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Update: First, thanks for the advice from all involved. I started with an Asus prime Z690-P but returned it as it wasn't compatible with the CPU. I ended up with an ASRock 1700 Z690 EXTREME DDR4 as the BIOS can be updated without any components fitted. CPU, I went for the i5-13600K (Hence the...

Really? I remember when I bought it at the time I figured it would do me the rest of my days! Cost a fortune to me at the time. Will it not be enough or have connections changed over the years?

Thanks for the recommendations folks! I'll look into them a bit more. I'll also add, that if I end up changing the mobo, ram etc, then I'll probably stretch to 7-800 mark. This would have to include water blocks for cooling, unless any of these cards are available with a liquid cooling option...

I'm in the UK. If I can just upgrade the card & CPU, £500-£600 is my budget. I really don't want to go any farther.

Hi all, I'm looking to upgrade my old PC & looking for recommendations. I hope I'll get away with just a graphics card but I'll leave the recommendations to the experts. It's currently running a Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H with an i5-3570k CPU overclocked to 4.40ghz, 8GB RAM with a pair of GTX 8800 in...