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RBCBOOM got a reaction from hammer3339 in Gtx 1070 bottleneck??
Ok ty I still have yet to buy a screen with it but I curebtly have a 1440x900 screen that I got for like 20 bucks don't think it will do to hot with it
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RBCBOOM reacted to Apathetik in Should I Upgrade or Buy a New Pc
Unfortunately, I think the Phenom II x4 is about the highest chip that goes into that socket before you have to step up to an AM3+ (not 100% sure about backwards compatibility here).
If I were you. I'd look into getting at least an older i5 (i5 4460 is what I'm running atm). They're not super cheap, around $180 USD last I checked. Which isn't too bad. You also have the option of going for a low-mid tier i5 Skylake for $20-$40 more than a Haswell i5. But you're going to pay significantly more for a decent motherboard than with an older Haswell chip.
Going with something like a solid Haswell i5 chip and 1150 board, will also give you to the room to upgrade to a still pretty good i7 k sku down the road, especially if you make sure you get a mobo capable of overclocking now.
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RBCBOOM reacted to Energycore in Should I Upgrade or Buy a New Pc
If you don't have a lot of money for an upgrade, I suggest getting a combo of $150 dollar graphics card (from the new generation) and $50 power supply.
Use only these models for the PSU though:
Corsair CX450M, CX550M (not the other CXMs)
XFX TS, TS Gold, XTR
Seasonic S12II, M12II
Rosewill Capstone
EVGA G2, GS, GQ, B2
At least one of those will be $50, hopefully
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RBCBOOM reacted to UL_42L in Should I Upgrade or Buy a New Pc
Just keep saving, upgrading your current system will make the new one take longer.
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RBCBOOM reacted to UL_42L in Should I Upgrade or Buy a New Pc
Now that I'm aware AM3+ is getting old, I suggest saving up for a new system.
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RBCBOOM reacted to DarkEnergy in Should I Upgrade or Buy a New Pc
The latest CPU for AM3+ is already pretty old. I would wait and get at least a new CPU + mobo combo.
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RBCBOOM reacted to Herman Mcpootis in Should I Upgrade or Buy a New Pc
get a better psu,gpu and cpu/mobo. what's your budget?
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RBCBOOM got a reaction from Energycore in Should I Upgrade or Buy a New Pc
Thank you all I just made an account and got instant feed back thanks for the info and Have a great Night. (Night time for me)
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RBCBOOM reacted to Energycore in Should I Upgrade or Buy a New Pc
You could also go the used route and look for a cheap LGA 1366 motherboard and a used Xeon E5640
You'll have to overclock it though.
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RBCBOOM reacted to Energycore in Should I Upgrade or Buy a New Pc
1:15 here, messing with the task scheduler!
Happy building