upgrade or just keep it?

[shorinman]

Hey guys,

I'm just wondering what everyone's opinion is on this topic. I used a place called Extreme PC in Guelph, ON to build my rig in April of 2012.

I have a good offer for it... So here's my question:

Should get rid of it to upgrade or just keep it?

2500k - can reach 4.5
Sapphire reference 7970 - runs stable at 1225 @ 1.3V
P8Z68-V Pro/Gen 3
240GB PNY XLR8 SSD
1TB WD Black
Noctua NH-D14 cooler
8GB Kingston Hyper X blu
850W OCZ ZX PSU
NZXT Switch 810 in white

Thanks for the input! Gotta get back to work now

Happy gaming!

[Wferr]

What would the "good offer" be, untill we know that we dont know if its worth it.

[shorinman]

What would the "good offer" be, untill we know that we dont know if its worth it.

$1600CAD

[dizmo]

It's still a pretty relevant system. Actually extremely similar to one of my buddies builds.

If you think you'll actually use 2 PC's I'd keep it.

Personally, I'd sell it, and get an ultrabook or a tablet if you wanted another device. Diversify your bonds, ______.

[dizmo]

$1600CAD

If you actually got offered that take it. And run. Far, and fast. Before they find out they got ripped off.

[wng_kingsley7]

@shorinman You could upgrade to devil's canyon with a Z97/Z87 motherboard like the asus z97 a. Keep most of the hardware for your next build

[Entropy]

I see no reason to upgrade. Maybe the GPU, but that CPU is kind of awesome...

[Totally-A-Hero]

Ya sell it for that much

[Syntaxvgm]

A 7970 is = to a 280x. Keep it. Unless you absolutely must have top of the line, that's still great for gaming.

EDIT

changed my mind

for around that price I was able to lazily (not price checking or anything) able to make a PC with an H440, 4TB drive, 128GB evo boot drive, 7770 EVGA superclocked, and a i7-4790k in it. I don't get why you are being offered so much, but it'd be worth selling at 1600CAD.

[CoolBeans]

$1600CAD

 

What is that including? if it is just the PC then yes sell it

[Guest]

You could throw a better CPU in and maybe a new GPU when 800 series comes out but other than that it seems to be a solid rig.

[ZacDaMan72]

$1600CAD

Take the money and run. Don't build a PC until the GTX 800 series and maybe the next Intel CPUs arrive.

[emachado99]

Sell it quick!

[Syntaxvgm]

for around that price I was able to lazily (not price checking or anything) able to make a PC with an H440, 4TB drive (a 7200rpm on with good reviews), 128GB evo boot drive, 7770 EVGA superclocked, 16GB ram, and a i7-4790k in it. I don't get why you are being offered so much, but it'd be worth selling at 1600CAD.

[crystal6tak]

With $1600 CAD I came up with this on ca.pcpartpicker: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/crystal6tak/saved/4mWBD3

 

CPU: i5-4670K (Upgrade from 2500k)

Cooler: NH-D14

MB: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming

RAM: Kingston Fury Black Series (2 x 4GB) 1600

SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM

GPU: Asus Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II (Upgrade from 7970)

Case: NZXT Switch 810 (White)

PSU: EVGA 1000W (Upgrade from 850W)

Total: $1583.18

 

Heck if you throw in  an extra $100 CAD you can up the cooler to D15 and RAM to 16GB and it'll total at $1685.16 (http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/user/crystal6tak/saved/tRH8TW)

This is not to mention 800 series GPU may be coming soon and that may be a better gpu option but from 7970 to 290 is still a huge upgrade.

[shorinman]

I'm sorry everyone if I should have started a new thread but here goes:

Best 1150 MoBo replacement for P8Z68-V Pro/Gen 3? I want Asus again with similar features. Only need two PCI slots.

Cheers!