Best possible upgrade

[DryzonDigital]

Budget: around 1.5k euros

*would be nice if I could get amazon.co.uk links or at least retailers in Europe*

You can see my rig in my signature down below. Best possible boost with fifteen-hundred euros.

I accept any possible upgrade idea that includes budget money allocated for an ultrawide monitor, if you cant propose one just consider the fact that money for that has to be left over! Go wild and thank you in advance!

My thoughts before this post: grab another 280x and xfire it. Water cool+oc my cpu. Another 8gb of ram and a larger/better ssd.

OR----

Simple, Intel CPU Rig for gaming and editing.

You can check out my current rig in my signature so you can tell me what parts I can keep.

What I'm looking for:

1) 60+fps gaming on an ultra-wide monitor that has to be included in the build, or at least money set aside for it.

2) OCable cpu setup, if that makes sense

Go wild and thank you in advance.

[ForsakenLive]

With that money you could pretty much do a new build , but I kinda like your idea better. Extra RAM, moar SSD, some OCing and a shiny new display. However I'd just try to sell the R9 280X and get a new powerful GPU.

[pomaranc]

What are you going to use it for?

[DryzonDigital]

With that money you could pretty much do a new build , but I kinda like your idea better. Extra RAM, moar SSD, some OCing and a shiny new display. However I'd just try to sell the R9 280X and get a new powerful GPU.

 

Exactly! That's what I considered as well but no one here in Greece will buy my used 280x I've tried selling stuff like that before. If I find a use for it I'm thinking a 980 or something, what do you think?

 

What are you going to use it for?

 

Great question, dumb of me not to mention. Editing and gaming mostly.

[costacis21]

Budget: around 1.5k euros

*would be nice if I could get amazon.co.uk links or at least rerailers in Europe*

You can see my rig in my signature down below. Best possible boost with fifteen-hundred euros.

I accept any possible upgrade idea that includes budget money allocated for an ultrawide monitor, if you cant propose one just consider the fact that money for that has to be left over! Go wild and thank you in advance!

My thoughts before this post: grab another 280x and xfire it. Water cool+oc my cpu. Another 8gb of ram and a larger/better ssd.

with 1.5 k you could built a new system more powerful than your current one. Now if you only want to upgrade, go buy a 250+gb ssd since you only have a 60 gb one.  About your peripherals, i think you are more than fine except the monitor, you could buy 1-2 panels of your choice. Any other money left can be used to go intel. 

 

if you are using your system for editing, i think you should go intel first, storage, then monitors and finally new gpu

Edited April 23, 2015 by costacis21

[pomaranc]

Exactly! That's what I considered as well but no one here in Greece will buy my used 280x I've tried selling stuff like that before. If I find a use for it I'm thinking a 980 or something, what do you think?

 

 

Great question, dumb of me not to mention. Editing and gaming mostly.

I would recommend selling you GPU, MBO and CPU and hetting haswell i5 and GTX970 (or even SLI or 980 if budget allows it), you should have enough money for new shiny monitor Also if you do a lot of editing another 8GB of ram would be nice too.

[DryzonDigital]

with 1.5 k you could built a new system more powerful than your current one. Now if you only want to upgrade, go buy a 250+gb ssd since you only have a 60 gb one. About your peripherals, i think you are more than fine except the monitor, you could buy 1-2 panels of your choice. Any other money left can be used to go intel.

if you are using your system for editing, i think you should go intel first, storage, then monitors and finally new gpu

I wanna go intel so bad, I really do, but what's gonna happen is me being left with an extra mobo/cpu on my hands with no use for. If I were to use my budget to build a new rig combining some stuff from my current one, how should I go about it? 4470k?

[DryzonDigital]

I would recommend selling you GPU, MBO and CPU and hetting haswell i5 and GTX970 (or even SLI or 980 if budget allows it), you should have enough money for new shiny monitor Also if you do a lot of editing another 8GB of ram would be nice too.

Good thinking but I think the 970 is on par if maybe a little better than the 280x, so I think a 980 sounds nice

[pomaranc]

I wanna go intel so bad, I really do, but what's gonna happen is me being left with an extra mobo/cpu on my hands with no use for. If I were to use my budget to build a new rig combining some stuff from my current one, how should I go about it? 4470k?

Sell your old parts, they are still pretty good, and 4790K is best one obviously but any haswell i5 should be better than FX 8350.

[pomaranc]

Good thinking but I think the 970 is on par if maybe a little better than the 280x, so I think a 980 sounds nice

970 is on par with 290X

[pomaranc]

1080p ultrawide?

as I said previously, i5 4690K and 970 (SLI if enough money, make sure MBO supports it) and if you edit a lot get another 8GB of RAM.

[ForsakenLive]

Exactly! That's what I considered as well but no one here in Greece will buy my used 280x I've tried selling stuff like that before. If I find a use for it I'm thinking a 980 or something, what do you think?

 

That's kind of a shame. Although I usually never end up selling parts (specially GPUs) as they are often more welcomed in the hands of friends and family that are still using sluggish old hardware. Maybe you can do the same if there is no easy sell popping up.

