Advice: Should I wait or buy a new build?

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drejon

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Hey guys!

I totally need an advice on this. I hesitate whether to buy a new budget AMD build for the next 4 to 5 years or keep the current older system, wait 2 years and then buy a new Intel build with three or four times the budget.

Current specs:

CPU: Intel E6700 (2 cores @ 3.20GHz)
MB: GIGABYTE G41MT-D3
RAM: 4GB DDR3 1333MHz (2 x 2GB PC3-10600)
GPU: Radeon HD 5670 (1GB)

AMD specs in question (for around $450):

CPU: AMD FX-8320E (8 cores @ 3.20GHz/4.00GHz)
MB: MSI 970 GAMING
RAM: 8GB DDR3 2133MHz (2 x 4GB PC3-17000)
GPU: GIGABYTE GT 730 (2GB)

Current usage: Web development, web graphics, occasional gaming
Target usage: As above + video editing and more gaming :)

Any help is appreciated.
 
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Two years is a long time, but if you can wait, I'd wait. Maybe go with an I5 4460 or similar instead of that FX. Motherboards aren't that cheap (Hxx chipsets), so you could get a 4460 with a H97 motherboard, and that will kick this configs ass.

But for your work related stuff, you don't need to upgrade now, although it would be a luxury, that dual core is really aged.

Maybe keep your graphics card for now and upgrade everything else, and then buy a new gen GPU next year (the new gen will probably be just as expensive but better in every way, especially with DX12 around the corner).
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Stysner

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Two years is a long time, but if you can wait, I'd wait. Maybe go with an I5 4460 or similar instead of that FX. Motherboards aren't that cheap (Hxx chipsets), so you could get a 4460 with a H97 motherboard, and that will kick this configs ass.

But for your work related stuff, you don't need to upgrade now, although it would be a luxury, that dual core is really aged.

Maybe keep your graphics card for now and upgrade everything else, and then buy a new gen GPU next year (the new gen will probably be just as expensive but better in every way, especially with DX12 around the corner).
 
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