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Guess I'll wait.

Afterall I could beat Far Cry 4 on 80 FPS without an issue, guess I don't actually need to change just yet.

 

Thanks anyways, really helpful tips in 'ere!

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So basically, 2 years ago I've made my own build from scratch using just my old HDD to start with and everything else was brand new.

After 2 years I gotta say I am satisfied by the performance I am getting from AMD FX-8350 but I know I could do better with such GPU and components, but my CPU seems to be bottlenecking it.

 

My components are:

Monitor(s): 2 x 24'

Motherboard: Gigabyte 970A-D3 
CPU: AMD FX-8350 
GPU: Radeon Gigabyte GHz Ed. HD7970 
PSU: Corsair 650W TX 
RAM: Corsair Vengeance - 8 GB 1600 MHz 
SSD: Samsung Pro 840 - 256GB 
Cooler: SilentiumPC HE1225 
Case: Cooler Master HAF-932 Adv. 

 

Now that you know my components, I would like you guys to help me pick a reasonable mobo and a reasonable i7 CPU compatible with the rest of components.

The budget isn't specified, but don't go crazy with the mobo and CPU mmkay?

Just make sure that the motherboard has Crossfire and will be good in case I want to replace other components with better ones.

 

I AM ONLY PLANNING ON BUYING MOBO AND CPU, REST OF COMPONENTS ARE FINE!

 

Also, tl;dr

1. Budget & Location

Poland, unlimited.

 

2. Aim

Gaming, gaming, programming and some more gaming

 

3. Monitors

2 x 24'

 

4. Why are you upgrading?

Want some more performance.

 

 

Thanks in advance!

Desktop: ASUS Z97-AR | i7-4790K Devil's Canyon | ASUS GTX 980Ti STRIX OC | Corsair 650W TX | Corsair Vengeance - 8 GB 1600 MHz | Samsung Pro 840 - 256GB | SilentiumPC HE1225 | Cooler Master HAF-932 Adv. | Razer Deathstalker | Razer Taipan | SteelSeries DEX | SteelSeries Siberia Elite Black Prism Edition | DXRacer Maximum Series | Bluemic Snowball Aluminium 
Laptop: ASUS Zenbook UX32LN

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that boards probably throttling your fx8 causing a bottleneck, they dont like 4+1 vrms
£70/$100 board would fix that.

Falcon: Corsair 750D 8320at4.6ghz 1.3v | 4GB MSI Gaming R9-290 @1000/1250 | 2x8GB 2400mhz Kingston HyperX Beast | Asus ROG Crosshair V Formula | Antec H620 | Corsair RM750w | Crucial M500 240GB, Toshiba 2TB, DarkThemeMasterRace, my G3258 has an upgrade path, my fx8320 doesn't need one...total cost £840=cpu£105, board£65, ram£105, Cooler £20, GPU£200, PSU£88, SSD£75, HDD£57, case£125.

 CASE:-NZXT S340 Black, CPU:-FX8120 @4.2Ghz, COOLER:-CM Hyper 212 EVO, BOARD:-MSI 970 Gaming, RAM:-2x4gb 2400mhz Corsair Vengeance Pro, GPU: SLI EVGA GTX480's @700/1000, PSU:-Corsair CX600m, HDD:-WD green 160GB+2TB toshiba
CASE:-(probably) Cooltek U1, CPU:-G3258 @4.5ghx, COOLER:-stock(soon "MSI Dragon" AiO likely), BOARD:-MSI z87i ITX Gaming, RAM:-1x4gb 1333mhz Patriot, GPU: Asus DCU2 r9-270 OC@1000/1500mem, PSU:-Sweex 350w.., HDD:-WD Caviar Blue 640GB
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Gigabyte GTX460, Gigabyte gt430,
GPU's:-GT210 1GB,  asus hd6670 1GB gddr5, XFX XXX 9600gt 512mb Alpha dog edition, few q6600's
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CASE:-silver/red raidmax cobra, CPU:-Athlon64 4000+, COOLER:-BIG stock one, BOARD:-MSI something*, RAM:-(matched pair)2x1GB 400mhz ECC transcend, GPU:-ati 9800se@375core/325mem, PSU:-pfft, HDD:-2x maxtor 80gb,
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Get an i7 4790K with an AIO like Corsair's H110 or so and a Gigabyte or Asus Z97 motherboard. Don't forget to buy an SSD if you have enough budget... something like a 256GB Samsung 850 Evo will be perfect.

 

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Unlimited you say?

1tb pci ssds in raid 0 and 4 290x's in xfire. aw yeah

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I am not thinking of buying anything else but mobo and cpu guys lel.

Desktop: ASUS Z97-AR | i7-4790K Devil's Canyon | ASUS GTX 980Ti STRIX OC | Corsair 650W TX | Corsair Vengeance - 8 GB 1600 MHz | Samsung Pro 840 - 256GB | SilentiumPC HE1225 | Cooler Master HAF-932 Adv. | Razer Deathstalker | Razer Taipan | SteelSeries DEX | SteelSeries Siberia Elite Black Prism Edition | DXRacer Maximum Series | Bluemic Snowball Aluminium 
Laptop: ASUS Zenbook UX32LN

Camera: Nikon D5300

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5820K with an asus or asrock X99 mobo (the rest have issues).

What issues? and why 5820K and not 4970K ?

Desktop: ASUS Z97-AR | i7-4790K Devil's Canyon | ASUS GTX 980Ti STRIX OC | Corsair 650W TX | Corsair Vengeance - 8 GB 1600 MHz | Samsung Pro 840 - 256GB | SilentiumPC HE1225 | Cooler Master HAF-932 Adv. | Razer Deathstalker | Razer Taipan | SteelSeries DEX | SteelSeries Siberia Elite Black Prism Edition | DXRacer Maximum Series | Bluemic Snowball Aluminium 
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What issues? and why 5820K and not 4970K ?

BIOS problems mainly (asrock seems to have the least, followed by asus). In terms of rendering and such, the 5820K is FAR better than the 4790K. It also uses DDR4, while more expensive now, will come down in price this year and surpass DDR3 in terms of cost/GB (according to studies) and will continue to decrease from then onwards while DDR3 will get more expensive (just like DDR2 is now (and a few years ago)).

In terms of gaming performance both are within a margin of error to each other. 

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Guess I'll wait.

Afterall I could beat Far Cry 4 on 80 FPS without an issue, guess I don't actually need to change just yet.

 

Thanks anyways, really helpful tips in 'ere!

Desktop: ASUS Z97-AR | i7-4790K Devil's Canyon | ASUS GTX 980Ti STRIX OC | Corsair 650W TX | Corsair Vengeance - 8 GB 1600 MHz | Samsung Pro 840 - 256GB | SilentiumPC HE1225 | Cooler Master HAF-932 Adv. | Razer Deathstalker | Razer Taipan | SteelSeries DEX | SteelSeries Siberia Elite Black Prism Edition | DXRacer Maximum Series | Bluemic Snowball Aluminium 
Laptop: ASUS Zenbook UX32LN

Camera: Nikon D5300

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