is this an upgrade worth going for budget 200 euro

renners · Jun 3, 2014

so my current mother board and cpu are as follows
Asus A55BM-A
AMD athlon x4 760k
and i want to upgrade to this
https://www.komplett.ie/shoppingcart/order/default.aspx

renners · Jun 3, 2014

and i was thinking down the line of then going for an i5 or something along the lines of an i5

dextermat · Jun 3, 2014

Hi,

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If you are on a budget, get a fx-6300, if you can afford, get an I5 .

You present computer just doesn't cut it for most modern gaming anyway.

Zircoben · Jun 3, 2014

renners :

An i5 would give you the best performance.

I don't think anything from AMD is going to give much performance benefit over what you already have.

renners · Jun 3, 2014

oh okay well in the cart i had an 13 4130
and an asus 87chipset motherboard lga1150

Zircoben · Jun 3, 2014

renners :

Get a motherboard with an H81 or B85 chipset, just the cheapest well-rated motherboard that has the LGA 2011 socket, and pair that with the cheapest i5-4xxx processor available.

That will give you the best performance per dollar.

renners · Jun 3, 2014

whats the difference between h81 and b85

Zircoben · Jun 3, 2014

renners :

"H87 basically the same as Z87 minus the overclocking abilities, and doesn't support triple SLI
H81 budget level, no overclocking, no sli, limited sata 6gb/s, limited usb 3.0
B85 is a business focused chipset, and it is the budget level with limited options of the other business chipsets."

(From another post of another Tomshardwarer)

All of them will work great, they will game, they will upgrade, and they are each ready for any Haswell CPU you can throw at it. Basically, the cheapest one you can find, from a good brand like Gigabyte, AsRock, ASUS, or MSi, just get it.

logainofhades · Jun 3, 2014

If you can stretch the budget a bit, I would go with this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (€151.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: ASRock B85 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€67.22 @ Hardwareversand)
Total: €219.12
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-03 22:57 CEST+0200)

Otherwise you can go with this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor (€151.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€42.20 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Total: €194.10
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-03 22:59 CEST+0200)

H81 boards typically lack USB 3.0 headers for cases and have fewer expansion and memory slots. If neither is overly important to you, then H81 is ok.

renners · Jun 3, 2014

logainofhades could you go to kmplett.ie and pick out what you think is best i might be able to stretch to 210 but thats about all 16yr old student so cash is very tight

Zircoben · Jun 3, 2014

renners :

CPU
http://www.komplett.ie/product/zkb-01com/80013189/intel-core-i5-4440-3-1ghz-socket-1150/details.aspx

Motherboard
http://www.komplett.ie/product/zkb-01com/20210570/asus-h81m-plus-socket-1150-micro-atx/details.aspx

Total: 210 Euros

renners · Jun 3, 2014

thank you very much need to save for a littlebit

logainofhades · Jun 3, 2014

Best I could do was an i5 and H81 board for about 220, using that site.

http://www.komplett.ie/product/zkb-01com/80013189/intel-core-i5-4440-3-1ghz-socket-1150/details.aspx

http://www.komplett.ie/product/zkb-01com/20210570/asus-h81m-plus-socket-1150-micro-atx/details.aspx

You could go with an i3 4150 and an H97 board, to meet your budget. You could then start saving up and upgrade to broadwell next year. This might be the better option as it will be far better than a 760k, and you have an upgrade path to broadwell. H81 will not give you that.

http://www.komplett.ie/product/zkb-01com/80029941/asus-h97m-plus-socket-1150-micro-atx/details.aspx

http://www.komplett.ie/product/zkb-01com/80015731/intel-core-i3-4150-3-5ghz-socket-1150/details.aspx

Total: €209.85

Zircoben · Jun 3, 2014

logainofhades :

I don't think it is worth the extra money for an upgrade path to Broadwell. I would probably do it because I'm crazy that way, but for a student, the more economical and sane way would be to buy H81 now with an i5.

Then you can upgrade to a better Haswell later once they are being discounted when Broadwell is out. He can get better performance now, and he doesn't have to upgrade anything to have a quad core.

renners · Jun 3, 2014

so a z97 will allow me to upgrade next year without buying a new motherboard ?

logainofhades · Jun 3, 2014

H97 or Z97 would allow you to upgrade to broadwell next year. You would just need a bios update. H81/B85/H87/Z87 will not support Broadwell.

renners · Jun 3, 2014

Zircoben :

logainofhades :

I don't think it is worth the extra money for an upgrade path to Broadwell. I would probably do it because I'm crazy that way, but for a student, the more economical and sane way would be to buy H81 now with an i5.

Then you can upgrade to a better Haswell later once they are being discounted when Broadwell is out. He can get better performance now, and he doesn't have to upgrade anything to have a quad core.

good point man

renners · Jun 3, 2014

yeah ill go with an i3 and z97 so i can get an i5 next year when i have more money

Zircoben · Jun 3, 2014

renners :

Good idea. You'll be happy either way.

Have fun!

logainofhades · Jun 3, 2014

Zircoben :

logainofhades :

I don't think it is worth the extra money for an upgrade path to Broadwell. I would probably do it because I'm crazy that way, but for a student, the more economical and sane way would be to buy H81 now with an i5.

Then you can upgrade to a better Haswell later once they are being discounted when Broadwell is out. He can get better performance now, and he doesn't have to upgrade anything to have a quad core.

Well the i5 was outside of the 210 budget and the i3 combo met it. That is why I suggested the i3 4150 and H97 route. Also, Intel never drops the price of older CPU's, once new ones come out.

renners · Jun 3, 2014

So an i3 it is what fmdo you think the 4150 paired with a gtx750 ti would perform like on battlefield ?

logainofhades · Jun 3, 2014

You should be able to do medium to high settings and get playable FPS. Might need to turn a few things down for the multiplayer campaigns though.

renners · Jun 3, 2014

Okay no problem thanks for all the help man

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