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So I had been buying up parts anticipating a Haswell launch and getting Ivy i7 for a discount when I had a change in my thought pattern. Since I do game, have never overclocked and wish to go from dual to quad core on the 1155 I have a few options yet none of them too glaringly obvious to me that I can easily decide. Here are my choices I hope you all can give me the best advice as to what the best overall rig will be. My goal is to get the best performance without wasting any $$ on parts I won't see a huge difference having. Thank you in advance. Note that I purchased the i7-3770k for $230 and I will list all other prices which are current as of this morning.
1)
i5-3470 (150)
b75-d3v (0, my current MB)
GTX 770 (400)
==out of pocket will be $345 considering I hope to sell my i3-2120 for 75 and GTX 650 TIB for 130
2)
i7-3770k (230)
b75-d3v (0)
GTX 770 (400)
==out of pocket will be $425 if I sell my i3-2120 for 75 and 650tib for 130
3)
I7-3770k (230)
Z77X-UD3H (98)
GTX 650 Ti Boost SLI X2 [additional 160 (I have one already)]
==out of pocket =$413 selling my i3-2120
4)
i7-3770k (230)
Z77X-UD3H (98)
GTX 770 (400)
==cost is $523 selling my i3-2120 and GTX 650 Ti Boost 2gb
I already have the i7-3770k but I can return it for the full amount. I want to lean toward the first rig for a value determination alone but Idk if the b75 MB will give me any issues. With that rig I will have achieved a quad core i5 Ivy albeit with locked multiplier but then again so does the board anyhow(lock the CPU). I got a solid deal on the i7 so the second rig is also very tempting to me however I wouldn't be able to OC my CPU at all so I basically will have a i7-3770 for $80 more than the i5. The third rig was my originally planned setup but with the release of the GTX 770 I kind of want that instead but it will be a whole $100 more than the first build. I would be able to OC the processor but utilizing a multi-GPU setup rather than a simpler single GTX 770. Rig number four is the highest cost but clearly the best rig on paper and gives me the ability to OC my CPU and my GPU to get the best performance overall.
For what it is worth I made $200 trading my iPhone 5 for a Nokia 928 and I will be selling all my old parts that wont be used including the i3-2120(75) (redundant much?), b75m-d3v MB(50), GTX 650 TIB(130) and CX430 PSU(25) to supplement the new parts. That should yield around $480 if all goes well. Either way I think I will be happy but I don't want to upgrade for a while after this one. This will be my second build and I got a lot out of this first machine and it performs very nicely. I wanted to take advantage of the deal so I got the i7-3770k on the low but I will return it for the i5-3470 if that won't bottleneck the new GPU specifically on that MB. What do you guys/gals think?
PS as a side note the upgrade to GTX 770 will cost me $190 after selling the Boost and if I return the i7 for the locked i5 which is negligibly more than another Boost so I have to lean towards that option.
1)
i5-3470 (150)
b75-d3v (0, my current MB)
GTX 770 (400)
==out of pocket will be $345 considering I hope to sell my i3-2120 for 75 and GTX 650 TIB for 130
2)
i7-3770k (230)
b75-d3v (0)
GTX 770 (400)
==out of pocket will be $425 if I sell my i3-2120 for 75 and 650tib for 130
3)
I7-3770k (230)
Z77X-UD3H (98)
GTX 650 Ti Boost SLI X2 [additional 160 (I have one already)]
==out of pocket =$413 selling my i3-2120
4)
i7-3770k (230)
Z77X-UD3H (98)
GTX 770 (400)
==cost is $523 selling my i3-2120 and GTX 650 Ti Boost 2gb
I already have the i7-3770k but I can return it for the full amount. I want to lean toward the first rig for a value determination alone but Idk if the b75 MB will give me any issues. With that rig I will have achieved a quad core i5 Ivy albeit with locked multiplier but then again so does the board anyhow(lock the CPU). I got a solid deal on the i7 so the second rig is also very tempting to me however I wouldn't be able to OC my CPU at all so I basically will have a i7-3770 for $80 more than the i5. The third rig was my originally planned setup but with the release of the GTX 770 I kind of want that instead but it will be a whole $100 more than the first build. I would be able to OC the processor but utilizing a multi-GPU setup rather than a simpler single GTX 770. Rig number four is the highest cost but clearly the best rig on paper and gives me the ability to OC my CPU and my GPU to get the best performance overall.
For what it is worth I made $200 trading my iPhone 5 for a Nokia 928 and I will be selling all my old parts that wont be used including the i3-2120(75) (redundant much?), b75m-d3v MB(50), GTX 650 TIB(130) and CX430 PSU(25) to supplement the new parts. That should yield around $480 if all goes well. Either way I think I will be happy but I don't want to upgrade for a while after this one. This will be my second build and I got a lot out of this first machine and it performs very nicely. I wanted to take advantage of the deal so I got the i7-3770k on the low but I will return it for the i5-3470 if that won't bottleneck the new GPU specifically on that MB. What do you guys/gals think?
PS as a side note the upgrade to GTX 770 will cost me $190 after selling the Boost and if I return the i7 for the locked i5 which is negligibly more than another Boost so I have to lean towards that option.
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