Is it worth the upgrade?

[aacis]

Im planing from upgrading my current system(motherboard, CPU and rams ) to the following

Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q8300
GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3P
CORSAIR XMS2 DDR2 RAM 6GB

( nvidia 560ti )
(western digital black caviar 1tb - 6gbps)
TO:

ASRock MB-P67E4G3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $140.00
Intel Core i5-3570K Quad-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 4 Core LGA 1155 $229.99
G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 1600MHz 240-Pin $48.99

mainly to play guild wars 2 cause my current PC is not able to run it at max settings and i been waiting for that game 4 years =P ,
all my past parts are in good condition so i might try to selll them on ebay. but do you people think is worth the update for that price and is it a big upgrade?

 

[Ohmybad]

yes, that i5 will run circles around the q8300, i did a similar upgrade from a C2D 3.0GHz -> i5 and (kept the same 5770 @ the time) my frames in all games increased, so im sure the same would happen for you.

 

[Hazle]

i advise you avoid getting a p67 mobo with an IB i5 as it may not support it without a BIOS update. and assuming you do plan to update it, you'll need a SB cpu to do so, since i don't see a feature that allows you to update it via a USB drive

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/P67%20Extreme4%20Gen3/?cat=CPU

 

[aacis]

i advise you avoid getting a p67 mobo with an IB i5 as it may not support it without a BIOS update. and assuming you do plan to update it, you'll need a SB cpu to do so, since i don't see a feature that allows you to update it via a USB drive

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/P67%20Extreme4%20Gen3/?cat=CPU[/quotemsg


but my budget it tight and the Z68 with this features cost , or what would you recommend for that price

 

[Hazle]

even if you went with a Z68, your PC won't boot up, not without a BIOS update to make it compatible with the 3570K.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157296 ($110)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128543 ($120)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293 ($135)

some Z77 board examples within your budget. otherwise, if you're insistent about that p67, the only options for you is either getting a 2500K, or, depending where you're buying and assuming they can do it for you, ask them to update the BIOS prior to shipping them out.

 

[aacis]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6813157293 seems like a perfect choice. i don't really cared bout p67 it was cause i didn't knew i might overclock later on so z77 is my best choice ,