So, I've been out of the game for awhile, and I'm looking to finally fix the mistake I made when I put together my last build, in which I skimped on a motherboard and didn't have 8 phase power for the CPU (I think it's 4 phase, but it's not important, since I confirmed a while ago that it was too low for my CPU). The question that I have is basically this: I'm on a budget, and can only spend about $200 now and another $200 around December. I have an HD 7950 GFX card (2gig version) and 16 gigs of ram, so I'm decently set up there if not amazingly. I'll be adding another 16 gigs of ram as long as whatever mobo I end up with supports it (I know it won't mater for gaming, but I do run a few programs that make it worthwhile), as well as an SSD for boot, if it matters. Have a 1000W psu, so that isn't an issue.
I'm looking to get good gaming performance with whatever upgrades I can do with that much money.
Should I
A. Buy a cheap end Gigabyte 990FX motherboard for around $116, which will hopefully at least fix the stutter that I currently get but is supposedly bad for overclocking.
B. Buy a nicer Crosshair V Formula-Z for about $200 and overclock my current chip.
C. Just suck it up for now, save my money, and do a full upgrade to an i7 4790k and compatible mobo.
D. Any other option that fits in the price range but I don't know about/didn't think of.
Basically, because I've been out of the game so long, I don't really know what kind of performance bump I can expect between the 3 options, and the research that I've done on the subject tends not to compare in a way that I can use. Any information would be good, at this point.
I'm looking to get good gaming performance with whatever upgrades I can do with that much money.
Should I
A. Buy a cheap end Gigabyte 990FX motherboard for around $116, which will hopefully at least fix the stutter that I currently get but is supposedly bad for overclocking.
B. Buy a nicer Crosshair V Formula-Z for about $200 and overclock my current chip.
C. Just suck it up for now, save my money, and do a full upgrade to an i7 4790k and compatible mobo.
D. Any other option that fits in the price range but I don't know about/didn't think of.
Basically, because I've been out of the game so long, I don't really know what kind of performance bump I can expect between the 3 options, and the research that I've done on the subject tends not to compare in a way that I can use. Any information would be good, at this point.
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