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Yeah I was thinking an i5 3570 and that ram thanks for answering but I think I will keep my old stuff .

Thought of that

Thought of that but didn't want to end up with so much ddr3 in case I want to upgrade

So I wanted to upgrade an older system which has 2X2 GB ram(4 gb, the sticks are from different manufacturers). Here is my question. Since my motherboard only has 2 slots would it be better to replace one stick with an 8 GB one ( so 10 GB in total) or buy an 2x4 GB kit . Will the dual channel from the kit be more worth it than the extra 2 GB ? The CPU is an i3 3240 with an H61M motherboard.Thanks for responding !

Yeah , I guess it would be a waste to not spend my money on new hardware when the new components became so cheap anyway. Thanks for replying !

I was actually thinking of the exact same build but I was sceptical about the extra cost on the motherboard , storage( I don't want to format my current HDD) and even on the case because I want to keep the old one(if I build a new PC) functional because I don't want to let a basically full PC lying around . But the new build ideea seems for efficient and future proof .Thanks for replying!

Will think of waiting for the new ryzen thanks for replying !

Hello So I finally decided to upgrade my PC here are the specs: MSI H61M-P31/W8 Intel I3 3240 3.4 GHz 4 GB DDR3 1333Mhz Sapphire Vapor X ATI HD 5870 ( 1 GB) 600 W PSU I was thinking of buying an I7 2600k and overclock it for around 90$ , a 2x8 DDR3 kitfor around 80 $ and a GTX 1070 for 190 $(used) and replacing them on my current setup. My question is if there are any newer components that would advantage me and with I could build something for around 400-450$ ? Or are there better upgrades then what I listed above for around 400 $ ? Thanks for answering.

Thanks for showing this to me

Yeah but there are 2 of them that seemed strange. Anyway thanks for answering.

Oh ok thanks for replying

Ok so I wanted to upgrade my GPU so I checked my GPU pins because I didn't build this PC and I didn't know what kind of PSU I have. So when I checked I saw that they are 2x6+2 pins coming from a single cable. Is this a legit one I couldn't find a PSU model like mine. It is a High Power 600W(attached ptohots with it and the pins). Also I had it paired with an Sapphire Vapor X HD 5870(I know antique stuff) which required 2x6 pin and I had to underclock it to 425 mHz because otherwise some strange lines would appear on screen under load and I had to hard reset. Could it be that this cable is not a true 2x6 pin ? And also could I use this cable for a 8 pin or 2x8 pin GPU ? Thanks for answering.