What should i upgrade next?

Daniel_Baines2000 · Apr 13, 2016

I have recently bought a pc and was wondering what I should upgrade next.

Main specs are a phenom ii x4 965, 12gb ram, 2x hd6950 in crossfire. PSU is a hx750.

I am looking to spend around the £120 mark and I was thing something like an i7-2600 non k and a board but I find this forum to be excellent at giving me pc advice..

riccardan-humiliato · Apr 13, 2016

Upgrade the CPU and motherboard. Don't go with old architecture, go with something more modern. i7-2600 is really old.

mcnumpty23 · Apr 13, 2016

to be fair even though 5 years old a 2600 and especially 2600k is still a great cpu

would depend if you could upgrade to something newer and still be under budget

Barty1884 · Apr 13, 2016

Honestly, I can't think of a viable upgrade for 12quid.

As riccardan has already said, 2nd gen is a bit too old to recommend at this point - still viable, but I would suggest looking a bit newer.

What are you using the rig for? Gaming/general use? No editing, rendering etc?
If so, look for an i5 opposed to an i7, as they'll be a bit cheaper.

Have a look locally & see if you can source a board + a Haswell i5 (4460, 4590, 4690k etc).
The majority of the Haswell or even Skylake i5s run you between 150-210 for the CPU new, and boards will vary depending on your needs.

Sticking with Haswell should allow you to reuse your DDR3, which saves a little bit over buying DDR4 (although you'll have to buy DDR4 eventually).

These are the cheapest upgrades I'd recommend - they're new prices of course, so maybe you could find a deal on barely/used.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£150.00 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£65.81 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £215.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-13 15:13 BST+0100

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£169.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H170A PC Mate ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£80.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£27.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £277.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-13 15:15 BST+0100

mcnumpty23 · Apr 13, 2016

even a ssd would be a very good upgrade if you dont have one

guess it depends what you feel your current pc is lacking performance in

Daniel_Baines2000 · Apr 13, 2016

mcnumpty23 :

I have an ssd already but my issue is finding a cheap board on lga 1150 that supports crossfirex

Barty1884 · Apr 13, 2016

Most of the 'cheaper' LGA 1150 boards support CF. SLI is usually a significant added expense, but CF is relatively common to find. The really cheap boards don't support it usually (<45quid), but for a little more, the feature is there. Like either of the MSI PCMate I listed, 65quid with CF support.

Daniel_Baines2000 · Apr 13, 2016

Barty1884 :

Honestly, I can't think of a viable upgrade for 12quid.

As riccardan has already said, 2nd gen is a bit too old to recommend at this point - still viable, but I would suggest looking a bit newer.

What are you using the rig for? Gaming/general use? No editing, rendering etc?
If so, look for an i5 opposed to an i7, as they'll be a bit cheaper.

Have a look locally & see if you can source a board + a Haswell i5 (4460, 4590, 4690k etc).
The majority of the Haswell or even Skylake i5s run you between 150-210 for the CPU new, and boards will vary depending on your needs.

Sticking with Haswell should allow you to reuse your DDR3, which saves a little bit over buying DDR4 (although you'll have to buy DDR4 eventually).

These are the cheapest upgrades I'd recommend - they're new prices of course, so maybe you could find a deal on barely/used.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£150.00 @ Novatech)
Motherboard: MSI H97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£65.81 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £215.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-13 15:13 BST+0100

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor (£169.00 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: MSI H170A PC Mate ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£80.99 @ Ebuyer)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£27.99 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £277.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-04-13 15:15 BST+0100

I have found an i5-4440 for £100? Not the best but its within budget?

Barty1884 · Apr 13, 2016

You'd still need a board to squeeze that into budget, but a 4440 isn't a bad chip.

Daniel_Baines2000 · Apr 13, 2016

Barty1884 :

I will be able to get some money from selling the motherboard and phenom as well.
So it will be £120 plus whatever a ii x4 965 and a crosshair iii formula is worth.

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