Finally allocating the funds to upgrade

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sammy sung

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My impatience is growing insanely, so I've decided to drop the ball early. My current build is sigged, and here's what I've scrounged up in planning so far

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jW47sY

Budget is between $500-700. Obviously less is more, especially since I may still very well upgrade my gpu again with 8xx release.

Suggestions/tweaks please, around my budget
 
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dovah-chan

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I'd switch out the CPU to a 4690K. - Personally Gigabyte is the last brand I would go to for a motherboard just because of the poor stability that seems to plague most of their products. I trust Asus and MSI more and Asrock is alright I guess.

Don't want to try a new case either? I could understand if you really loved your case but there are some fine ones around to choose from.

The 8xx series isn't really expected to bring a massive performance increase, at least not one to usurp the 7xx series and make it un-noteworthy altogether. (Unlike the hop from a card like the 6970 to the 7970 where there was over a 50% performance increase) I think you'll do good with a 770 for a while if you've survived on that what you got for so long. So I wouldn't wait.

If you're using an aftermarket cooler have you made sure it's compatible with the 1150 socket?

 
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Then a more expensive motherboard would be required, as well as a CPU cooler.

As is this isn't a bad upgrade. More GPU power then CPU (and you aren't really skimping on the CPU)

A tad overbudget to cram in a K series.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3VWpQ7
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3VWpQ7/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($224.99 @ NCIX US)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($77.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 770 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $715.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-27 16:17 EDT-0400
 
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Oh and don't forget to grab an SSD as well. You can pick up a Crucial M500 128GB SSD off of Newegg for around $60. Really good deal in my opinion. An SSD would also greatly improve your builds overall longevity and decrease the risk of any data bottlenecks.
 
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sammy sung

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My current case, which I'm kind of attached to

chaser a31 black

My heatsink

zalman cooler

My psu about 2-3 years old, roughly. About how much headroom would I have, if any at all?

af37b2e4f7.jpg
 
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