- Dec 28, 2016
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- My parents bought me an i7-6800k for Christmas
- I have an incompatible motherboard, a new one would cost $300-500
- Should I try to sell the new 6800k in exchange for a 7700k + New Motherboard ($100) or keep the 6800k and buy a new expensive motherboard?
Current Specs:
Nvidia 1070
Asrock Z77 Extreme6
i7-3770
The dilemma is that I'd feel a little guilty selling the cpu for less than what it was worth when they bought me it but it's practically new so perhaps I could get a good price for it, but it's not worth spending an extra $400 for a motherboard to avoid guilt.
Also, which motherboard set is better for further upgrades when cpu's get even better.
Finally, I mainly use the pc for gaming/streaming.
It may be beneficial to note that I chose to upgrade the cpu because when I was streaming with obs open on my second monitor, my ingame fps would be low and my obs would say "HIGH CPU USAGE"
- I have an incompatible motherboard, a new one would cost $300-500
- Should I try to sell the new 6800k in exchange for a 7700k + New Motherboard ($100) or keep the 6800k and buy a new expensive motherboard?
Current Specs:
Nvidia 1070
Asrock Z77 Extreme6
i7-3770
The dilemma is that I'd feel a little guilty selling the cpu for less than what it was worth when they bought me it but it's practically new so perhaps I could get a good price for it, but it's not worth spending an extra $400 for a motherboard to avoid guilt.
Also, which motherboard set is better for further upgrades when cpu's get even better.
Finally, I mainly use the pc for gaming/streaming.
It may be beneficial to note that I chose to upgrade the cpu because when I was streaming with obs open on my second monitor, my ingame fps would be low and my obs would say "HIGH CPU USAGE"
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