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- Apr 6, 2011
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- Pittsburgh, PA
I have a hard budget of $600 to play with. Actually, $550, but I have a $50 Amazon gift card I can throw in the mix as well.
I only get to do a build every 3-4 years so I want to make sure I do it right. IF I buy a 2500k and a motherboard, I could increase that budget by selling off my current mobo/cpu combo. Before I bought this system I kinda had it all planned out but now I really am not so sure.
I game but only at 1600x900. Im definitely not running into any preformance issues with this rig but there are a few things Im thinking
1) Futureproofing. A 2500k makes me drool and should last a good while - even if it is significantly outperformed by Bulldozer (I doubt it) then it's still a plenty fast CPU and should serve me well for quite some time.
2) Possible selloff. If I upgrade now, my board any CPU are still worth a bit of change. If I wait a few months, that value goes down a lot I bet.
3) Need for speed. We all know how that goes. I might never use all the speed my rig has but it's cool to pound your chest and know it's there.
I dunno, what do you guys think? I do have a crappy keyboard, I thought about using this money to splurge on a really nice gaming one and keeping the hardware for a long time. I've thought about just doing a GPU upgrade as well, but at 1600x900 the 6950/6970 seem like overkill. And of course the mobo/cpu upgrade. I could do a lot with 600 to this rig but is it really worth it?
I only get to do a build every 3-4 years so I want to make sure I do it right. IF I buy a 2500k and a motherboard, I could increase that budget by selling off my current mobo/cpu combo. Before I bought this system I kinda had it all planned out but now I really am not so sure.
I game but only at 1600x900. Im definitely not running into any preformance issues with this rig but there are a few things Im thinking
1) Futureproofing. A 2500k makes me drool and should last a good while - even if it is significantly outperformed by Bulldozer (I doubt it) then it's still a plenty fast CPU and should serve me well for quite some time.
2) Possible selloff. If I upgrade now, my board any CPU are still worth a bit of change. If I wait a few months, that value goes down a lot I bet.
3) Need for speed. We all know how that goes. I might never use all the speed my rig has but it's cool to pound your chest and know it's there.
I dunno, what do you guys think? I do have a crappy keyboard, I thought about using this money to splurge on a really nice gaming one and keeping the hardware for a long time. I've thought about just doing a GPU upgrade as well, but at 1600x900 the 6950/6970 seem like overkill. And of course the mobo/cpu upgrade. I could do a lot with 600 to this rig but is it really worth it?
. I was going to sugges these parts. Also factor in an aftermarket cooler if you don't have one you can use already (any 1156 cooler works on 1155)
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