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So I've been planning for the past few weeks to start a new pc build. It's the first pc I've built im pretty confident with what I'm doing. I put a post on a facebook site asking what people thought of a build I'd just planned for the new year and I've had someone offer me a pc of theirs for sale. Was wondering if someone could take a look at the spec for me?


"setup is:
- i7 3770k
- Corsair h110 water cooling.
- Asus p8z77v-pro mobo.
- 16gb ddr3 corsair vengeance memory
- corsair cx750m psu
-corsair 500d case
- Samsung 840 evo 250gb SSD.
- no gfx

Mobo has dvi and hdmi output and cpu has intel hd 4000 gpu if you want to use for editing this should be a great choice"

I'm a little concerned the processor is a bit old? I'm upgrading from a old dual core celeron laptop so wondering what people think?

I've got a 840pro ssd that i'll put in with the other ssd and another 4tb hdd i'll use for files.

I'll be using it for lightroom mainly and the occasional 4K video editing from my phantom.

I had planned a new build with a 6700 series i7 would I really notice any real difference? This used rig will be about £400 cheaper than the new build.
 
neil_g said:
4770k bundles (chip, board, 16gb ram) seem to be going for about 300-350 second hand right now, id aim for that. probably the best bang for buck intel chip right now.
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Would you say the 3770k chip is much behind that Neil? That's the sort of price this pcs for sale. Do you think if I was to build my original plan with a 6700k that it would be massively better?
 
I7 3770 will be a good step up from a laptop celeron but if planning a new build I would almost certainly go for skylake chip, ddr4 ram etc. Yes it's more but will last you longer.

Neil's suggestion of Haswell is a good compromise!
 
Brazo said:
I7 3770 will be a good step up from a laptop celeron but if planning a new build I would almost certainly go for skylake chip, ddr4 ram etc. Yes it's more but will last you longer.

Neil's suggestion of Haswell is a good compromise!
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That was my original plan but with a better mobo and ddr4 ram too pushed it to around £400 more and was unsure if it was actually worth double the cost
 
Ben6 said:
That was my original plan but with a better mobo and ddr4 ram too pushed it to around £400 more and was unsure if it was actually worth double the cost
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I've got a 4790k at 4.8ghz and it's really zero gains by buying kaby lake/skylake
 
Brazo said:
I've got a 4790k at 4.8ghz and it's really zero gains by buying kaby lake/skylake
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So you think that's an almost equally good spec as a 6700k then really?
 
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