- Nov 29, 2013
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Looking to upgrade my 3 years old gaming pc.
Current Specs:
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.20GHz (Oc'ed to 3.9GHz)
ASUS M4A87TD/USB3
12GB RAM 1600MHz
1280MB Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 GDDR5
Corsair 750W (TX750)
Cooler Master HAF 922
So I posted this question last week but now I want to upgrade to GTX 780. I've been thinking of choosing between these two sets.
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£245.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£157.04 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£152.70 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£439.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £995.28
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-08 06:22 GMT+0000)
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£142.47 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£167.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£152.70 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£439.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £902.70
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-08 06:22 GMT+0000)
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Which set is better for gaming and future proof for the next 3 years while keeping it roughly around £1000? Once GTX 780 drops in price I'd go for SLI. I might also consider to overclock the CPU though I'm still newbie in this. Or if you have any other good CPU/motherboard combinations please just comment here!
Current Specs:
AMD Phenom II X6 1090T 3.20GHz (Oc'ed to 3.9GHz)
ASUS M4A87TD/USB3
12GB RAM 1600MHz
1280MB Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 GDDR5
Corsair 750W (TX750)
Cooler Master HAF 922
So I posted this question last week but now I want to upgrade to GTX 780. I've been thinking of choosing between these two sets.
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£245.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£157.04 @ Scan.co.uk)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£152.70 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£439.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £995.28
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-08 06:22 GMT+0000)
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£142.47 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£167.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£152.70 @ Scan.co.uk)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB Video Card (£439.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £902.70
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-08 06:22 GMT+0000)
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Which set is better for gaming and future proof for the next 3 years while keeping it roughly around £1000? Once GTX 780 drops in price I'd go for SLI. I might also consider to overclock the CPU though I'm still newbie in this. Or if you have any other good CPU/motherboard combinations please just comment here!
p/s: please dont turn this into amd vs intel fanboy wars 
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