PC upgrade question

[Daniel Kowalczyk]

Hi.

I'm having a little debate with myself about upgrading my PC. I was always a fan of AMD CPU's and single graphics card. Well...now I have some cash coming my way and I thought about experimenting a bit. I thought about getting Intel Core i5 4670, put it on Asus Z87-A and get a second Gigabyte 560 GTX to pair it with my old one. Can anyone share opinion about this build? Thanks.

 

[paladin442]

What resolution are you planning to game on?

 

[Daniel Kowalczyk]

What resolution are you planning to game on?

I don't really plan to go crazy on res. I'm happy for now with my full HD 24" Led, so I'll stick to 1920x1080.

 

[paladin442]

You should try sell your card and buy a HD 7970.. check this link; it explains it well.. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/342448-33-560ti-7970

 

[Daniel Kowalczyk]

You should try sell your card and buy a HD 7970.. check this link; it explains it well.. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/342448-33-560ti-7970

Yeah...sounds reasonable...but...I'm currently running my rig on AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2Ghz sitting on Gigabyte GA-870A-UD3 with 8GB of RAM and mentioned before GF 560GTX. Now...as far as the upgrade goes I think I would rather invest more cash upgrading CPU and Mobo and give cheaper kick to the graphics card as 560GTX performs really nicely so far. I know it won't stand the test of time for years, but so far it was sufficient. The thing is - HD7970 would cost me 200+ pounds, and I can get exactly same card from my friend for just about 50 pounds (where normally they go for 80-90). And in about a year I will probably think about single, high-end card and perhaps extra 8GB of RAM. By the way - 560GTX PCI-E 2.0 should be fine in PCI-E 3.0 sockets, right?