maverick198444 Posted December 17, 2013 Posted December 17, 2013 i am looking to upgrade my proccesssor. motherboard and graphics card in under 650 $ .i am on a budget any reccomendations ??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted December 17, 2013 Posted December 17, 2013 Primary reason for upgrade? I ask, because if you use the PC primarily for gaming your best upgrade would be to keep your current motherboard and processor and invest money in a much better graphics card and upgrade to an SSD for Windows and your most used apps and games. You don't mention it, but if you don't currently have an aftermarket cpu cooler, and you're not currently overclocking - there is plenty of performance to be squeezed out of the platform you have right now. Just adding a high end video card and slapping in a SSD would make your jaw drop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillaCam Posted December 17, 2013 Posted December 17, 2013 Agreed. 920's are beasts and have amazing performance potential with an overclock. Your PSU is top quality as well, so it would handle this overclock and GPU upgrade nicely. 30 dollar cooler for overclocking and a video card upgrade with an SSD would be well within your budget and give you an amazing performance increase. Judging by your monitor, I'm assuming you are gaming at 1920x1080. At that resolution you wouldn't need to spend an arm and a leg on a video card either. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick198444 Posted December 17, 2013 Posted December 17, 2013 i agree with you guys what i forgot to mention was that i had had a corsair H80 cooler that leaked a few months back and blew my processor, motherboard and graphics card. So as compensation i am getting a new H80i and 600$ from corsair.Hence the need to upgrade .As u can see the last time i upgraded there used to be triple channel motherboards and now there are dual channel motherboards. I am thinking across the lines of maybe an intel i5 4670k and an nvidia 650 TI OC but i am really confused about the motherboard because i ran my 6gb ram @ 1600mhz on triple channel but they don't make em anymore.So really the confusion is regarding the motherboard or maybe a better combo for the three components if you have in mind!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted December 18, 2013 Posted December 18, 2013 Here is how I'd spend my $650 bucks - now keep in mind that the total is just a bit over $650 ($674.92 to be exact) but the video card comes with a game bundle that you might be able to sell, and you can also sell your existing memory kit. Between the two you should easily make up the differenct. Motherboard Biostar Hi-Fi Z87X 3D http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138380 $139.99 w/free shipping CPU Intel i5 4670K http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116899 $224.95 w/free shipping Memory Team Vulcan 8Gb DDR3 2400Mhz http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313399 $69.99 w/free shipping Video Card Gigabyte GTX 760 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125466 $239.99 w/free shipping Now I know that a lot of folks might question the memory selection, but you need to snag this up quick because it has got to be a pricing error. Finding 8Gb of DDR3 2400Mhz memory for $69.99 is truly stealing it. The latency is high at default speed, but in my experience Team memory is very flexible, and if you don't want to run DDR3 2400Mhz you can lower the frequency, tighten the timings and likely be able to use lower dram voltage as well. For example this particular memory kit would likely run DDR3 2133Mhz speeds with timings of 10-12-12-30/31 at 1.60v. Or you could probably run it at DDR3 1866 speeds with timings of 9-11-11-27 @ 1.60v or less. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccokeman Posted December 19, 2013 Posted December 19, 2013 wev I like everything there but he could go Z77 and get a 3770K and get improved performance over the 920 but will loose HT on the 4670 so may feel that impact in performance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wevsspot Posted December 19, 2013 Posted December 19, 2013 wev I like everything there but he could go Z77 and get a 3770K and get improved performance over the 920 but will loose HT on the 4670 so may feel that impact in performance. You won't get any argument from me there. But seems like every time I point someone towards socket 1155 I get a tidal wave of negative feedback such as "why aren't you recommending the latest technology" bla-bla-bla...... Doesn't happen so much here, but the amount of that crap I get at another forum I frequent would blow your mind. I mean, if it were me I'd be perfectly happy with a good Z77 board and 3770K (hey in fact I am) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted December 19, 2013 Posted December 19, 2013 Just want to mention the biostar will not support sli so maybe he should choose a amd video card instead in case he wants to run crossfire later on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maverick198444 Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 hey guys thanks for the feedback i got my replacement H80i from corsair now awaiting the check to arrive.I have to admit i was totally blindsided by the lack of hyperthreading in the new i5's doesn't make sense. I compared the spec sheet http://ark.intel.com/compare/75123,75122,75048,75047 and now one thing is for sure that i need an unlocked 4670k or 4770k proccessor. But besides gaming i also run simulation softwares which might be affected by lack of hyperthreading in the i5 . Let's see might have to wipe the dust out of that old visa card . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpikeSoprano Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) Well imho it would be better to spend little extra now and get what you'll need than be sorry later on that you didn't. that 4670 is not ht ! Edited December 23, 2013 by SpikeSoprano Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
feetfats Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 i agree with you guys what i forgot to mention was that i had had a corsair H80 cooler that leaked a few months back and blew my processor, motherboard and graphics card. So as compensation i am getting a new H80i and 600$ from corsair.Hence the need to upgrade .As u can see the last time i upgraded there used to be triple channel motherboards and now there are dual channel motherboards. I am thinking across the lines of maybe an intel i5 4670k and an nvidia 650 TI OC but i am really confused about the motherboard because i ran my 6gb ram @ 1600mhz on triple channel but they don't make em anymore.So really the confusion is regarding the motherboard or maybe a better combo for the three components if you have in mind!! Oh wow they are going to pay for it. That's good service right there. Thumbs up for Corsair! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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