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Friend upgrading CPU and MOBO

Mohenjo
By Mohenjo
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so my friend wants to upgrade his CPU and MOBO. he currently has an fx 6100 and some asus motherboard. he wants to know whats worth it. i put together 2 options. an i5 4690k and a 120 dollar mobo which ends up costing around 370 dollars, and another build with a 100 dollar motherboard and an i5 4460 which ends up costing around 290 dollars. he wants to know if its worth spending the extra 80 dollars. (he has an r9 290 with 16gb of ram) 

Main PC |CPU - i7-6700k|GPU - R9 290x tri-x 4gb|RAM - 16gb ddr4|MOBO - MSI z170 - A PRO|HDD - WD 1TB/240gb Sandisk |PSU - 700w Raidmax

Laptop |CPU - i7 4720hq|GPU - 960m 2gb|Ram - 8gb 2x4|Model - y50-70 Touch|SSD - 240gb Patriot drive|Display - 1920x1080 IPS touch

 

 

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Get slightly better CPU and cheap mobo, since the latter won't affect performance at all.

i7 4790K || R9 290X + R9 290 || 16GB G.Skill TridentX 1866 || Gigabyte Z97MX Gaming 5 || Crucial MX100 256GB || WD Caviar Blue 1TB

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The extra $80 will go a long way when he needs some more horsepower later. Overclocking will reduce any bottlenecks he'd run into with that 4460 further down the road. I'd say it's worth it, but then again, I always say that overclocking is worth it. (You can put it on your resume when you're starting out)

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