you need an upgrade? or do you just have some extra money?

 

Save the money if you don't need anything. 

i am actually making my setup better little by little.... this is like...my main form...

[Recon-UK]

i am actually making my setup better little by little.... this is like...my main form...

Nothing to be touched, the platform is not really made to handle higher end GPU's, and certainly would be an issue with 2 cards.

 

An upgrade would be Devil's Canyon on Z97.

[Guest]

@kokoleison

 

Was there any real point to this thread? If you don't feel that something specific needs an upgrade, why are you asking other people who know even less about your rig?

[kokoleison]

@kokoleison

 

Was there any real point to this thread? If you don't feel that something specific needs an upgrade, why are you asking other people who know even less about your rig?

True...but as you can see from my setum... many mistakes made... i would change most of them for other..thats why i am asking you peaple... to make sure...,what i am asking actually is what would "YOU" change

[kokoleison]

Nothing to be touched, the platform is not really made to handle higher end GPU's, and certainly would be an issue with 2 cards.

 

An upgrade would be Devil's Canyon on Z97.

Devil's Canyon? * googles it to make sure* ... yeah...i am pretty sure that it wouldnt fly ... but if i upgrade to a z97...will i be able to upgrade to a better GPU? ... or 2x270x?

[LawrenceBarnes2013]

let'see :

 

-you're gonna start by getting a better Graphics card Like a GTX 770/780 or an R9-290 or straight away a 780Ti 

-Next a better CPU and Mobo Combination like an 8350 wuth an AMD Gaming AC Liberation or switch to intel platform with an i5 and a Z97 (it would be more expensive though) 

-Next Get an 8GB Memory Config or even straight away 16GB

-Next a Better Cooler like a swiftech H220 or a Noctua NH-D14/15

-Next Get a Better PSU like an 850W 80+Gold or a Seasonic 1000W 80+ Platinum

-SLI/CF what ever Graphics you happen to get 

-and finally Hit it all with some Noctua PPC Fans and a better looking case like a Define R4, an 800D, a Haf Series, a Phantom ....than Go custom water cooling and than upgrade your "Keyboard and Stuff" and the Monitor to 1440p and it's all good

 

BTW you said Step by step, part by part 

[Silver Knight]

True...but as you can see from my setum... many mistakes made... i would change most of them for other..thats why i am asking you peaple... to make sure...,what i am asking actually is what would "YOU" change

Don't really understand this thread, but i would:

- Add another GPU

- Add an SSD 

- Get a better CPU cooler so i can OC

 

 

Also, what's your budget?!?!

[kokoleison]

let'see :

 

-you're gonna start by getting a better Graphics card Like a GTX 770/780 or an R9-290 or straight away a 780Ti 

-Next a better CPU and Mobo Combination like an 8350 wuth an AMD Gaming AC Liberation or switch to intel platform with an i5 and a Z97 (it would be more expensive though) 

-Next Get an 8GB Memory Config or even straight away 16GB

-Next a Better Cooler like a swiftech H220 or a Noctua NH-D14/15

-Next Get a Better PSU like an 850W 80+Gold or a Seasonic 1000W 80+ Platinum

-SLI/CF what ever Graphics you happen to get 

-and finally Hit it all with some Noctua PPC Fans and a better looking case like a Define R4, an 800D, a Haf Series, a Phantom ....than Go custom water cooling and than upgrade your "Keyboard and Stuff" and the Monitor to 1440p and it's all good

 

BTW you said Step by step, part by part 

Thats fine with me! hard to get stuff..but i will get to it for sure!!!!

[kokoleison]

Don't really understand this thread, but i would:

- Add another GPU

- Add an SSD 

- Get a better CPU cooler so i can OC

 

 

Also, what's your budget?!?!

