HELP ME: Want to buy some things :)

[KrisiS]

UPDATE:

I bought this stuff, thanks for all your help guys
INTEL Core i5 Ivy Bridge 3570K - 3.4 GHz - 6 MB L3 Cache - LGA 1155 Socket (BX80637I53570K)   
GIGABYTE GA-Z77-D3H - 1155 Socket - Z77 Chipset - ATX
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 660 Ti - 2 GB GDDR5 - PCI-Express 3.0

[S!n!StR]

nice:)

no more fps drops due to heavy smoke

[KrisiS]

Yeah, lol - 40fps in smoke

[Kirks]

...no more excuses

[KrisiS]

There's always excuses !!

[S!n!StR]

There's always excuses !!

LoLways !!

[bobafett]

now overclock the suckers for max results
http://www.overclock.net/t/1247413/ivy-bridge-overclocking-guide-with-ln2-guide-at-the-end
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2012/08/16/nvidia-geforce-gtx-660-ti-2gb-review/10

[KrisiS]

I have an INTEL Core i5 Ivy Bridge 3570K - 3.4 GHz - 6 MB L3 Cache - LGA 1155 Socket (BX80637I53570K)   

What is my upgrade from here?


I have a gtx 970 ti and will not be upgrading it!

Tnx

[Dave790]

You have 2 options mate, 3rd is X99 and is fooking expensive 

1. Skylake...
 Msi Z170A Gaming M5 £140
 Intel i7 6700k  £290 (on offer at Overclockers)
 Corsair LPX DDR4 2x8Gb 2400Mhz £75 (on offer at Overclockers)
 £ 505 Total
 Good components and 2400Mhz is supported on MB as standard

2. Haswell
 Msi Z97 Gaming 5 £ 110
 Intel i7 4790K £ 270 (on offer at Overclockers)
 Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR3 1600Mhz £66 (on offer at Overclockers)
 £ 446 Total
 Good components and 1600Mhz is max supported before OCing

In summary, seeing as you have to change MB and Memory the extra £50 is worth it as you get the best Chipset which supports 3x PCIE x 16  slots. The 6700K overclocks like a boss and the memory can be pushed as well.

 Hope this helps 
 

[KrisiS]

That certainly does help, thanks. Kirks had mentioned the same chip too.
Over £500 for this upgrade though, I'm not convinced it will be value for money from where my machine is at now?

[Dave790]

Unfortunately the Ivy Bridge chips are Obsolete so you can't get a more powerful one, the L1151 socket and the Z170A chipset gives you options to just upgrade the chip a few years down the line; that is something the L1150 does not offer. DDR4 memory is a hell of a lot cheaper than it was 12 months ago, so you can get slightly quicker sticks but memory speed does not really matter too much as the gain is so small.

[Dave790]

You could knock about £90 off that by getting an i5 6600K 3.5Mhz but will OC to 4Mhz in about 1 min  Both Skylake K series chips are about 10-15% quicker than their Haswell counterparts.

[KrisiS]

Hehe, Kirks had mentioned that one too mate
I really can't see value in paying nearly €700 to upgrade at the moment...

Sad days ,,

[Dave790]

Fair one,it's a bit dear for little improvement but it should be 20-25% quicker than Ivy Bridge.

[KrisiS]

Difference between these:
Skylake - OEM
Skylake - RETAIL