Intel oor AMD upgrade?

That would be fine but if you have this build for gaming, save your cash, upgrade CPU later, get rid of that wimpy 650 & get a big boy card. :3

Yes i5 3470 would be huge ugrade.it can handle any games you throw at it.go for it.

what about amd?

I believe it depends on the motherboard. If you have a intel motherboard, you can only get a Intel processor. If you have a AMD motherboard then you can only get a AMD processor.

You also have to make sure the motherboard will support the socket of the processor.

waht if u get a new mobo and cpu

What your resolution. what games do you play?

1920 x 1080

and i play most modern games (2010-2012)

Fair enough.

Your cpu is acctually still pretty decent for gaming

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/10/31/the-be...

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/cpus/2011/10/31/the-be...


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

you can go for a 7870.

or a 7850 if you wanna save some money

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Get a 7870. and maybie later down the track upgrade to a i5 and you got yourself a decent cpu.

Because in gaming its mainly about gpus esspically at high resolution

So imo get a 7870 and later down the road throw in a i5

^ i agree with this guy. you dont need a new cpu at all you need a better gpu. 7850 would be the best option without breaking the bank

Your current cpu is to slow. Get an i5 3350 or 3450 or 3470 like you said if on budget, ivy bridge is 22nm and best performance per watt cpu.

There are quite a few games now which do well on a processor that can handle 4 threads simultaneously and in future the number would increase.There the dual core pentiums would be at disadvantage.The sandy bridge processors are quite sensitive to frequency as well so lower clock would also have a bit lower performance in gaming even at FHD.You can either hold on to your current processor and upgrade later with haswell processorst.Else you can get an i5 3470 or alike maybe with a better motherboard with more features if you like.I would say if you can hold then stick to your current processor and upgrade to a more capable processor later.The investment would be worth it.

haswell requires the new 1050 socket mobo aswell? will i have enough money

Haswell is gonna reuire a new socket(lga 1150 mostly).Initially the price maybe high.
Can't say how the price would vary in Australia.In US most probably they would start-off with the release price similar or identical to ivy-parts.