 

Many others are going to come up with pretty good partlists even for new entire systems that fit your budget (typical i5 4690k + GTX 970 combo), and while they are right (those parts are simply much better that your current hardware, I had found myself needing a lot more PC horsepower for some projects and my OC'd FX 8320 was keeping me quite behind) it doesn't mean you should upgrade the whole thing right away. We are on this weird time of the year when the hype and PC enthusiasm is right on its peak, but the hardware we want to purchase can become obsolete quickly; both new GPUs and CPUs are going to be released soon enough (leaks say 2 months for GPUs, a bit longer for the Intel CPU release).

 

So let's change what won't matter down the road (even if current hardware on the market is highly compelling, nobody likes to know they missed on something for not holding), and that's  what you said, RAM, SSD and the CPU cooler. Those parts are going to be as good as today by the end of the year, we are going to be still using DDR3 even for the new platforms, we are going to keep OCing (apparently cooler mounting compatibility will keep being exactly the same, and even if it change, companies will sell the latest mounting hardware), and for storage even if M.2 and NVMe seem to be the latest and greatest, most people will keep loving their Sata 3 drives, specially with their prices becoming cheaper and cheaper.

 

Monitor-wise, we all know there is still a battle of the standards going on between the main companies. Personally I think until 2016 we won't see any clearance on the dynamic refresh matter, so unless you plan to spend over $500, don't hold back on those pretty pixels. 29" 21:9 2560x1080p is a great mid-spot for the enthusiast, and prices are on par with 1440p, so it's your choice really.

 

Your CPU probably still has what it needs to keep you entertained for months to come, and maybe the R9 280X too?

[KirbyTech]

This and then use the rest for a loop.

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3Qq2NG

[costacis21]

I wanna go intel so bad, I really do, but what's gonna happen is me being left with an extra mobo/cpu on my hands with no use for. If I were to use my budget to build a new rig combining some stuff from my current one, how should I go about it? 4470k?

That extra build could be used as a media server, a storage server, an htpc maybe, or even donate it:p your editing needs would be more satisfied with an i-7 and as much ram as possible! If you want me to be more specific and provide more suggestions, please feel free to tell me

[DryzonDigital]

1080p ultrawide?

as I said previously, i5 4690K and 970 (SLI if enough money, make sure MBO supports it) and if you edit a lot get another 8GB of RAM.

 

Yeah, 1080p ultrawide.

The additional 8gb of RAM is a no-brainer.

I'm thinking EVGA 980 and a 4490k i7.

Keep my case and HDD, snatch up an SSD.

Any recommendations for CPU cooling and 1150 socket mobos?

[pomaranc]

Yeah, 1080p ultrawide.

The additional 8gb of RAM is a no-brainer.

I'm thinking EVGA 980 and a 4490k i7.

Keep my case and HDD, snatch up an SSD.

Any recommendations for CPU cooling and 1150 socket mobos?

How about 970SLI, it costs only a bit more than 980 and gives you a lot more power but also introduces some of the disadvantages of SLI obviously.

ASUS Z97AR is great but since MBOs don't affect performance choose one with features you need (and looks too if you have window)

budget for cooler? 

i would recommend you to get 4790K instead of 4490K if you can.

[DryzonDigital]

That's kind of a shame. Although I usually never end up selling parts (specially GPUs) as they are often more welcomed in the hands of friends and family that are still using sluggish old hardware. Maybe you can do the same if there is no easy sell popping up.

 

Many others are going to come up with pretty good partlists even for new entire systems that fit your budget (typical i5 4690k + GTX 970 combo), and while they are right (those parts are simply much better that your current hardware, I had found myself needing a lot more PC horsepower for some projects and my OC'd FX 8320 was keeping me quite behind) it doesn't mean you should upgrade the whole thing right away. We are on this weird time of the year when the hype and PC enthusiasm is right on its peak, but the hardware we want to purchase can become obsolete quickly; both new GPUs and CPUs are going to be released soon enough (leaks say 2 months for GPUs, a bit longer for the Intel CPU release).

 

So let's change what won't matter down the road (even if current hardware on the market is highly compelling, nobody likes to know they missed on something for not holding), and that's  what you said, RAM, SSD and the CPU cooler. Those parts are going to be as good as today by the end of the year, we are going to be still using DDR3 even for the new platforms, we are going to keep OCing (apparently cooler mounting compatibility will keep being exactly the same, and even if it change, companies will sell the latest mounting hardware), and for storage even if M.2 and NVMe seem to be the latest and greatest, most people will keep loving their Sata 3 drives, specially with their prices becoming cheaper and cheaper.

 

Monitor-wise, we all know there is still a battle of the standards going on between the main companies. Personally I think until 2016 we won't see any clearance on the dynamic refresh matter, so unless you plan to spend over $500, don't hold back on those pretty pixels. 29" 21:9 2560x1080p is a great mid-spot for the enthusiast, and prices are on par with 1440p, so it's your choice really.

 

Your CPU probably still has what it needs to keep you entertained for months to come, and maybe the R9 280X too?

 

They way I see it is, my friend will be one lucky guy with his new 280x this June, haha. I mean I wouldn't want it sitting on a shelf would I?

 

All you've said is 100% right, I'd much rather wait for the new AMD 3xx series supposedly on July in terms of gpus. In terms of CPU power though, I might make the jump to Intel and have a nice neat build ready to suit my brand new GPU around September-ish.

[ADZ_123_!"£]

What about a R9 295X2?