[Escape89]

Hey.
My old rig has seen some years now, 7 years to be exact. I have upgraded some parts like GPU and got SSD for boot drive but it still feels like it's getting slower and slower each day.
So my friend got a new rig and i thought i't is time to move on too.

Things i already have or have bought.

Mobo - ( NEW ): MSI Z170A Gaming M3 ~156€
Ram - ( NEW ) DDR4 Kingston HyperX Fury must 16GB (2x8GB) 2666MHz CL15 ~116€
HDD 1 - ( OLD ) Western Digital Caviar GP WD5000AACS 500GB 5400 to 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
HDD 2 - ( OLD ) WD Black 1TB Performance Desktop Hard Disk Drive - 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD1003FZEX
SSD 1 - (OLD ) Crucial M4 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive
SSD 2 - (OLD ) Samsung 840 EVO 500GB
CASE - (OLD ) Aero Cool Strike-X GT Black Edition
Monitor - (OLD) Samsung SM BX2450 LED
Sound Card - ( OLD ) Creative Sound Blaster Zx

Planing to buy.

PSU - ( NEW ) Seasonic M12II Series M12II-750 Bronze - 750 Watt 80 PLUS® ~138 €
CPU - ( NEW) Intel® Core™ i5-6600K Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz) ~ 270€
CPU cooler - ( NEW ) Not sure what i should get, i am considering between
"Be quiet!" Dark Rock PRO , Dark Rock 3 Pro
and
"Nochtau" NH-C12P SE14 / 140mm , Noctua NH-D14 / 140/120mm Price varies from 60€ - 90€
GPU - ( NEW ) MSI AMD R9 390X or MSI Nvidia GTX 970. Both are on the same price range 400+ €



Sum up.
Upgrade price around 1160€.
All suggestions are welcome.

 

[Cakewalk_S]

Looks good. I can't speak for it since I don't actually have it... But I'd recommend the cooler master 612 v2. It's a dir3ct heatpipe cooler that's quite large. Doesn't look as good as dark rocks but I believe it has better cooling performance... And it should be cheaper.

My gpu is 2 years old and cpu is 4. I plan to upgrade my cpu sometime in 2017 if all goes well. I would imagine pascal would be limited finally by the i5-2500k once it's released.

 

[TwoCables]

Have you ever updated the firmware on the 840 EVO to EXT0DB6Q?

 

[Escape89]

No, but should i ?

 

[TwoCables]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Escape89

No, but should i ?

Yeah, otherwise it will just keep getting slower and slower and slower. There are two other things that should be done, but that's definitely the first thing to do.

Did you just buy it? Or have you had it for a while? I may be confused.

Edit: I actually need to go to bed. I'll be back later.

 

[Escape89]

Had a bit of luck, got myself a free GPU MSI GTX 970

. The shop i bought my mobo had this campaign, who ever bought a MSI mobo in 1 month period had a chance to win a MSI GPU.

 

[Escape89]

So i have almost every thing i need except new PSU, but for now the old will do. Its FPS Blue Storm II 500W.



As you can see i got MSI motherboard Gaming m3 Z170A and GTX 970, HyperX 2x 8gp DDR4 2333, Intel core i5 6600k and Noctua NHD14.

This was my old pc, cables were messy cause PSU cables where too short to hide in the back and my case is medium size.






And Here is my new system, well obviously not final built, still need to get new PSU and maybe new bigger case.



I clocked cpu to 4.1 ghz for now.