Posted October 30, 2016 Hey there LTT-community! First: YES, I have read the "How many watts do I need"? topic. Finally I want to upgrade my "slightly" outdated rig (AMD Phenom II X4 925 + R9 270X), so will my PSU (BQ! Straight Power E9 450W) be capable of slight overclocking with the 6600k maybe? Otherwise I will get the 6500. My new rig will look something like this: 1 Seagate Desktop HDD 500GB, SATA 6Gb/s (ST500DM002) 1 Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB, SATA 6Gb/s (ST1000DX001) 1 Intel Core i5-6600K, 4x 3.50GHz, boxed ohne Kühler (BX80662I56600K) 1 ASUS Strix GeForce GTX 970 OC, STRIX-GTX970-DC2OC-4GD5, 4GB GDDR5, 2x DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort (90YV07F0-M0NA00) 1 Corsair Vengeance LPX rot DIMM Kit 8GB, DDR4-2133, CL13-15-15-28 (CMK8GX4M2A2133C13R) 1 ASRock Fatal1ty Z170 Gaming K4 (90-MXGYX0-A0UAYZ) 1 LG Electronics GH24NSD1 schwarz, SATA, bulk (GH24NSD1.AUAA10B) 1 Arctic MX-4, 4g 1 Thermalright Macho 120 Rev. A (100700721) 1 Corsair Carbide Series SPEC-03 weiß mit Sichtfenster (CC-9011053-WW) Yeah, im sorry it's a German website. Thank you very much and kind regards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 30, 2016 You will be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 30, 2016 Don't get aftermarket thermal paste. Your Thermalright will come with paste. The Straight Power E9 is "eh." Why a 970 when you can get a 1070? Why an SSHD and HDD but no SSD? |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 30, 2016 What is your budget for an upgrade? Getting a 970 at this point of time is not a good idea. Do you have harddrive(s) and a case you can reuse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 30, 2016 Author Ah sorry, my bad. The GTX 970 is a used one by a friend, thats why. I want to get the SSHD because i want to have more space. And if you wonder why I only have 500gb of HDD, well a bad mistake I have made there a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 30, 2016 2 minutes ago, Mex1507 said: Ah sorry, my bad. The GTX 970 is a used one by a friend, thats why. I want to get the SSHD because i want to have more space. And if you wonder why I only have 500gb of HDD, well a bad mistake I have made there a few years ago. 500GB HDD space is fine. An SSHD doesn't make sense to buy. Just buy a 120GB SSD and you'll be able to afford a 1TB drive along side instead of one big drive. |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 30, 2016 Author Mhm, ok. I was considering to get even a 250GB SSD (a Samsung 750 Evo for example), but I thought that an SSHD would work fine there and my budget is a bit restricted actually. But back to the topic: Should I get the 6600k or "only" the 6500. I know, OCing doesn't make that difference in gaming but it's a nice to have I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 30, 2016 2 minutes ago, Mex1507 said: Mhm, ok. I was considering to get even a 250GB SSD (a Samsung 750 Evo for example), but I thought that an SSHD would work fine there and my budget is a bit restricted actually. Well here's what I would do. Replace the 6600k with a 6500 and you can then get a cheaper motherboard, no aftermarket CPU cooler, a 250GB SSD with the money you saved, and it'll perform about the same (until you overclock a 6600k but that's more of a "futureproofing" thing). Saving a couple bucks from not buying thermal paste is also good. I'd also ask why you're buying an optical drive? If you're using it to install Windows then I'd recommend just using a USB flash drive to install Windows and not buying an optical drive. |PSU Tier List /80 Plus Efficiency| PSU stuff if you need it. My system: PCPartPicker || For Corsair support tag @Corsair Josephor @Corsair Nick || My 5MT Legacy GT Wagon || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted October 30, 2016 Author Ok, thank you! I will get an SSD then instead of the SSHD. I just want to get the thermal paste to change it in the future, 5€ is not a big deal ^^. And yeah, I'm one of the few users who uses an optical drive in 2016 I have a few older games and sometimes I just want to watch a movie on DVD or something, it's nice to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted November 1, 2016 On 10/30/2016 at 2:04 PM, Mex1507 said: Ah sorry, my bad. The GTX 970 is a used one by a friend, thats why. I want to get the SSHD because i want to have more space. And if you wonder why I only have 500gb of HDD, well a bad mistake I have made there a few years ago. I think most of us made that mistake at one point. On 10/30/2016 at 2:23 PM, Mex1507 said: Ok, thank you! I will get an SSD then instead of the SSHD. I just want to get the thermal paste to change it in the future, 5€ is not a big deal ^^. And yeah, I'm one of the few users who uses an optical drive in 2016 I have a few older games and sometimes I just want to watch a movie on DVD or something, it's nice to have. I refuse to get a case without a 5.25" bay. I went micro atx and made sure I had 2 of them and having 2 was the only reason I didn't go mini itx. everyone seems to be on point tho. they got you in good hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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