Upgrade, can someone help me?

Dani Geus · Sep 20, 2014

Hey people

I'm planning to upgrade my PC and i would like to know if i made good choices

my budget is 300 Euro's

sorry for my english ( i'm Dutch and 16 y/o )

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These are my Pc specs now:
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OS: Windows 7 Ultimate X64

CPU - AMD FX4100 @3.6Ghz.

Zalman heat sink.

GPU - HD 7870 DCII 2GB GDDR5 V2.

PSU - 750 Watt Corsair CX750M.

RAM - 8 GB @ 1333Mhz.

HDD's - 2x 1000Gb @7200RPM and 1x 500Gb @ 7200RPM.

SSD - None.

Motherboard - MSI 760GM P23 FX.

Case - MS-Tech CA-0300.

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This would be the Upgrade:
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OS: Windows 8.1 Pro X64

CPU - I5 - 4690 @3.5Ghz.

Zalman heat sink.

GPU - HD 7870 DCII 2GB GDDR5 V2.

PSU - 750 Watt Corsair CX750M.

RAM - 8 GB @1333Mhz. ( 1 strip ICIDUU ) And ( 1 strip CRUCIAL )

HDD's - 2x 1000Gb @7200RPM and 1x 500Gb @ 7200RPM.

SSD - None.

Motherboard - MSI H97 Gaming 3

Case - MS-Tech CA-0300.

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I would like to know if this will help me out for a couple of years

if you know A better Motherboard And / Or CPU for about 300 Euro's PLEASE, Reply it to me

NiCoM · Sep 20, 2014

Yes you could get the i5-4670K instead at almost the same price:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (€202.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€99.90 @ Caseking)
Total: €302.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-20 13:42 CEST+0200

At stock it will match with the i5-4590, but you'll be able to overclock it for a good performance gain.
The G45 is pretty much the old version of the Gaming 3 board, though this board can also overclock.

So at stock this will be a TINY bit slower than the 4590, though if you overclock this the slightest, it's worth it.
Even if you're not planning on overclocking, it allows you to buy a good cooler a year from now and overclock it when you see yourself wanting that extra performance.

One last thing, don't you have the win 7 disc? or do you just have a win8 copy around for use.
Don't buy windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 9 is JUST around the corner, and even then if you do have the win7 key, you should rather spend the money on hardware, Windows 7 is still a good OS.

Hope this helped you!

Dani Geus · Sep 20, 2014

NiCoM :

Yes you could get the i5-4670K instead at almost the same price:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor (€202.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (€99.90 @ Caseking)
Total: €302.80
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-20 13:42 CEST+0200

At stock it will match with the i5-4590, but you'll be able to overclock it for a good performance gain.
The G45 is pretty much the old version of the Gaming 3 board, though this board can also overclock.

So at stock this will be a TINY bit slower than the 4590, though if you overclock this the slightest, it's worth it.
Even if you're not planning on overclocking, it allows you to buy a good cooler a year from now and overclock it when you see yourself wanting that extra performance.

One last thing, don't you have the win 7 disc? or do you just have a win8 copy around for use.
Don't buy windows 8.1 Pro, Windows 9 is JUST around the corner, and even then if you do have the win7 key, you should rather spend the money on hardware, Windows 7 is still a good OS.

Hope this helped you!

hey man this helped me out a lot! thank you

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