Cpu Upgrade from FX-8350

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Walking Dalphin

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Hey Guys

I want to upgrade my cpu so that I can get a gtx 780. The reason I want to upgrade is because I was told that if I wanted to get a 780 I needed to upgrade to something like a i5 4670k with a z-87 chipset motherboard so that i don't bottleneck the GPU and was wondering if there is anything that is a better deal the the i5 4670k with in the same price range and if you could recommend a mother board the supports nvidia sli for no more then $200 that would be much appreciated . I do a 70 30 split when it comes to a gaming to video editing percentage.

System Specs
CPU: AMD FX-8350
GPU: ASUS GTX 660 ti Direct CU2
Ram: 8gb
PSU: 750w
Nothing has been overclocked
 
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http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99fxpror20

Watch this, I think you never knew whats your cpu is capable of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1TOiPppKX8 - enjoy :)

He is using this mobo its basically the same as the above mobo but with minor additions like 6 sata ports...
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Don't make the same mistake I made when I upgraded from an overclocked Phenom II X6 to my 2600k.

I learned, the expensive way, that my GPU's (SLI) were doing most of the heavy lifting in the games I was playing. The primary difference I noticed was in my bank account.

My games played pretty much the same. Your 8350 is a good bit stronger than my old X6 was. If I were you, I would roll the money you budgeted for a CPU/MB upgrade into a 780Ti and possibly a CPU cooler upgrade (If your MB VRM's can handle overclocking the 8350)

Your CPU doesn't need an overclock for a 780 Ti, and you won't notice a big difference compared to the massive jump the video card will bring, but if you still have money leftover after getting the 780Ti, a CPU overclock will give you a slight bump in performance.



 
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enemy1g

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As others have said previously, your CPU is fine. If you feel like it's struggling, you should look into overclocking it. At this point, the only upgrade for you would be a CPU that isn't available to the public yet; the next gen CPUs. An upgrade to an i5-4670k or even an i7-4770k for gaming, you would only notice minor FPS gains.
 
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Walking Dalphin

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So if i wanted to get the msi gtx 780 lightning edition i would not have to upgrade anything? Is it a better deal to spend the extra $200 on a 780 ti or is it better to get the lightning edition?
 
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Man I just got my computer 8350 oc to 4.5 with 780 ti and there's no hitch of a problem with gaming and 3D rendering.

its not worth to upgrade on 4670k because
first: you have to change buy at least a decent intel motherboard.
second: its almost the same if not better in performance than 4670k
instead of buying almost 350$ more for a set of CPU and Mobo, Just get the fastest available Graphics card just add 150-200$ on Evga gtx 780 ti superclocked instead of the normal gtx 780 and use the 150$ you save and buy ssd or whatever you want.
 
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Walking Dalphin

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Thank You all for your input and sharing your knowledge with me. because all of your guys' inputs were so helpful i can not choose one solution so i decided to right this short message once again thank you for the quick help and if you are so inclined could you recommend a motherboard for me. i currently have the Asus M5 A97 R2.0 and would like to upgrade to something that supports SLI, is a 990fx mobo and is sub $200.

Thanks all
 
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http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99fxpror20

Watch this, I think you never knew whats your cpu is capable of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1TOiPppKX8 - enjoy :)

He is using this mobo its basically the same as the above mobo but with minor additions like 6 sata ports.
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-m5a99xevor20
 
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