Selling My Computer Parts So I Can Upgrade

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MySlicLife

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Howdy Users!
I have a Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK powering my machine with an Intel i7-4790k, and Corsair Vengence Blue 16GB DDR3 1600MHz ram. I am looking to sell these parts to upgrade to a lga1151 ddr4 setup or a lga2066 based setup. Im not sure where to sell the parts so i can get the best value possible or so that i can get it sold at all. Even though i am a fan of saving things, the new upgrade is crazy expensive and i need every extra buck i can get seeing as money's tight. Thanks for any suggestions!
 
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There is no such thing as future proofing. No socket is safe, once they change the socket, you can only purchase CPU/MB combo again to upgrade. I suggest you focus on the current need. Like SSD and GPU can be reused in future better build and can be used now. If you are not doing rendering yet, don't bother with CPU upgrade. When you really need to, the CPU you want to purchase today may be much cheaper due to better and newer CPU comes out.
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MySlicLife

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I guess the point is to really future proof my system in the eventuality that I end up producing content or render any images. Also in the future I am looking to get a high resolution monitor so having a beefy processor will help with that as well. And to upgrade the DDR3 ram that i have in my system to a much faster and better DDR4

 
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MySlicLife

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You do have a point there. Realistically as i replied to the other user, its more for future proofing, if i want to get into video rendering or 3d rendering or getting a higher resolution monitor as well (I'm pretty sure processors have something to do with that, unless I'm mistaken)

 
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MySlicLife

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Also, the specs that I'm looking to get is either [Gigabyte X299 UD4, Intel i7 7740X, Kingston HyperX (2x8gb) 2400MHz] or [Gigabyte LGA1151 Z170, Intel i7-7700k, and Kindston HyperX (2x8gb) 2400MHz]
 
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There is no such thing as future proofing. No socket is safe, once they change the socket, you can only purchase CPU/MB combo again to upgrade. I suggest you focus on the current need. Like SSD and GPU can be reused in future better build and can be used now. If you are not doing rendering yet, don't bother with CPU upgrade. When you really need to, the CPU you want to purchase today may be much cheaper due to better and newer CPU comes out.
 
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MySlicLife

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Good point there! Thanks for the help, I feel like I should have figured that out myself but I guess it makes sense, looks like ill stick with my DDR3. Thanks so much for the help!
 
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Also if gaming at high resolutions 1440p and 4k the graphics card becomes the bottleneck, CPU choice doesn't really effect performance like it does at lower resolutions in most scenarios.
 
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