20euros per week?  ... i am getting a summer job now + if i want to make a upgrade...i have "my mother's money"

[Silver Knight]

20euros per week?  ... i am getting a summer job now + if i want to make a upgrade...i have "my mother's money"

So that means around 160 euros over the whole summer + "your mothers money"? And when someone says "my parents money" i immediately assume huge amounts, so i'll go a bit overboard

 

I suggest this:

 

- A new, Intel, CPU. Something like 4670/4690/4770/4790 (or K version if you want to OC And if you are OC'ing, then i suggest you go with 4790, so far it has shown great OC'ing potential )

- A new Mobo (H97 if you're not OC'ing, and it you are, then Z97)

- A 250Gb SSD as a boot drive

- A new GPU (something like 290 (it has the best "bang for the buck" )

- A new PSU (550W 80+Bronze/Gold/Silver, but if you really want to save money, then your current one is OK And if you're planning on CF/SLI, then 850W 80+Gold/Silver/Platinum )

- More RAM (you could add 2 more 4Gb sticks in dual-channel )

 

 

Excuse me if i made some mistakes, my Greek is a little rusty

[kokoleison]

So that means around 160 euros over the whole summer + "your mothers money"? And when someone says "my parents money" i immediately assume huge amounts, so i'll go a bit overboard

 

I suggest this:

 

- A new, Intel, CPU. Something like 4670/4690/4770/4790 (or K version if you want to OC And if you are OC'ing, then i suggest you go with 4790, so far it has shown great OC'ing potential )

- A new Mobo (H97 if you're not OC'ing, and it you are, then Z97)

- A 250Gb SSD as a boot drive

- A new GPU (something like 290 (it has the best "bang for the buck" )

- A new PSU (550W 80+Bronze/Gold/Silver, but if you really want to save money, then your current one is OK And if you're planning on CF/SLI, then 850W 80+Gold/Silver/Platinum )

- More RAM (you could add 2 more 4Gb sticks in dual-channel )

 

 

Excuse me if i made some mistakes, my Greek is a little rusty

haha! My Greek is a little rusty ... 

anyway...that sounds like alot of money... we will see

[Guest]

I have my setup here.... pretty happy with them...what should i get next?

my specs:

 

True...but as you can see from my setum... many mistakes made... i would change most of them for other..thats why i am asking you peaple... to make sure...,what i am asking actually is what would "YOU" change

 

That is not what your original post said.

 

moving on...

 

CPU & Board: I dunno, personally I think the FX 6300 is doing well; in multithreaded programs Piledriver is being utilized better nowadays so it can trade blows with entry level Haswell i5s, which I can't complain about. Of course, if you care about Piledriver's low IPC, then I don't see why the FX8350 would be any better...but you may want to get a FX 8350 and a good 990FX board like a M5A99FX or a UD3/UD5 which will get you all set for overclocking.

 

Cooler: generally everyone will recommend a 212 EVO for general OC, but if you have the money and want a better cooler, Phanteks' flagship cooler (I can't remember the name), Noctua D15, and Be Quiet Dark Rock 3 [Pro] are all very good [extremely] high end air coolers. If you want AIO then the Corsair H105 and Swiftech H220 and H320 are good as well.

 

PSU: before you do anything with experimenting with overclocking I recommend that you get a better PSU. Seriously. The Seasonic G series and Capstone-M (rebranded Super Flower, maybe not leadex but still pretty good) are good semi-modular Gold units that are extremely reliable and much better performing than the CXM; good full modular options include the SS-650KM3 (as the name suggests, Seasonic X 650W KM3) and the XFX XTR series (which is rebranded G series) are there if you want them but the X-650 is getting into the price range of Seasonic's Platinum units.

 

Video card: Honestly, the R9 270X is great even before overclocking, I recommend you keep it. And if you want more perf, I suggest you go with a single higher end card than CFX 270X.

 

Case: I'm nitpicking here, because I cannot stand <$80 budget cases from any manufacturer other than Corsair. I have the H440 and it's great; there are so many choices out there depending on what you're after. If you want the aggressive look of the HAF series for example, then go with that, but contrary to what other people have to say (it's kinda obvious that your case choice doesn't really affect gaming performance so everyone who would argue this against me can go away), between $50-150, you pay for better build quality, easier installation, and better design.