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Hi I was wondering if i should upgrade? this are my system specs:

 

  • AMD FX 8350
  • Asus M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970
  • Corsair Vengance Pro 16 GB 1600 MHz
  • Sapphire Radeon R9 270x Vapor-X
  • Seagate 1TB Desktop HDD
  • Kingstone SDD 120 GB
  • EVGA SuperNOVA 750w
  • Cooler Master Scout 2 Avanced 

Those are my specs and I want to upgrade some parts so it should be like this:

 

New cooler: Corsair H100i

New mobo: Asus Crosshair Formula-Z

New graphic card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X

New tower (maybe): NZXT Phantom 630 or 530

 

But the real question is should I upgrade or stay like I am? if it worth it tell me and also tell me things that i dont need to upgrade or I should change for anther part

 

-Thanks

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Do you need to upgrade?

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I'd say the cooler would be a worthy upgrade.

As for the motherboard...not so much. Graphics wise, if you're on a budget the 290 is an excellent choice. Otherwise I'd wait for their new cards to come out in a couple of months, as they're supposed to be considerably more powerful. If you're gaming at 1080p, it honestly won't matter *that* much.

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None of those are worthwhile upgrades, unless you're using the stock cooler now.

 

Changing from one aftermarket cooler to another won't get you huge results, even if it's from something like a 212 Evo to an h100i.

An R9 290 will be bottlenecked by your CPU

A different motherboard doesn't affect performance, just featureset, and you wont be making use of any of the other features of that mobo.

A new case would be for looks. It won't be a performance upgrade.

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Hi I was wondering if i should upgrade? this are my system specs:

 

  • AMD FX 8350
  • Asus M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970
  • Corsair Vengance Pro 16 GB 1600 MHz
  • Sapphire Radeon R9 270x Vapor-X
  • Seagate 1TB Desktop HDD
  • Kingstone SDD 120 GB
  • EVGA SuperNOVA 750w
  • Cooler Master Scout 2 Avanced 

Those are my specs and I want to upgrade some parts so it should be like this:

 

New cooler: Corsair H100i

New mobo: Asus Crosshair Formula-Z

New graphic card: Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X

New tower (maybe): NZXT Phantom 630 or 530

 

But the real question is should I upgrade or stay like I am? if it worth it tell me and also tell me things that i dont need to upgrade or I should change for anther part

 

-Thanks

upgrade form 8350 to an i5

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Ok but some corrections (not been rude)

 

  1. I have a stock cooler.
  2. My CPU wont bottleneck becuase is like a intel core i5 4690k
  3. Finally i want to upgrade a case for more space and airflow

-Thanks

 

I'm sorry but the two are not equivalent. Your CPU has better multi-threaded performance, but the core i5-4690k has better single-threaded performance, which is crucial for many games. Other games require both good multi and single-threaded performance, which the i5 offers as well. That's the big limiting factor you're going to run into.

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Ok thanks Lotus but is worth it upgrade the CPU to a i5 or i7 and change the mobo i want those amazing intel features like better mobos, power conssumption and many more i want your opinion thanks ;)

 

I don't know what features would be relevant. I'm always thinking of performance, and Intel definitely offers significantly better single-threaded performance.

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