Upgrading

[MachineKillx]

Hey guys, I was wanting to upgrade my PC in January, I currently have a Pentium G3258, and a R9 270, I wanted to upgrade to an i5 4460 and a GTX 970, should I upgrade any way since I have a 400w psu? I don't want to change my PSU, since it's out of my budget...So is it worth it, and is it going to work? I've been on several PSU calculators, they all give around a 400w recommended psu, but I wanted the LTT forum thoughts, so guys, will it work?

[samcool55]

If the PSU is a good one, you should be fine, altho it might be really borderline and i won't be suprised if the psu decides to give up now and then.

 

You can always underclock if it's really needed... An underclocked 970 and 4460 will still be a lot better than what you have now.

[MachineKillx]

If the PSU is a good one, you should be fine, altho it might be really borderline and i won't be suprised if the psu decides to give up now and then.

It's a EVGA 400w psu

[DarkBlade2117]

In January? Like of 2016? I'm sure you could get the extra $80 for a nice 650w PSU but yours should be fine. Skylake may be a option by then also.

[megaant4]

You should wait until next month for the release of Skylake. If none of those CPUs are in your budget, at least the prices of the other Intel CPUs will drop

[MachineKillx]

In January? Like of 2016? I'm sure you could get the extra $80 for a nice 650w PSU but yours should be fine. Skylake may be a option by then also.

Well, I have a LGA 1150 socket, so I may not be wanting to change mobos...

[MachineKillx]

You should wait until next month for the release of Skylake. If none of those CPUs are in your budget, at least the prices of the other Intel CPUs will drop

Are they LGA 1150 sockets?

[megaant4]

Are they LGA 1150 sockets?

No, they will be LGA 1151

[OAcesync]

It's a EVGA 400w psu

Please be more specific on the model, not all EVGA are high quality

 

 

Are they LGA 1150 sockets?

No Skylake is a new mobo socket, the most you could wait for without changing is broadwell but there's not much point in that

[MachineKillx]

No, they will be LGA 1151

Yeah, I don't have plans on upgrading my mobo.. 

[MachineKillx]

Please be more specific on the model, not all EVGA are high quality

 

 

No Skylake is a new mobo socket, the most you could wait for without changing is broadwell but there's not much point in that

This one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438038&cm_re=EVGA_psu-_-17-438-038-_-Product

[megaant4]

Yeah, I don't have plans on upgrading my mobo.. 

Okay that's cool But waiting for their release should mean the prices of other consumer Intel CPUs to drop.

[OAcesync]

This one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438038&cm_re=EVGA_psu-_-17-438-038-_-Product

You'd definitely be pushing your luck with that PSU

[MachineKillx]

Okay that's cool But waiting for their release should mean the prices of other consumer Intel CPUs to drop.

True, but sometimes older CPUs tend to get more expensive, such as the 2500k, on amazon it's like 300 bucks...

[MachineKillx]

You'd definitely be pushing your luck with that PSU

Who knows I might just only upgrade the CPU, I still don't know..

[OAcesync]

Who knows I might just only upgrade the CPU, I still don't know..

I would probably upgrade the CPU then once you have more money upgrade the PSU and GPU

[MachineKillx]

Should I consider the GTX 960 4gb FTW version?