an upgrade question

DF is BUSY · Oct 13, 2013

hey guys,
im currently on a q6600 setup and well the upgrade itch is pretty severe

i plan to get a ivy bridge (most likely a 3770k) upgrade (cpu,mobo,ram) and after searching around online, it'll hit me for at least $500. im a pretty money budgeted kind of guy, so i know if i really want to upgrade, i should aim high so i wont ever need to/have the urge to "window shop" for several+ years

-i dont plan on getting haswell as i read that i might need to upgrade my psu
-is a hyper212+ (not evo) good enough to get the i7 to 4.5? it seems that a lot of overclockers need at least water for 4.4 and up
-i dont plan on delidding, will temps screw me over?
-is spending $500+ on a "dead" socket", silly?
-microcenter is not an option lol

brandonwh64 · Oct 13, 2013

Were do you live? I would lean towards the USED market if you plan on going sandy/ivy since retail would cost you as much as a used haswell.

DF is BUSY · Oct 13, 2013

brandonwh64 said:
Were do you live? I would lean towards the USED market if you plan on going sandy/ivy since retail would cost you as much as a used haswell.

i live in new york, and i thought about used as well but i didnt see much ivy classifieds in the TPU market and i been searching over at overclock.net but nada there too

and well theres ebay, but i kind of want that to be my last option

buildzoid · Oct 13, 2013

The hyper 212 will most likely not be enough unless you delid the CPU the other option would be to find an i7 2700k second had and overclock it to 4.6Ghz

DF is BUSY · Oct 13, 2013

buildzoid said:
The hyper 212 will most likely not be enough unless you delid the CPU the other option would be to find an i7 2700k second had and overclock it to 4.6Ghz

how about a 2600k vs 3770k? big differences?

Cotton_Cup · Oct 18, 2013

if you can get a 2600k cheaper then go for it if there is just like 5$ difference go with 3770k.

for cooling I'd say go for those smething like h80i etc. less problem.

System Name	IVY BRIDGE
Processor	i7 3770K
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
Cooling	PHANTEKS TC14PE
Memory	GSKILL ARES DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE GTX 770 WF OC
Storage	SAMSUNG 830 / GSKILL PHOENIX / SAMSUNG F4 / SEAGATE MOMENTUS / SEAGATE HDD 1.5
Display(s)	ASUS 24" / DELL 20"
Case	CORSAIR AIR 540
Audio Device(s)	ASUS XONAR DG
Power Supply	COOLERMASTER V700
Software	WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE x64

System Name	IVY BRIDGE
Processor	i7 3770K
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
Cooling	PHANTEKS TC14PE
Memory	GSKILL ARES DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE GTX 770 WF OC
Storage	SAMSUNG 830 / GSKILL PHOENIX / SAMSUNG F4 / SEAGATE MOMENTUS / SEAGATE HDD 1.5
Display(s)	ASUS 24" / DELL 20"
Case	CORSAIR AIR 540
Audio Device(s)	ASUS XONAR DG
Power Supply	COOLERMASTER V700
Software	WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE x64

System Name	TITAN Slayer / CPUCannon / MassFX
Processor	i7 5960X @ 4.6Ghz / i7 3960x @5.0Ghz / FX6350 @ 4.?Ghz
Motherboard	Rampage V Extreme / Rampage IV Extreme / MSI 970 Gaming
Cooling	Phanteks PHTC14PE 2.5K 145mm TRs / Custom waterloop / Phanteks PHTC14PE + 3K 140mm Noctuas
Memory	Crucial 2666 11-13-13-25 1.45V / G.skill RipjawsX 2400 10-12-12-34 1.7V / Crucial 2133 9-9-9-27 1.7V
Video Card(s)	3 Fury X in CF / R9 Fury 3840 cores 1145/570 1.3V / Nothing ATM
Storage	500GB Crucial SSD and 3TB WD Black / WD 1TB Black(OS) + WD 3TB Green / WD 1TB Blue
Display(s)	LG 29UM67 80Hz/Asus mx299q 2560x1080 @ 84Hz / Asus VX239 1920x1080 @60hz
Case	Dismatech easy v3.0 / Xigmatek Alfar (Open side panel)
Audio Device(s)	M-audio M-track / realtek ALC 1150
Power Supply	EVGA G2 1600W / CoolerMaster V1000 / Seasonic 620 M12-II
Mouse	Mouse in review process/Razer Naga Epic 2011/Razer Naga 2014
Keyboard	Keyboard in review process / Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2014/Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2011
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate / Windows 7 ultimate / Windows 7 ultimate
Benchmark Scores	cinebench 15.41 3960x @ 5.3ghz Wprime32m 3.352 3960x @ 5.25ghz Super PI 32m: 6m 42s 472ms @5.25ghz

System Name	IVY BRIDGE
Processor	i7 3770K
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z77-V PRO
Cooling	PHANTEKS TC14PE
Memory	GSKILL ARES DDR3-1600
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE GTX 770 WF OC
Storage	SAMSUNG 830 / GSKILL PHOENIX / SAMSUNG F4 / SEAGATE MOMENTUS / SEAGATE HDD 1.5
Display(s)	ASUS 24" / DELL 20"
Case	CORSAIR AIR 540
Audio Device(s)	ASUS XONAR DG
Power Supply	COOLERMASTER V700
Software	WINDOWS 7 ULTIMATE x64

System Name	Poor Man's Build
Processor	Intel i7 3960X 4.9Ghz Sandy Bridge E
Motherboard	MSi X79A-GD65 8D
Cooling	XSPC 240mm and 360MM (External) Rad
Memory	64Gb Corsair Dominator Platinum
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX770 SC ACX SLI (non water cooled yet)
Storage	Intel 520 240GB SSD x2 /x2 WD Caviar Black 3TB 7200RPM 64MB Cache
Display(s)	ASUS 27" 2560X1440 x3
Case	Corsair 900D (upgraded from my lvl 10 gt and 600T)
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar Essence STX
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200i 80PLUS Platinum
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate (FPP)

an upgrade question

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