Upgrade to which cpu and mobo combo?

Shlouski

Shlouski

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Ive been doing a bit of research and ive come up with 3 possible builds i could upgrade to, which one would you go for?

1.

AMD FX 8350 £155
Asus Sabertooth 990FX £134
Total: £289

2.

Core i5 3570K LGA1155 £180
GA-Z77X-UP4-TH £157
Total: £337

3.

Core i7 3820 £240
ASUS P9X79 £150
Total: £390
 
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It depends what the system will be used for.

On raw power, 3 but change out the mobo. If you are gaming or less, option 2. If for every day use, save your money and go i3 or fx4000 or 6000, any will do from either family, but be much cheaper.

Where are these prices from too?
 
What will you be using this computer for? If just gaming, get the 8350 as it matches pretty closely with the other two in gaming performance. If higher end processing/encoding stuff then get either of the Intel options, depending on what you're willing to spend. If interested in overclocking go for either the 8350 or the 3570K (while taking in to account what I said above for your uses).
 
I would go with build 2 and a UD3H. The only real differencs between the two are thunderbolt and bigger price on the UP4. Then the price is very similar to build one but better in performance.
 
The prices are from various different sites e.g ebay and aria mainly. This computer will be for gaming only, i have a seperate server and media pc. I can get some money for my old parts aswell, so im thinking about option 3 because i would be able to get a lot of memory and start using ramdisk.

Aastii, whats wrong with the mobo?

sorry btw i meant the: ASUS P9X79 Pro
 
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If it's just gaming I'd say the 8350 honestly. But if you've got the money go for the more powerful chip. Gaming difference between the 3 is really negligible.
 
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I think I will save money and go for this instead of the 2011 build:

ASUS SABERTOOTH Z771
Intel Core i5-3570K 3,40Ghz

This means I can also afford to get these at the same time:

CORSAIR DDR3 16Gb PC1600 (2x8)
CORSAIR Hydro H80i
 
The 3570K is an awesome processor, though if you wanted to save some money but still have an i7 (if you really need an i7), you could get an i7 3770K and that would work perfectly fine with the Sabertooth Z77 board.
 
i could get the 3770k, but then i couldnt afford the CORSAIR Hydro H80i, so no overclocking for the meantime.
 
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