- Sep 29, 2009
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So this is my current build:
i3 4130
ASRock H81M-HDS
8GB DDR3
R9 270
Usage: light graphics work plus heavy gaming (Tomb Raider, Call of Duty, Witcher 3, etc..) at 1080.
Now I want to upgrade, I'm torn between staying with Haswell or upgrading to skylake. When I bought this system I was short on money so I had to make some shortcuts (like the mobo). So while I don't want to make the same mistake again, I really don't want to overspend as well, especially if I'm not getting that much performance increase in advance. So these are my options right now:
Option 1: replace the cpu only with the i5 4670k (which will cost me from $125 to $200 depending on whether I manage to sell the current cpu)
Option 2: the skylake route: i5 6400, Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2PH, Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB DDR4 2400MHz CL15 (which will cost from $250 - $390 again depending of selling the current pars)
Option 3: same as option 1 plus replacing the 2*4GB sticks with 2*8GB sticks, but I'm not sure whether that will have a big impact on the performance.
Kindly keep in mind that my choice of these parts is strictly limited to what's available around here (Egypt) and the same applies for the mentioned prices.
I'd very much appreciate your help.Thanks
i3 4130
ASRock H81M-HDS
8GB DDR3
R9 270
Usage: light graphics work plus heavy gaming (Tomb Raider, Call of Duty, Witcher 3, etc..) at 1080.
Now I want to upgrade, I'm torn between staying with Haswell or upgrading to skylake. When I bought this system I was short on money so I had to make some shortcuts (like the mobo). So while I don't want to make the same mistake again, I really don't want to overspend as well, especially if I'm not getting that much performance increase in advance. So these are my options right now:
Option 1: replace the cpu only with the i5 4670k (which will cost me from $125 to $200 depending on whether I manage to sell the current cpu)
Option 2: the skylake route: i5 6400, Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2PH, Kingston HyperX FURY 8GB DDR4 2400MHz CL15 (which will cost from $250 - $390 again depending of selling the current pars)
Option 3: same as option 1 plus replacing the 2*4GB sticks with 2*8GB sticks, but I'm not sure whether that will have a big impact on the performance.
Kindly keep in mind that my choice of these parts is strictly limited to what's available around here (Egypt) and the same applies for the mentioned prices.
I'd very much appreciate your help.Thanks
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