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Gaming Build Performance Increase Evaluation

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October 16, 2014 3:58:11 PM

Hey guys I need honest opinions and only since I'm about to spend quite a lot of money and I want to be sure I'm doing the right move.

I currently own this rig:

BitFenix Prodigy /w Side Panel Window
Biostar TH61 ITX Motherboard
Intel Core i5-3570K(3.4GHz)
2x4GB Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1333 MHz
Seasonic M12II Evo 620 Fully Modular Watt PSU
MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB GDDR5
60GB Kingston V300S SSD
500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM HDD

It's quite powerful and runs all latest games at 1080p on Ultra with AA on most of the times. I'm very happy but the sidepanel near the GPU gets host sometimes and while it's not noisy I'm a bit worried.

Now I want to upgrade to this rig:

Corsair Obsidian 350D MicroATX
Asus Maximus VII GENE 1150 mATX
Intel Core i5-4690K(3.5 GHz)
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo CPU Cooler
16GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance Pro 2133 MHz
Seasonic M12II Evo 620 Fully Modular PSU
MSI GTX 970 4GB GDDR5
120 GB Samsung 840 Evo SSD
500 GB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM HDD

Basically the only things I'm keeping from the older rig is the GPU,PSU and HDD(I just purchased the GPU and PSU). I was wondering whether it's worth the money I will spent. I mostly play games on my PC at 1080P but I want to future proof it because I feel the motherboard is too old and I want the ability to expand RAM and GPU. Also I would like my case to have better cooling.

I have the budget needed for all the upgrades but I'm skeptical whether I should do it or not.






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October 16, 2014 5:02:52 PM

To he honest the rig that you already have is just fine, I would just change cases instead and also get a new SSD as the v300 isn't a great drive
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October 16, 2014 5:06:48 PM

I agree. Your old rig is fine you should upgrade SSD and HDD.
Just pimp your rig y adding CPU cooler and make it stylish.
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October 16, 2014 5:08:53 PM

Any recommendation for cases?
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October 16, 2014 5:11:21 PM

Yes also change your case and get a stylish color combination that you like. I personally get the black and red case.

I can recommend Zalman cases for they have a built in case fans (4 of them at least). :) 
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October 16, 2014 5:19:15 PM

So I won't really get a performance increase with the new build?
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October 16, 2014 5:25:09 PM

You might but you will not see a big difference, but if you wanted to prove it then go ahead. :) 
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October 16, 2014 5:37:01 PM

iamlegend said:
You might but you will not see a big difference, but if you wanted to prove it then go ahead. :) 


So what hardware would it take to see a big difference? Perhaps an i7-4790K?
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October 16, 2014 5:52:47 PM

Actually for 1080p gaming you can max out all games with i5 and 970.
i7 and 980 is overkill.
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October 16, 2014 8:42:28 PM

The rig you already have is fine, and you said you are getting great performance with it so I would just change the case and add a cpu cooler and maybe a case fan or 2.
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