is it worth it? swapping cpu+mobo

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istvanwells

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So it goes like

about 20 months ago I bought a cpu+mobo combo from Microcenter in Cambridge with a 2 year replacement on both. Now that time is almost up, im trying to see if i could upgrade and if its worth the effort.
I have is

i5 4670k ,stock cooler, no OC
msi gaming 45 mobo
8 gb ram
250 ssd
750 w corsair
radeon 5770

What id like is to play modern games and be entertained(high settings would do, i think) Im not that "must be on Ultra settings just yet.. Im pessimistic about spending hundreds on parts when there might not be enough games id enjoy.. I enjoy some fps and rpg games.

Right now if i brough back mobo+cpu to microcenter, i will have a 350.00 store credit.
Beacause i have not OC'd the cpu, i don't know if even need a "k" cpu.

I was suggested to by employee to swap mobo ( gaming G45+cpu i5 4670k) for msi PC Mate z97 (100.00)+ i5 4690k(199.99) for 260.00 dollars. Ok..so 90.00 for another 2 year replacement on both will cost 47-50.00 he said. Alright, 40 left.
maybe ill spend it on hyper 212 and see what i can get.

Now I asked for a good video card and he presented me a MSI Geforce FTX 960 Overclocked 2gb gddr5 (199.99) and/or
MSI Geforce GTX 960 Gaming 2gb gddr5 ...for 209.99 ...so same price basically.

Both were under " best selling video cards" sign... if that means anything.

i really don't know anything about video cards.
Help please.
 
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synphul
I don't think it's worth it at all to upgrade. You'd be spending money to upgrade within the same tier of cpu's, you usually need to upgrade by at least 2-3 tiers to see any worthwhile performance increase. I'm not sure how microcenter works, I've never heard of replacement plans outside of warranties that work like a car lease where you just take in old hardware and they give you new. Giving you $350 in credit on 2yr old cpu and mobo is basically letting you rent the hardware for free since that's roughly the cost of those items new.

Either way I'd keep the cpu and motherboard you have. I have the 4690k and honestly if it were me and I had the 4670k and someone gave me a similar motherboard and the 4690k for free to upgrade it would...
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synphul

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I don't think it's worth it at all to upgrade. You'd be spending money to upgrade within the same tier of cpu's, you usually need to upgrade by at least 2-3 tiers to see any worthwhile performance increase. I'm not sure how microcenter works, I've never heard of replacement plans outside of warranties that work like a car lease where you just take in old hardware and they give you new. Giving you $350 in credit on 2yr old cpu and mobo is basically letting you rent the hardware for free since that's roughly the cost of those items new.

Either way I'd keep the cpu and motherboard you have. I have the 4690k and honestly if it were me and I had the 4670k and someone gave me a similar motherboard and the 4690k for free to upgrade it would be hard to justify to the time spent swapping out parts. Just my opinion. You mentioned the 960 but I don't know what your budget it is. If it's within your budget I'd opt for a gtx 970 instead.
 
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st3v30

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just like synphul told you, keep your parts and get new GPU. Best bang for buck atm is R9 280X and if you want to spend a bit more R9 290,if you want to invest more then R9 290X or if you are more for nvidia then GTX 970 but you maybe want to know that it have some memory problems, it have 3.5 Gb of fast VRAM and 0,5 GB of slow VRAM.

So you can get this at Microcenter

http://www.microcenter.com/product/431306/Radeon_R9_280X_Overclocked_3GB_DDR5_PCI-e_30x16_Video_Card

or this

http://www.microcenter.com/product/429596/Radeon_R9_290_Overclocked_4GB_GDDR5_Direct_CU_II_PCI-e_Video_Card

or this

http://www.microcenter.com/product/431308/Radeon_R9_290X_4GB_DDR5_PCI-E_30_x_16_Video_Card

or Nvidia

http://www.microcenter.com/product/439377/GeForce_GTX_970_Superclocked_ACX_20_Video_Card
 
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