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Thx I am going next year to a university for 2d & 3d game design with alot of rendering and 2d & 3d modeling.

Should i buy an i7

a i5 should be ok, but an i7 will be much better for those tasks, so the i7 would be the better option

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I was planning to upgrade my pc with more gpu and cpu power my budget is €900

I am planning to game at higher resolutions than 1080p

My current system:

Amd fx 6350 oc 4,4 ghz

Amd r9 270x msi twinfrozr

Asrock 970 am3+ pro

Corsair H100i

Coolermaster n600

1tb hardrive wd bleu

Corsair rm650

Corsair vengeance 1x 8gb stick oc 2133

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You could just build a new pc and sell that one

Case: Corsair Carbdie 330R Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P Asus Z97-A CPU: AMD FX-6300 i5 4690K 3.5 GHZ + 212 EVO GPU: ASUS GTX 760 DirectCUII Ram: Corsair Vengeance LP 8gb (2x4gb) HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB PSU: Corsair CX500M
Monitor: AOC Q2963pm 29'' 21:9 IPS Mouse: Mionix Naos 8200 Mousepad: Mionix Sargas 320 Headset: HyperX Cloud Keyboard: Corsair Gaming K70 RGBIKEA Headset/Headphone Holder
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€173.69 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€76.53 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card  (€364.11 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  (€90.22 @ Amazon Deutschland) 
Total: €904.55
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-06-17 21:03 CEST+0200
 
Sell the rest of the parts you aren't using
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I was planning to keep everything except for the cpu&motherboard gpu and maybe the case

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#CoolBeans

What If i wait 2 or 3 months for the gtx 870 or 880

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#CoolBeans

What If i wait 2 or 3 months for the gtx 870 or 880

That is actually a good idea, if you can wait till the end of the year, Nvidias new GPUs will be a very good upgrade

Computer Specifications:

AMD Ryzen 5 3600  | Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite | ADATA XPG SPECTRIX D50 32 GB 3600 MHz | Asus RTX 3060 KO Edition | CoolerMaster Silencio S400 | Klevv Cras C700 M.2 SSD 256GB | 

1TB Crucial MX500 | 1 TB SanDisk SSD | Corsair RM650W

Camera Equipment:

Camera Bodies: 

Olympus Pen-F | Panasonic GH3 (Retired)

Lenses:

Sigma 30mm F1.4 | Sigma 16mm F1.4 | Sigma 19mm F2.8 | Laowa 17mm F1.8 | Olympus 45mm F1.8

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That is actually a good idea, if you can wait till the end of the year, Nvidias new GPUs will be a very good upgrade

And what kind of cpu&mobo should i take

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Z97 and a I5 4590K is more then enough, you could get a MSI Z97 gaming 5 or 7 or any asus Z97

Computer Specifications:

AMD Ryzen 5 3600  | Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite | ADATA XPG SPECTRIX D50 32 GB 3600 MHz | Asus RTX 3060 KO Edition | CoolerMaster Silencio S400 | Klevv Cras C700 M.2 SSD 256GB | 

1TB Crucial MX500 | 1 TB SanDisk SSD | Corsair RM650W

Camera Equipment:

Camera Bodies: 

Olympus Pen-F | Panasonic GH3 (Retired)

Lenses:

Sigma 30mm F1.4 | Sigma 16mm F1.4 | Sigma 19mm F2.8 | Laowa 17mm F1.8 | Olympus 45mm F1.8

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Z97 and a I5 4590K is more then enough, you could get a MSI Z97 gaming 5 or 7 or any asus Z97

I am going next year to a university for 2d & 3d game design with alot of rendering and 2d & 3d modeling.

Should i buy an i7

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Thx I am going next year to a university for 2d & 3d game design with alot of rendering and 2d & 3d modeling.

Should i buy an i7

a i5 should be ok, but an i7 will be much better for those tasks, so the i7 would be the better option

Computer Specifications:

AMD Ryzen 5 3600  | Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite | ADATA XPG SPECTRIX D50 32 GB 3600 MHz | Asus RTX 3060 KO Edition | CoolerMaster Silencio S400 | Klevv Cras C700 M.2 SSD 256GB | 

1TB Crucial MX500 | 1 TB SanDisk SSD | Corsair RM650W

Camera Equipment:

Camera Bodies: 

Olympus Pen-F | Panasonic GH3 (Retired)

Lenses:

Sigma 30mm F1.4 | Sigma 16mm F1.4 | Sigma 19mm F2.8 | Laowa 17mm F1.8 | Olympus 45mm F1.8

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#CoolBeans

What If i wait 2 or 3 months for the gtx 870 or 880

except for the fact that you'll most likely be able to get an AMD video card that'll perform just as good if not better for half the cost

current build and total cost   http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/150083-thrift-shop-build/

 

I apologize for my crappy English I'm American

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a i5 should be ok, but an i7 will be much better for those tasks, so the i7 would be the better option

Thx for the help

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Thx for the help

No probs man

Computer Specifications:

AMD Ryzen 5 3600  | Gigabyte B550M Aorus Elite | ADATA XPG SPECTRIX D50 32 GB 3600 MHz | Asus RTX 3060 KO Edition | CoolerMaster Silencio S400 | Klevv Cras C700 M.2 SSD 256GB | 

1TB Crucial MX500 | 1 TB SanDisk SSD | Corsair RM650W

Camera Equipment:

Camera Bodies: 

Olympus Pen-F | Panasonic GH3 (Retired)

Lenses:

Sigma 30mm F1.4 | Sigma 16mm F1.4 | Sigma 19mm F2.8 | Laowa 17mm F1.8 | Olympus 45mm F1.8

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