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CPU Upgrade Worth it?

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  • Intel i5
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October 15, 2014 6:11:13 PM

So, pretty soon im going to buy an AsRock Extreme4 LGA1155 MOBO. I currently have an i5-3470. In a little while i will be upgrading to a gtx 970 and i was wondering if it would be worth it to upgrade to an i5-3570k or i7-3770k or i7-2700k or i7-2600k any of which i would overclock. I do a lot of gaming and may go into game design and the such. Any help is great. And feel free to recommend any Haswell options as long as you recommend a decent MOBO along with it (SLI compatible and at least Z77) that is a price at or below $150.

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October 15, 2014 6:13:26 PM

And here are my specs:

i5-3470 3.2ghz
Gigabyte Windforce OC GTX 660
Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
Kingfast 64gb SSD(OS and boot)
WD 1tb HDD
8gb of DDR3 1333mhz RAM
CX500


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October 15, 2014 10:36:40 PM

If you plan to upgrade for overclocking get a 4690k and a z97 mobo, the asrock z97 extreme 4 sells for less than $150, you'll need another psu too, those are not good for overclocking. Thats if you really want to overclock and put another video card, your 3470 should be able to handle any gpu that you throw at him,.
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What if i can find the Asrock z77 extreme 4 lga 1155 for a significantly better price?
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