Upgrading gaming/streaming rig

[rambol]

Hello!

 

My rig (details in signature) is showing its age so I'm looking for some upgrade advice.

 

Location: UK

 

Budget: £1,000 (GBP) max.

 

Aims: To play new and upcoming titles on high detail at 1080p/1440p and 60FPS and to stream MMOs like Star Wars: The Old Republic at 720p and 30FPS with minimal impact on my frame rate. My existing CPU (AMD Phenom II X4 960T) struggles with CPU-bound games. I'd like to reuse as much of my existing rig (case, storage, etc.) in the new build as possible.

 

Monitors: I'm currently using one 1080p monitor but considering adding a second or upgrading to a 1440p monitor.

 

I'm currently considering:

 

• CPU: Intel Core i7 5820K (I understand that more cores are generally better for streaming, particularly when playing CPU-bound games like SWTOR; I'd also hope to overclock it to at least 4GHz);
• motherboard: ASUS X99-A;
• memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX (DDR4, 4*8GB, 2666MHz).

 

I'm also looking at the upcoming Nvidia GTX 1070 and 1080, as my XFX Radeon HD 7950 DD is loud and starting to develop problems (artifacting) while gaming.

 

Questions:

 

• Is there any sense waiting for a new Intel Core i7 six-core CPU?
• Will my power supply (discontinued Antec TP-550, 550W, 80 PLUS Bronze) cope with this build?

• Is my existing CPU cooler (be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 2) compatible with this build? I'm concerned about RAM clearance and unsure if I need new motherboard fittings, etc.

[Djole123]

I think your current considerations are OK (tho wait for some official benchmarks on the 1080)

 

And for your questions:

 

1) Not much. Haswell E is very good.

2) Will check, PCPartPicker is kinda broken so wait.

3) Yes, but get low profile memory anyway.

[Hogger]

To answer your questions

 

- From what I've heard people discussing, Getting a 6700k or any sky lake is fine. There is rumor of new CPUs coming out, but there is TONS of talk about them being the same socket and being in the same family. Like 6580 (just an example) seems like they will be adding variations in between the xx00k models

 

-I'd get a new power supply, at least 850 watt and gold efficiency, power supplies are becoming pretty cheap in general now a days, and it's good to have lots of good clean power. Better to have a little more than exactly what you need or less.

 

- the LPX sticks have pretty low profiles, I'd imagine you should be fine, I'd just make sure to install the ram BEFORE the cooler

 

 

[Streetguru]

41 minutes ago, rambol said:

 

There ya go, you could probably fit in a 5820K if you want more CPU performance

 

Also you should wait for polaris potentially

 

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2qPZnQ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/2qPZnQ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£254.24 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: MSI B150M PRO-VDH Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£60.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Crucial 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£51.99 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: A-Data Premier SP550 240GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£47.92 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£39.95 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: PowerColor Radeon R9 390 8GB PCS+ Video Card  (£262.40 @ Ebuyer)
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  (£36.99 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: SeaSonic EVO Edition 620W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£77.65 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £832.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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