Upgrading PC

[XeRoxx]

Hi, I'm new here and hope this is the right section for my post.

 

So i'm planning on upgrading my 4 year old computer and i was hoping on some feedback on what i'm planning to buy.

Current setup:
ASUS P9x79 PRO
Intel i7 3820 3.6Ghz

Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB

Corsair Vengeance Red 8x2GB DDR3 1600MHz

2x ASUS GeForce GTX 660 2GB DirectCU OC

Corsair H100

Corsair HX 1050W PSU

CM Storm Trooper

 

And i'm planning to buy:

ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming
Intel Core i5 6600K

Corsair Vengeance DDR4 LPX 4x4GB 3333MHz

SSD Samsung 850 EVO 250GB

So i'm keeping the graphics cards, CPU cooler, PSU and the case.

 

What do you guys think? Is this a justifiable upgrade, mostly going to be used for gaming and the occasional video editing.

The main reason i'm doing this upgrade is my hard drive is getting slow, and now way near where it once was.

I will most likely instal Win10 on it, i have Win7 now.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Id probably just upgrade your gpu to a 1070, get a ssd and keep everything else.

 

The 6600k won't be that much faster than a 3820.

 

 

[RenegadeReviews]

I'd say you've made yourself a pretty decent rig. 

 

My constructive feedback is that when you're combining gaming and video editing on the same machine, I'd recommend either a slightly larger SSD, or a large drive to store uncompressed video files. 

 

Other than that and the recommendations by Electronics Wizardry:

4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Id probably just upgrade your gpu to a 1070, get a ssd and keep everything else.

 

The 6600k won't be that much faster than a 3820.

 

 

 

This rig should provide many smiles for the future. 

[astranger200]

8 minutes ago, XeRoxx said:

Hi, I'm new here and hope this is the right section for my post.

 

So i'm planning on upgrading my 4 year old computer and i was hoping on some feedback on what i'm planning to buy.

Current setup:
ASUS P9x79 PRO
Intel i7 3820 3.6Ghz

Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB

Corsair Vengeance Red 8x2GB DDR3 1600MHz

2x ASUS GeForce GTX 660 2GB DirectCU OC

Corsair H100

Corsair HX 1050W PSU

CM Storm Trooper

 

And i'm planning to buy:

ASUS Z170 Pro Gaming
Intel Core i5 6600K

Corsair Vengeance DDR4 LPX 4x4GB 3333MHz

SSD Samsung 850 EVO 250GB

So i'm keeping the graphics cards, CPU cooler, PSU and the case.

 

What do you guys think? Is this a justifiable upgrade, mostly going to be used for gaming and the occasional video editing.

The main reason i'm doing this upgrade is my hard drive is getting slow, and now way near where it once was.

I will most likely instal Win10 on it, i have Win7 now.

buy a 1070-80 and stick it in. leave everything else the same

[ImperialSteele]

Ya, while the CPU's old it still has pretty nice features. If you wanted to change your CPU you would be forced to get new MoBo and RAM as well. Do you know if the cooler you have supports LGA 1151 (idk, it probs does I haven't checked) good to make sure of compatability.

[XeRoxx]

Wow so much fast respons
So my money is better spent on a new GPU and a SSD?
From the research i did that going to DDR4 would be most beneficial, but that forces me to by a new MoBo and CPU.

23 minutes ago, ImperialSteele said:

Ya, while the CPU's old it still has pretty nice features. If you wanted to change your CPU you would be forced to get new MoBo and RAM as well. Do you know if the cooler you have supports LGA 1151 (idk, it probs does I haven't checked) good to make sure of compatability.

Did not even occur to me to check that (just assumed it did) but it appears to supports most Intel socket BUT the 1151 :(

[ImperialSteele]

Ouch Air cooling works well for even a 6700k (Hyper Evo 212 is 30 bucks, and amazing).