I was hoping to get some input from those more experienced and knowledgeable about computer parts, not that i'm not but as far as really get into what will be considers an upgrade/side etc. I have been looking over different parts and was in one of those "I want to rebuild a PC" moods, those who love building computers and pricing out parts know what I mean.
My system
mobo - asus rampage III extreme 1366
CPU - Intel i7 930 @2.8
Ram - 12gig kingston hyperX t1
GPU - sapphire HD 7970
Hard drive - kingston SSD os/games - Ocz SSD programs - other drives for storage
the GPU and Hard drive are not of concern to me because they are as good as it will get.
The CPU/mobo is my main concern. I have been looking through different CPUs as follows
Core i7 2700K Sandy Bridge 3.5
Core i7 3930K Sandy Bridge 3.2
Core i7 Extreme 3960X
I really don't want to get into spending a thousand $ on a processor so really the Extreme 3960 is out. The other 2 seem to have little difference from what I've read as both are unlocked and can be overclocked with ease. My main concern is that those are not really a big enough upgrade to warrant spending the money to upgrade the CPU + Mobo as they are both different sockets and I would also upgrade the Ram as the ram I have now is Tri-channel and these boards do not support it.
So the short version - is it really worth upgrading right now from what I have to any new processor/mobo/ram combo?
Any thoughts or information would be greatly appreciated
My system
mobo - asus rampage III extreme 1366
CPU - Intel i7 930 @2.8
Ram - 12gig kingston hyperX t1
GPU - sapphire HD 7970
Hard drive - kingston SSD os/games - Ocz SSD programs - other drives for storage
the GPU and Hard drive are not of concern to me because they are as good as it will get.
The CPU/mobo is my main concern. I have been looking through different CPUs as follows
Core i7 2700K Sandy Bridge 3.5
Core i7 3930K Sandy Bridge 3.2
Core i7 Extreme 3960X
I really don't want to get into spending a thousand $ on a processor so really the Extreme 3960 is out. The other 2 seem to have little difference from what I've read as both are unlocked and can be overclocked with ease. My main concern is that those are not really a big enough upgrade to warrant spending the money to upgrade the CPU + Mobo as they are both different sockets and I would also upgrade the Ram as the ram I have now is Tri-channel and these boards do not support it.
So the short version - is it really worth upgrading right now from what I have to any new processor/mobo/ram combo?
Any thoughts or information would be greatly appreciated