Seasonal Upgrades!

[Dom1912]

I'm looking to make some reasonable upgrades to keep my PC topped up with 1080p gaming goodness. Having flip-flopped about next or PC upgrades I made a rash decision.. I purchased a Ps4, and ever since have been looking longingly at computer parts.

While I resist the urge to ebay my mistake, I was wondering if you could help me in deciding some upgrade related decisions.

My Current RIG is as such:

• CPU: AMD phenom II x6 1090t black edition (stock clocked).
  
• CPU Cooler: H80 (not the 80i).
  
• GPU: Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 (stock clocked).
  
• RAM: Ripjaw X something.. 2133MHz 2x4 gb.
  
• Mobo: Asus Crosshair V formula (not the Z, the original).
  
• SSD: 120gb OCZ agility 3.
  
• HDD: WD 1tb.
  
• PSU: 850W semi-modular CM silent pro.
  

I was looking at getting an r9 280x, the direct CU II, but given that Never Settle is actually looking worse than Nvidia's offering I'm now open to the idea of a 770 variant (I like EVGA cards).

My h80 is currently running stock fans and is noisy as fuck; even on lowest settings it's pretty unbearably loud.

My thoughts for an upgrade were as such ~£260 on a 770 and a pair of SP120 quiet editions to fit on my H80. Thoughts?

Thanks in advance

[lucky74dog]

Get a 280X and a noctua cooler.

[Tmh85]

Get a noctua CPU heatsink H80 really blows when it comes to liquid cooling then get a 770

[zxcvbnmmssdh]

If you have the money go for a noctua heat sink with the 770, if not go with the hyper 212 Evo and the 770

[Dom1912]

Looking at the NH-U14S it's really rather loud and produces very mediocre cooling, it's also not considerably less expensive than an h100i. Am I wrong?

 

I was looking at getting an h100i in the future and fitting it with 4 x sp120 quiets. The logic behind buying 2 now for my h80 was to prepare for the h100i, and reduce noise at the same time.

[WoodenMarker]

SP120's are far from quiet. Get these instead: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/arctic-cooling-case-fan-afaco120pcgba01

Other than that, getting a 770 or 280x sounds good.

[WoodenMarker]

Looking at the NH-U14S it's really rather loud and produces very mediocre cooling, it's also not considerably less expensive than an h100i. Am I wrong?

I was looking at getting an h100i in the future and fitting it with 4 x sp120 quiets. The logic behind buying 2 now for my h80 was to prepare for the h100i, and reduce noise at the same time.

It's much, much quieter than the h80 or h100i. If the u14s is rather loud, you can consider 99% of other coolers even louder.