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Hello,

 

I will be upgrading a 2 year old system soon (when I have enough money). I do quite a bit of gaming (planning on more) alot of online activity, blogging, and tones of general use. I also plan on OC'ing at some stage.

 

What sort of motherboard/ CPU and memory would be good for this

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people would suggest intel core i5 k edition and a z97 mobo which is pretty much a go to build these days, but for an limited budget go for amd and gpu i would recommend any 900 series gpu from nvidia but keep an eye on r9 300 series cards.

 

mobo = msi z97 z97 gaming 5 + intel 4690k + gpu of your choice

 

mobo2 = msi 990fx + fx 8350 for an extreme budget + gpu of your choice

CPU: FX8320 @ 4.2GHZ, GPU: R9 390 PCS+, Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo, MotherBoard: ASRock 970 Extreme 3 r2.0, PowerSupply: EVGA 600b 80+Bronze, Storage: seagate Barracuda 1TB SSHD & Case: Corsair Carbide 200r

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Whats your budget man? :)

 

As Ill be upgrading the entire system im looking at around £2k that budget then gives me breathing space 

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people would suggest intel core i5 k edition and a z97 mobo which is pretty much a go to build these days, but for an limited budget go for amd and gpu i would recommend any 900 series gpu from nvidia but keep an eye on r9 300 series cards.

mobo = msi z97 z97 gaming 5 + intel 4690k + gpu of your choice

mobo2 = msi 990fx + fx 8350 for an extreme budget + gou of your choice

Why are you rwccomending an AMD CPU for gaming on a huge budget?

 

G3258 V 860k (Spoiler: G3258 wins)

 

 

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Why are you rwccomending an AMD CPU for gaming on a huge budget?

He didn't have a budget at the time...

 

OT: This is the higher I would go. If you want to spend another $1k, get a custom watercooling loop.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($373.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($194.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($422.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $991.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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Why are you rwccomending an AMD CPU for gaming on a huge budget?

well first thing he never mentioned a budget, so considering a limited budget i recommended a amd cpu 

CPU: FX8320 @ 4.2GHZ, GPU: R9 390 PCS+, Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo, MotherBoard: ASRock 970 Extreme 3 r2.0, PowerSupply: EVGA 600b 80+Bronze, Storage: seagate Barracuda 1TB SSHD & Case: Corsair Carbide 200r

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He didn't have a budget at the time...

No, you said for "extreme budget" go AMD/990fx, fx series chips are shit for gaming, and if he was on an extreme budget,4790k/z97 is a far better choice.

 

G3258 V 860k (Spoiler: G3258 wins)

 

 

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well first thing he never mentioned a budget, so considering a limited budget i recommended a amd cpu

Ah, OK you meant low budget, not overkill budget.

 

G3258 V 860k (Spoiler: G3258 wins)

 

 

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i7-4790K | MSI R9 390x | Cryorig H5 | MSI Z97 Gaming 7 Motherboard | G.Skill Sniper 8gbx2 1600mhz DDR3 | Corsair 300R | WD Green 2TB 2.5" 5400RPM drive | <p>Corsair RM750 | Logitech G602 | Corsair K95 RGB | Logitech Z313

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No, you said for "extreme budget" go AMD/990fx, fx series chips are shit for gaming, and if he was on an extreme budget,4790k/z97 is a far better choice.

i said for a limited budget...............

CPU: FX8320 @ 4.2GHZ, GPU: R9 390 PCS+, Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo, MotherBoard: ASRock 970 Extreme 3 r2.0, PowerSupply: EVGA 600b 80+Bronze, Storage: seagate Barracuda 1TB SSHD & Case: Corsair Carbide 200r

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i said for a limited budget...............

You said extreme but meant limited, sorry I misunderstood you.

As for OP, I reccomend a 4790k/z97 setup, with any ram kit that is 16gb. And that'll leave you plenty of money left.

Edit:what the hell, I thought I saw extreme on there. Whatevs, fx is still poo

 

G3258 V 860k (Spoiler: G3258 wins)

 

 

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i7-4790K | MSI R9 390x | Cryorig H5 | MSI Z97 Gaming 7 Motherboard | G.Skill Sniper 8gbx2 1600mhz DDR3 | Corsair 300R | WD Green 2TB 2.5" 5400RPM drive | <p>Corsair RM750 | Logitech G602 | Corsair K95 RGB | Logitech Z313

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You said extreme but meant limited, sorry I misunderstood you.

As for OP, I reccomend a 4790k/z97 setup, with any ram kit that is 16gb. And that'll leave you plenty of money left.

yeah np, so ppl often recommend intel for every thing i understand the reason behind it(which is obvious) but ppl ignore amd which i think is......................... ignorant :P 

CPU: FX8320 @ 4.2GHZ, GPU: R9 390 PCS+, Cooler: Hyper 212 Evo, MotherBoard: ASRock 970 Extreme 3 r2.0, PowerSupply: EVGA 600b 80+Bronze, Storage: seagate Barracuda 1TB SSHD & Case: Corsair Carbide 200r

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well first thing he never mentioned a budget, so considering a limited budget i recommended a amd cpu 

I will be staying with intel

 

He didn't have a budget at the time...

 

OT: This is the higher I would go. If you want to spend another $1k, get a custom watercooling loop.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-5820K 3.3GHz 6-Core Processor  ($373.95 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI Plus ATX LGA2011-3 Motherboard  ($194.99 @ Amazon)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($422.99 @ Amazon)

Total: $991.93

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-01-18 17:26 EST-0500

 

Unfortunately I am in England so won't be ordering stuff overseas. But ill take that spec as an idea 

Akasa Venom Viper Full Tower Case | Intel i7-3930k @ 3.20Gh | Corsair 240Gb GT SSD Raid 0 | Samsung 23" LED 1080p FULL HD (x2) | MSI Big Bang-ZPower II Socket 2011 XL ATX Board | Gigabyte GTX 680 | Windows 8.1 Pro | WD Caviar Red 3Tb HDD | Akasa Venom Voodoo high Performance CPU Coolerr | TP Link Wireless N DualBand | Pioneer BDR optical Drive | Corsair Vengance 16Gb Ram

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yeah np, so ppl often recommend intel for every thing i understand the reason behind it(which is obvious) but ppl ignore amd which i think is......................... ignorant :P

Its not ignorant if AMD is poo.

 

G3258 V 860k (Spoiler: G3258 wins)

 

 

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Its not ignorant if AMD is poo.

FX CPUs aren't terrible, they just aren't good for gaming or other low threaded applications. 

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FX CPUs aren't terrible, they just aren't good for gaming or other low threaded applications.

Their only real application is a low-low budget workstation.

 

G3258 V 860k (Spoiler: G3258 wins)

 

 

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i7-4790K | MSI R9 390x | Cryorig H5 | MSI Z97 Gaming 7 Motherboard | G.Skill Sniper 8gbx2 1600mhz DDR3 | Corsair 300R | WD Green 2TB 2.5" 5400RPM drive | <p>Corsair RM750 | Logitech G602 | Corsair K95 RGB | Logitech Z313

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