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System Name | White/Blue Predator |
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Processor | AMD FX8350 Black Edition 8 Core Processor 4.0GHz |
Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-990XA-UD3 |
Cooling | Arctic Cooling Freezer A30 + 2 x Zalman Shark fin 120mm White + 2 Aerocool 230mm White |
Memory | Kingston HyperX Genesis DDR3 1866MHz 8GB (2x4GB) |
Video Card(s) | 2GB EVGA GeForce GTX 770 Superclocked ACX |
Storage | 120GB Samsung 840 EVO SATA III (OS) + Seagate 1TB Barracuda SATA III (Storage) |
Display(s) | 1680x1050 22" |
Case | Aerocool X-Predator White E-ATX |
Audio Device(s) | Creative Sound Blaster Z - Logitech Z506 5.1 Speakers |
Power Supply | Coolermaster Silent ProM 700W Modular |
Software | Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit |
Right, as you can see in my system specs I have an AMD Phenom II X4 960T Black Edition, when I got it, it was a fairly good CPU and being on a budget, AMD was the only option. Now I want to upgrade, my 960T is still playing every game I have tried on max settings but I am going to start doing 3D work and buying more power intensive games like BF4.
My motherboard is fairly new, not amazing but my old one blew and I needed a replacement fast, didn't have time to save for anything better, so considering there is nothing wrong with the motherboard and its fairly decent, am I better getting an AMD FX 8350 Black Edition or AMD FX 9370 Black Edition or get a Gigabyte Killer GA-Z87-G1.Sniper M5 and an Intel CPU i5-4670K.
Now, unlike most people I have more sense then money so don't even mention the i7-4770K because the AMD FX 9370 is not miles behind and is £100 less, having said that, the i5 is £175, plus I would need the mobo which is £144 - the 9370 is £168 and is probably better the i5 meaning the only Intel worth upgrading to is the i7-4770K but at a price of £260 plus the £144 for the mobo, £404 does not seem worth it when I can just get an AMD FX 9370 for £168 and have money left over to upgrade my GTX 570 to a GTX 770 which is the only GTX worth upgrading to from a 570.
I think I have pretty much answered my own question here, get the AMD FX 9370 and a GTX 770 but if anyway has any other suggestions then please let me know.
My motherboard is fairly new, not amazing but my old one blew and I needed a replacement fast, didn't have time to save for anything better, so considering there is nothing wrong with the motherboard and its fairly decent, am I better getting an AMD FX 8350 Black Edition or AMD FX 9370 Black Edition or get a Gigabyte Killer GA-Z87-G1.Sniper M5 and an Intel CPU i5-4670K.
Now, unlike most people I have more sense then money so don't even mention the i7-4770K because the AMD FX 9370 is not miles behind and is £100 less, having said that, the i5 is £175, plus I would need the mobo which is £144 - the 9370 is £168 and is probably better the i5 meaning the only Intel worth upgrading to is the i7-4770K but at a price of £260 plus the £144 for the mobo, £404 does not seem worth it when I can just get an AMD FX 9370 for £168 and have money left over to upgrade my GTX 570 to a GTX 770 which is the only GTX worth upgrading to from a 570.
I think I have pretty much answered my own question here, get the AMD FX 9370 and a GTX 770 but if anyway has any other suggestions then please let me know.