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hi im toying between the idea of upgrading my mobo/cpu or my gpu my budget is £300/$469


cpu: Intel pentium g870@ 3.1 ghz
gpu: Asus 1gb hd7770 ghz edition
psu: 600w storm silent psu
ram: 4gb corsair ddr3 value
mobo: msi h61m-p31 mAtx 
hdd: 500gb seagate barracuda sata 3 
case: coolermaster k280 atx mid tower case
cooler: standard cpu cooler

im not sure between amd/intel and amd/nvidia also could you reccomend parts i wouldnt mind doing some oc'ing aswell 
thankyou

 

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CPU man

Cpu: Intel i7 4770k @4.4 Ghz | Case: Corsair 350D | Motherbord: Z87 Gryphon | Ram: dominator platinum 4X4 1866 | Video Card: SLI GTX 980 Ti | Power Supply: Seasonic 1000 platinum | Monitor: ACER XB270HU | Keyboard: RK-9100 | Mouse: R.A.T. 7 | Headset : HD 8 DJ | Watercooled

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Honestly, a GPU upgrade will not make a big difference with only a g870 in there. a 7770 isn't a bad card by any stretch. Considering you probably use your computer for more things than just playing games, an all around speedy system should probably be considered before a GPU upgrade. Honestly, with 470 bucks to spend, I would try and get a 4670+ a decent mobo and hopefully be able to throw a 128 gig SSD in there. You will LOVE the computer experience such a upgrade would bring.

Rig: i7 13700k +Contact Frame - - Asus Z790-P Wifi - - RTX 4080 - - 4x16GB 6000MHz - - Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe Boot + Main Programs - - Crucial P3 2TB NVMe for photo work - - Corsair RM850x - - Sound BlasterX EA-5 - - Corsair XC8 JTC Edition - - Corsair GPU Full Cover GPU Block - - PTM 7950 - - XT45 X-Flow 420 + UT60 280 rads externally mounted - - EK XRES RGB PWM - - Fractal Define S2 - - DellAlienware AW3423DWF 34" -- Logitech Pro X Superlight - - Logitech G710+ - - LTT Northern Lights Deskpad

 

Headphones/amp/dac: Schiit Bifrost Multibit - -  Schiit Lyr 3 - - Fostex TR-X00 - - Sennheiser HD 6xx

 

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CPU is the way to go, get a 1155 mobo, they are dropping in price.

Codename: HighFlyer, specs:  CPU: i5 2500k cooled by a H70ish(2 rad)   Mobo: MSI MPower Z77   GPUs: Gigabyte GTX 660 OC 1150 MHZ core, 3150 memory both   RAM: Corsair Vengeance 16G @1600mhz   SSD: ADATA Premier Pro sx900 / HDD Seagate Barracuda 1TB/Samsung 1TB   Power supply: Corsair RM650 80+ Gold   Case Corsair Carbide 500R   5.4 ghz achieved on the good old 2500k, may it rest in peace. Current daily OC is 4.8 @1.41 v

 

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Quick list on newegg, a 4670, plus a Asus Z-87-k will run you about 360 bucks, add a 100-140 dollar SSD such as a Vertex 4 for 120 or Samsung 840 for 135, you really can't go wrong!

 

And really, your PSU doesn't support haswell? Thats too bad. Then I would suggest a 3570 plus a Z77 board, performance would be about the same. And for the 5 dollars extra, get a 3570k for sure.

Rig: i7 13700k +Contact Frame - - Asus Z790-P Wifi - - RTX 4080 - - 4x16GB 6000MHz - - Samsung 990 Pro 2TB NVMe Boot + Main Programs - - Crucial P3 2TB NVMe for photo work - - Corsair RM850x - - Sound BlasterX EA-5 - - Corsair XC8 JTC Edition - - Corsair GPU Full Cover GPU Block - - PTM 7950 - - XT45 X-Flow 420 + UT60 280 rads externally mounted - - EK XRES RGB PWM - - Fractal Define S2 - - DellAlienware AW3423DWF 34" -- Logitech Pro X Superlight - - Logitech G710+ - - LTT Northern Lights Deskpad

 

Headphones/amp/dac: Schiit Bifrost Multibit - -  Schiit Lyr 3 - - Fostex TR-X00 - - Sennheiser HD 6xx

 

Homelab/Media Server: Proxmox VE host - - 512 NVMe Samsung 980 RAID Z1 for VM's/Proxmox boot - - Xeon e5 2660 V4- - Supermicro X10SRF-i - - 128 GB ECC 2133 - - 10x8TB WD Red RAID Z2 - - 2x 800 GB SAS SSD’s (1 SLOG, 1 L2Arc) - - 45 HomeLab HL15 15 Drive 4U - - Corsair RM650i - - LSI 9305-16i HBA - - TreuNAS + many other VM’s

 

Unifi UDM Pro in front of full unifi network infrastructure

 

iPhone 17 Pro - - MacBook Air M3

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but if i bought a 4670 i would need a new psu aswell to support haswells c6/c7 states

 

This is true, however you can disable Haswells c6/c7 states under your BIOS, and then your power supply will support it. This simply reduces efficiency. 

 

Source: http://www.logicalincrements.com/haswell/

Main PC: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/FNsFVY

Secondary PC: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/7sv7xY

 

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