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- Jan 22, 2005
Hey everyone. It is time for an upgrade. I last upgraded my cpu/gpu/mb like 6 years ago. Didn't have a reason to upgrade as it could play all my games, but I just bought Fallout 4 and my video card doesn't support directx 11. I haven't been keeping up to date information wise, but I did just read through Tomshardware cpu and gpu guides. Problem is I don't know the ratio of money I should spend between cpu and gpu. Or if I could go for the skylake cpus.
My current hardware is old: i5-750 and amd hd 4850. I need a cpu/gpu/mb/memory for $500-$600. I would like to make this computer last as long as possible, so if another $50 would provide a big bang for the buck to step up to the next grade of component, I could do it. Also, I am probably not going to overclock.
Additionally, I tend to lean towards quad cores (i5) as I use the computer for a little modeling & encoding and feel quad cores are more future proof. But the new i3s are probably better than my old i5. And due to the reading I did, NVidia seems to be the way to go due to their proprietary software not available to AMD. So if I can't afford these, or you think there is something better please let me know.
Any advice would be appreciated!
My current hardware is old: i5-750 and amd hd 4850. I need a cpu/gpu/mb/memory for $500-$600. I would like to make this computer last as long as possible, so if another $50 would provide a big bang for the buck to step up to the next grade of component, I could do it. Also, I am probably not going to overclock.
Additionally, I tend to lean towards quad cores (i5) as I use the computer for a little modeling & encoding and feel quad cores are more future proof. But the new i3s are probably better than my old i5. And due to the reading I did, NVidia seems to be the way to go due to their proprietary software not available to AMD. So if I can't afford these, or you think there is something better please let me know.
Any advice would be appreciated!