I am 14 years old and I have a computer which runs games fine but I think it is time for an upgrade and this is my current part list https://pcpartpicker.com/list/zb4HJV and during my birthday and at the end of the school year I hope to upgrade to this part list https://pcpartpicker.com/list/xJL33F and I am wondering would this bottleneck and how long would these parts last game performance wise until I would have to upgrade to play new coming games?
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- Mar 25, 2011
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This is a good upgrade path and you have done a good job in choosing components for a budget build.
Your current processor biggest problem is it is a two core processor with only 2 threads (no hyperthreading). Current games pretty much require at least four threads to game smoothly. The choice of the Haswell i5-4460 solves this as it has 4 cores (no hyperthreading).
The i5-4460 and the RX 480 match well and should not bottleneck on either component.
For future performance the question of whether you need more than 4 threads will come into play. Not many games require more than than 4 threads but as things progress games might start to take advantage of more threads. Some people are already reporting this. If you wish to get a Haswell processor to address this you could choose a Xeon 1231 V3 for about $65 more but you will get a better processor which will be more future proof. It is basically an i7-4790 with no integrated graphics.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=2246&cmp%5B%5D=2230
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bjHYbj
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bjHYbj/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($62.38 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill NS Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card ($212.22 @ Jet)
Case: Inwin 303 White ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($33.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $720.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-31 13:14 EST-0500
Your current processor biggest problem is it is a two core processor with only 2 threads (no hyperthreading). Current games pretty much require at least four threads to game smoothly. The choice of the Haswell i5-4460 solves this as it has 4 cores (no hyperthreading).
The i5-4460 and the RX 480 match well and should not bottleneck on either component.
For future performance the question of whether you need more than 4 threads will come into play. Not many games require more than than 4 threads but as things progress games might start to take advantage of more threads. Some people are already reporting this. If you wish to get a Haswell processor to address this you could choose a Xeon 1231 V3 for about $65 more but you will get a better processor which will be more future proof. It is basically an i7-4790 with no integrated graphics.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp%5B%5D=2246&cmp%5B%5D=2230
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bjHYbj
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/bjHYbj/by_merchant/
CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock H97M Anniversary Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($62.38 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill NS Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($52.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.33 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Asus Radeon RX 480 4GB Dual Video Card ($212.22 @ Jet)
Case: Inwin 303 White ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: EVGA 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply ($33.88 @ OutletPC)
Total: $720.78
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-01-31 13:14 EST-0500
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