Should I upgrade or replace bust PC

[Matabot]

Ok so my 3 year old motherboard just broke. So I am left with a bit of a dilemma. It's come at a bad time when money is not short but with a remortgage coming don't want to spend a lot. Treat this issue like all options are open, I want honest opinions.

 

My plan was that in 18 months build a new rig for university or buy an iMac with GTX 780M will probably by 980m by that point (oh god thats going to get hate. Well I like them and they are used by my university, also I love iMacs   Should I go all out now, with new pc mobo and cpu now or Mac specced for university, or do I spend a little now on new mobo and cpu and upgrade again come university time.

 

Also do I buy an SLI board just in case I ever need a second gpu (have GTX 760 now, no issues there) or not? Take into account the cost plz.

[KayTees]

Ok so my 3 year old motherboard just broke. So I am left with a bit of a dilemma. It's come at a bad time when money is rather short.

 

My plan was that in 18 months build a new rig for university or buy an iMac with GTX 780M will probably by 980m by that point (oh god thats going to get hate. Well I like them and they are used by my university, also I love iMacs   Should I go all out now, with new pc mobo and cpu now or Mac specced for university, or do I spend a little now on new mobo and cpu and upgrade again come university time.

 

Also do I buy an SLI board just in case I ever need a second gpu (have GTX 760 now, no issues there) or not? Take into account the cost plz.

You like Macs? HACKINTOSH.

[TetraSky]

Just buy a cheap motherboard replacement. No need to get one that cost more than $150.
Anything in the $50~$100 range will be good enough to last you that long. Don't go SLI, not worth it.

 

Especially if you are short on money right now. Putting yourself in debt for this isn't worth it.

[Matabot]

You like Macs? HACKINTOSH.

YES THATS TOTALLY THE ANSWER I'VE DONE IT BEFORE BUT THEY CAN BE A PAIN IN THE ASS! I SUPPOSE I COULD PICK GOOD COMPONENTS WHY AM I SHOUTING

 

WHERE ARE MY LEGS

 

WHY IS IT NIGHT TIME

 

Yh I'd have used mac every day if i could get mic working for gaming. Plus you know mac's are nice and refined and work OOTB. The 780M btw benchmarks better than my 760 seemingly.

[Matabot]

Just buy a cheap motherboard replacement. No need to get one that cost more than $150.

Anything in the $50~$100 range will be good enough to last you that long. Don't go SLI, not worth it.

 

Especially if you are short on money right now. Putting yourself in debt for this isn't worth it.

Yh but I need the cpu to go with it and I'm an avid gamer so its going to be minimum £250 (I have other stuff to buy swell)

 

Edit: The issue wouldn't be debt so much it's just spending is being kept down as remortgaging soon.

[xiamandrewx]

My suggestion is to scour google and eBay for a while until you find a decent board that works with your CPU. I just purchased a nice still in original packaging Asus Maximus V Gene on eBay today for around $200 USD. I did this for similar reasons as you. I needed a z77 board to go with my 3570k because I was not about to shell out close to another $300 for a cpu and then buy a new mobo. Also, if you're a gamer I wouldn't really recommend a Mac. They are very lovely products and the OS is beautiful (Yosemite  ), however, Apple is more interested in being green friendly than performance friendly. Often that leads to lower fps and some latency issues.  Plus you can get SO MUCH more games on PC. Mac is getting there, but PC is hands down the best route for gaming performance. 

 

 

 

Have a nice day!

[Matabot]

My suggestion is to scour google and eBay for a while until you find a decent board that works with your CPU. I just purchased a nice still in original packaging Asus Maximus V Gene on eBay today for around $200 USD. I did this for similar reasons as you. I needed a z77 board to go with my 3570k because I was not about to shell out close to another $300 for a cpu and then buy a new mobo. Also, if you're a gamer I wouldn't really recommend a Mac. They are very lovely products and the OS is beautiful (Yosemite  ), however, Apple is more interested in being green friendly than performance friendly. Often that leads to lower fps and some latency issues.  Plus you can get SO MUCH more games on PC. Mac is getting there, but PC is hands down the best route for gaming performance. 

 

 

 

Have a nice day!

 

My plan was to Bootcamp an iMac and run it for gaming as it benchmarks better than my 760, however I am waiting for Linus's video about thermal throttling as to whether I can that idea or not.

 

It does seem to hold up gaming don't get me wrong