What components would you recommend

[Sam_107]

Hi!

Recently my CPU burned out on me, and as a result in looking to replace the CPU, motherboard, and PSU. It will have to be compatible with the following ;

GPU: GTX Titan 6 Gb
Cooler: Prolimatech Megahalem
Soundcard :Asus xonar
Hard drives: Samsung 250gb SSD, seagate barracuda 2 tb
Ram: Patriot venom DDR3 8Gb x 2

My budget can go up to £500 - not sure on advantages of skylake vs Haswell.
The components being replaced are ;
i7 3770K @ 4.5 Ghtz
Gigabyte z77x upth 4
Corsair HX850

Thanks for reading!

 

[MasterDell]

At this point, you might as well go with a 6700k. The price is almost the same as the 4790k so I don't see the reason not to get it. The problem with going to a Z170 board is that almost all of them require DDR4 memory so you will need to get new RAM.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£296.24 @ More Computers)
Motherboard: Asus Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£121.63 @ More Computers)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£58.60 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £576.46
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-22 08:28 GMT+0000
That's what a solid 6700k based setup would look like.

...And this is what a solid 4790k setup would look like.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£269.99 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£85.98 @ Ebuyer)
Power Supply: EVGA 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£99.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £455.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-02-22 08:27 GMT+0000


Which would I go with? The 4790k build only because you already have the RAM. performance differences are minute between the two so 15 minutes of research on your part will allow you to decide if the extra cost is worth it.