E5-2670 Still have enough juice for the next few years?

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Vudue Priest

Vudue Priest

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I'm upgrading from:

i5 2400
AsRock Z77 Extreme4
EVGA GTX 770 02G-P4-2770-KR/ MSI GTX 770 N770-2GD5/OC in SLI
12GB Corsair DDR3-1333Mhz
Cooler Master 212 EVO/ Arctic Silver
WIN 8 Pro on SSD
WD Raptor 10k RPM for games/ media
3x Viewsonic VP190B

To:

E5-2670
Intel BLKDX79TO Extreme Series
EVGA GTX 770 02G-P4-2770-KR/ MSI GTX 770 N770-2GD5/OC in SLI
16GB Team Group Extreme DDR3-2400
Cooler Master 212 EVO/ Arctic Silver
WIN 8 Pro on SSD
WD Raptor 10k RPM for games/ media
24" 1920x1080 Dell (May do surround with two of the Viewsonics)

I am obviously not the type to go all out, I don't hardcore game at max settings. I just want something better than a console. With that in mind, how do you folks feel this setup will hold up over the next couple years?
 
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hang-the-9
Not a good idea, get a current chipset and CPU, for a mid-range system Intel i5-6500 and a $80 or so 1151 socket motherboard.
If you want to maximize your budget you can go to a 1150 socket and CPU and re-use your RAM.

The Xeon is better than the CPU you have now, but it's a CPU from 2012 and motherboard from about the same era.
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Not a good idea, get a current chipset and CPU, for a mid-range system Intel i5-6500 and a $80 or so 1151 socket motherboard.
If you want to maximize your budget you can go to a 1150 socket and CPU and re-use your RAM.

The Xeon is better than the CPU you have now, but it's a CPU from 2012 and motherboard from about the same era.
 
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Vudue Priest

Vudue Priest

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Ebay won out with a total cost of $200 for CPU, MOBO and 16gb ram
 
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