I've had some discretionary income and finally decided to upgrade. Ended up going with socket 1151 and the new gen i5. Went with a more expensive mobo in hopes of OCing a bit and supporting DDR4 3200mhz.



New Parts:
i5 66000k
Asus Maximus Ranger VIII
16gb DDR4 3200
1000w Rosewill Hive Modular PSU
Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler
2 x 120mm Corsair Air Quiet Edition Case Fans

Old Parts into new build:
AMD R9 280x
1TB 7200rpm HD
240gb SSD
DVD/RW
Blu-ray/RW

I have an old Fx6300, 8gb DDR3 1866, 635w PSU, and a random Gigabyte AM3+ ATX mobo that I'll eventually make a 2nd build from as an HTPC. Next upgrade will be a GTX 1070, bigger M.2 compatible SSD, new case.

I'm in the middle of 5 x 12hr night shifts right now though, won't finish putting everything together for another couple of days ;(

This post was edited by Mitchymo on May 20 2016 06:11pm

Holy shit I'm so excited

Buy another cooler

The i5 didn't come with a stock cooler so I panicked and bought w/e I knew would work for the time being with next-day shipping lol.

Buy another one when u want some real oc

more like buy a better psu

What do you recommend? I assumed 1000w 80PLUS would be plenty for my build. The 1070 will probably consume less power than my R9 280x? I previously ran Fx6300 + R9 280x on a 635w 80PLUS PSU.



What do you recommend that isn't water-cooled?

This post was edited by Mitchymo on May 21 2016 04:10am

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/evga-power-supply-220gs0650v1 ...OEM is Seasonic.


Or this if you want even better: http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-x850

Noctua nh-d14 or d-15

Go with the 15