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Intel Upgrade Kit Recommendations Please

i0nwr1t3r

Moderator
Hi everyone , it's tax time & I'm looking for system upgrade kit for a family member & I could use some help picking out the hardware for a custom build.

Any DDR 3 Ram for under $150
Asus Motherboard under $350 ( Z68 , Z77 or X79 chipset? )
Intel Core i7 CPU under $400

Sata 3 would be good , USB 3 & Gigabit Lan will be a must on the motherboard if I can get it , PCI-Express version 3.0 on the motherboard would be cool , but cost will be the final decider.
This is a Intel / Asus build only , NO GIGABYTE or AMD recommendations please , an Intel set up is wanted.

I'll be recycling parts from an old pc for the upgrade ,two 1 TB HDD's , a DVD Burner , a Power Colour ATI 6870 1GB Video Card with a Corsair 620W PSU (will upgrade PSU if required to run it).

I can't go over the budget , additional cash will only be thrown in for a PSU if it becomes necessary.

I'll be buying instore this upcoming weekend hopefully 22-23/06/2012 from
MSY
http://www.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf
or
PCCasegear
http://pccasegear.com/

I don't know if 1155 or 2011 is the better build & I haven't had time to research Z77 or X79 chipsets ( I own a Z68 myself) so any help with recommendations sure would be appreciated. ;)

Cheers
 
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Joke :D

Well-Known Member
RAM: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=186_538_913&products_id=16534
MOBO: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=138_711_1183&products_id=19869
CPU: http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=187_346_1184&products_id=16404

thats going off a 1155 socket, Z77 chipset. The internet says that 2011 sockets cost 80% more than 1155, but only perform 20% better, and aren't really needed unless you're really overclocking or doing something really CPU intensive. Same thing with z77 and x79
 

Bandido

ET Moderator
i0n, I've got 8gb of ram I'll see if Abs wants otherwise you can have it for bugger all. Its corsair tw3x4g1333c9a.
 
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