I've owned my rig for almost a year now. Chose the parts myself - which is probably why I'm here writing this in the first place, lol - and was quite happy with it until recently, give or take a couple months. See, I have an FX 6100 and an ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 motherboard and I think the USB 2.0 headers on it are taking a crap because my Wireless internet adapter doesn't work sometimes. At any rate, I mainly chose the 6100 because it was only $90 and had 6 cores (which technically it doesn't, apparently) and now I'm kind of wondering whether or not I screwed up. I also can't help but feel a little guilty because even though I picked the parts (and thought I was doing a good job researching them) it was my father who bought them for me over the course of last year.
I think I have a serious case of the "Upgrade Bug" but there are a couple of problems - 1. I find myself interested in the lower-end Intel chips like the unlocked Pentium that's out but this would require not only a new motherboard (some help/advice on this would be appreciated because there are so many out there) but a whole new copy of OEM Windows 7, apparently, and I'm not sure about a dual core CPU since I play games like The Sims 3 and 4 and Bioshock Infinite. 2. If I stuck with my motherboard that can't overclock (which I'm interested in learning how to do), would there really be any point of getting a bigger/better AMD CPU like a 6300/50 or something like an 8320?
I don't really have a "budget" set because I am just gathering info at this point.
I think I have a serious case of the "Upgrade Bug" but there are a couple of problems - 1. I find myself interested in the lower-end Intel chips like the unlocked Pentium that's out but this would require not only a new motherboard (some help/advice on this would be appreciated because there are so many out there) but a whole new copy of OEM Windows 7, apparently, and I'm not sure about a dual core CPU since I play games like The Sims 3 and 4 and Bioshock Infinite. 2. If I stuck with my motherboard that can't overclock (which I'm interested in learning how to do), would there really be any point of getting a bigger/better AMD CPU like a 6300/50 or something like an 8320?
I don't really have a "budget" set because I am just gathering info at this point.
The budget for my original build was about $700 or $ 800 USD I think, can't remember. And I'm upgrading my GPU from an HD 7790 Sapphire Dual X OC to an R9 270X Toxic edition card from Sapphire next week. It's about $270 USD at my local shop. So, I'm wondering if I should hold off on the GPU upgrade and get a new CPU/ CPU and Motherboard (if going the Intel route) instead... See, because I'm kinda stuck. Let me explain. My PC game of choice - and the original intent of building my own rig - is The Sims 3 (would like to get 4 soon) and despite what people might say about that game, it is far more intensive than most believe, mainly on the CPU side of things ( various sites recommend an i5 or better) so that's why I was thinking of going for the Intel build but with a board from MSI, ASUS or Gigabyte as I have read their quality is excellent. However, if I decide to go for the Intel build, that would require a new copy of Windows 7, so there's another $100 USD (unless it comes up for sale on newegg of course, then it's only $84) Though, since my father wants to build his own rig as well (has an ancient P4 Dell that he can't stand) and bought himself a Phenom II X4 965, could I just give him the Motherboard I have now (the ASUS M5A97 I mentioned my first post) and that way he doesn't have to buy Windows 7 for his rig? I still have the disc and everything. I could also sell the FX 6100 I have to offset the cost of the new CPU and mobo. Could it work this way?
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