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I Currently want to upgrade my old pc with all new pc parts.its only a year old but i got scammed on price and want to get some advice from here...,i want to spend around 1500euro on pc parts.I've got the keyboard and the mouse and im pretty happy with them but if you guys could maybe give me some options on monitors.
About location i'm in malta.
theres local pc shops that i would like if you could mention some parts from there.

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If you want to upgrade, what are your current specs?
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Sanctyy wrote If you want to upgrade, what are your current specs?


From what I got from this he basically wants an entirely new PC? Still post your current parts, maybe something can be reused.
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If you can't go over budget, get this instead of the 850-EVO;
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I definitely suggest spending the extra 70e if you can manage it, the extra 122GB of SSD storage goes a long way, and the 850-EVO is better than the MX100. MX100 is still fine though. You might want to get a windowed case from somewhere if you can but case availability on the sites you linked isn't good. If you do want a windowed case, try to get an H440 or Define series case from somewhere. This will support a 2nd GTX 970 in SLI should you choose to add another at any point.
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Sanctyy wrote [ Register or Signin to view external links. ]
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If you can't go over budget, get this instead of the 850-EVO;
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I definitely suggest spending the extra 70e if you can manage it, the extra 122GB of SSD storage goes a long way, and the 850-EVO is better than the MX100. MX100 is still fine though. You might want to get a windowed case from somewhere if you can but case availability on the sites you linked isn't good. If you do want a windowed case, try to get an H440 or Define series case from somewhere. This will support a 2nd GTX 970 in SLI should you choose to add another at any point.


thanks for the suggestion but my current build is much better and costed less then that.

my current spec are

i5-4440 3.1
1TB Caviar blue
750 Ti 2GB
I Think a asus rock h87
16GB HyperX
600w power supply

I think that covers it
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Re-use RAM and HDD. Drop the 1TB WD Black and the 2x4GB Vengeance 3XS that I suggested. You could potentially re-use the motherboard but it might not support SLI. Since you have the money, I'd say replace the mobo anyway. You can keep the stuff you don't re-use for a secondary rig or sell them elsewhere for some extra cash. You could also re-use the i5-4440 if you aren't going to bother overclocking.
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Sanctyy wrote Re-use RAM and HDD. Drop the 1TB WD Black and the 2x4GB Vengeance 3XS that I suggested. You could potentially re-use the motherboard but it might not support SLI. Since you have the money, I'd say replace the mobo anyway. You can keep the stuff you don't re-use for a secondary rig or sell them elsewhere for some extra cash. You could also re-use the i5-4440 if you aren't going to bother overclocking.


sli isnt such a big deal for me...but i might be overclocking,but i would be prefair a i7 for editing and rendering and for the extra power...
thanks again
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-Kurt wrote sli isnt such a big deal for me...but i might be overclocking,but i would be prefair a i7 for editing and rendering and for the extra power...
thanks again

It's better to have the option to add another card in SLI, trust me. Keep the Z97 board I suggested in your basket. Re-use the RAM and HDD you currently have, money saved will allow you to get an i7-4790k and you'll be sorted.

You can either sell what you don't re-use, or get another HDD and more RAM at some point to put in and you'll have a second rig when you can put 100e or so in to it. Keep in mind, you'll want to add a good aftermarket cooler when you decide to OC the 4790k, if that's what you go for.
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Sanctyy wrote
-Kurt wrote sli isnt such a big deal for me...but i might be overclocking,but i would be prefair a i7 for editing and rendering and for the extra power...
thanks again

It's better to have the option to add another card in SLI, trust me. Keep the Z97 board I suggested in your basket. Re-use the RAM and HDD you currently have, money saved will allow you to get an i7-4790k and you'll be sorted.

You can either sell what you don't re-use, or get another HDD and more RAM at some point to put in and you'll have a second rig when you can put 100e or so in to it. Keep in mind, you'll want to add a good aftermarket cooler when you decide to OC the 4790k, if that's what you go for.


ok thanks will be getting these at the end of the month,thanks
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If you can't go over budget, get this instead of the 850-EVO;
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I definitely suggest spending the extra 70e if you can manage it, the extra 122GB of SSD storage goes a long way, and the 850-EVO is better than the MX100. MX100 is still fine though. You might want to get a windowed case from somewhere if you can but case availability on the sites you linked isn't good. If you do want a windowed case, try to get an H440 or Define series case from somewhere. This will support a 2nd GTX 970 in SLI should you choose to add another at any point.


thanks for the suggestion but my current build is much better and costed less then that.

my current spec are

i5-4440 3.1
1TB Caviar blue
750 Ti 2GB
I Think a asus rock h87
16GB HyperX
600w power supply

I think that covers it


Well in that case upgrade your GPU (750ti) to the graphics card sanctyy suggested, buy an ssd, again like sanctyy suggested, and technically the cpu sanctyy suggested was better than the one you have, however your current one is just fine. If you have more money you could always get a bigger ssd, run dual 970s etc.

EDIT: For some reason my computer didn't load all the posts before this one. Just do what sanctyy said.
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