So I had my heart set on finally upgrading my 4850x2 this Christmas, with a ATI 7870 or a 7850. To give a quick background I play mmorpg's most always. Then after looking at Toms graphics card chart which recommends not upgrading till there is something three tiers above I realized that maybe even know this card takes a ton of power, and run hot as hell (its a muscle car video card in my opinion loud, hot , and fast so very inefficient) Well I currently have a Asus M4a78T-E motherboard and a Amd Phenom II 945 X2 Deneb overclocked to 3.6ghz and 12 GB G. Skill Ram. I was originally going to get the card and the upgrade to another Ati platform like the new A8 or A10 but they seem just dreadful. It seems there is very little difference from what I have now. Well I decided to start looking at the I5's I love the chip just always had good luck with ATI cpu's. A quick not if you are not an mmo player Raiding takes a lot of processing power compared to just running around the virtual world, I made the mistake of going low end before and could max out all day and bottleneck in the raids, and have to run on low.So this is the current I5 3470. So what do you guys think should I do the Cpu now and wait till this summer or next fall for the graphics card, or should I go for the graphics card since its been a long time coming, and see what deal i can get on a cpu/mobo this summer or fall? Thanks in advance always great advice from these forums...
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