Need some help choosing upgrades =)

[FozzyBear]

Hey guys 1st time posting =)

 

need some help choosing upgrades for my pc, i have about $500-600 australian to spend and basiclly need best value for money. pc only need to last me about another year before i complettly rebuild.

current specs are:

 

cpu:                                          AMD 8350 oc to 4.6

gpu                                           gigbyte r9 290 4gb

ram                                          16gb ripjaws 2133xmp

motherboard                            MSi 990FXA-GD80 rev2

power supply                            ocz 750w gold

cooler                                       coolermaster h55(i think its a single rad somthing but only have the amd mounting hardwear)

moniter rez                               MX299Q  2560x1080 plus 2 other 1080 screens but dont game on all 3

 

i have like 3 options the way i see it but please correct me if im wrong. =)

 

1: i buy a r9 390 and crossfire with the 290 (yes im aware of the vram difference but a friend is running this set up and he said it runs pretty good)

2: i buy another 290 to crossfire but this is kinda silly to me as in australia they are still roughly the same price as a 390. and i dont want used.

3: i buy a new cpu be it a another amd eg FX 9590 or i buy a intel i5 and new board and cooler.

 

im just not sure what my best option is and want it all set up for fallout 4 =)  please help

 

 

EDIT: would this be an option also? gigabyte 8gb  r9390x g1 gaming
 

[DarkBlade2117]

For sure an i5-4690k or Xeon 1231v3

The 9590 is basically your CPU overclocked.

No point in getting more GPU power when your current CPU cannot handle it.

[FozzyBear]

No point in getting more GPU power when your current CPU cannot handle it.

  Cant handle it? iv seen alot of crossfired rigs with my cpu they seem to handle it great.

 

and yer the 4690k was what i was looking at i5 wise =)

[SeanAngelo]

 

Hey guys 1st time posting =)

 

need some help choosing upgrades for my pc, i have about $500-600 australian to spend and basiclly need best value for money. pc only need to last me about another year before i complettly rebuild.

current specs are:

 

cpu:                                          AMD 8350 oc to 4.6

gpu                                           gigbyte r9 290 4gb

ram                                          16gb ripjaws 2133xmp

motherboard                            MSi 990FXA-GD80 rev2

power supply                            ocz 750w gold

cooler                                       coolermaster h55(i think its a single rad somthing but only have the amd mounting hardwear)

moniter rez                               MX299Q  2560x1080 plus 2 other 1080 screens but dont game on all 3

 

i have like 3 options the way i see it but please correct me if im wrong. =)

 

1: i buy a r9 390 and crossfire with the 290 (yes im aware of the vram difference but a friend is running this set up and he said it runs pretty good)

2: i buy another 290 to crossfire but this is kinda silly to me as in australia they are still roughly the same price as a 390. and i dont want used.

3: i buy a new cpu be it a another amd eg FX 9590 or i buy a intel i5 and new board and cooler.

 

im just not sure what my best option is and want it all set up for fallout 4 =)  please help

 

 

i5 4690k with a z97 mobo.

[Castdeath97]

A i5 4790K.

[BrinkGG]

 

Hey guys 1st time posting =)

 

need some help choosing upgrades for my pc, i have about $500-600 australian to spend and basiclly need best value for money. pc only need to last me about another year before i complettly rebuild.

current specs are:

 

cpu:                                          AMD 8350 oc to 4.6

gpu                                           gigbyte r9 290 4gb

ram                                          16gb ripjaws 2133xmp

motherboard                            MSi 990FXA-GD80 rev2

power supply                            ocz 750w gold

cooler                                       coolermaster h55(i think its a single rad somthing but only have the amd mounting hardwear)

moniter rez                               MX299Q  2560x1080 plus 2 other 1080 screens but dont game on all 3

 

i have like 3 options the way i see it but please correct me if im wrong. =)

 

1: i buy a r9 390 and crossfire with the 290 (yes im aware of the vram difference but a friend is running this set up and he said it runs pretty good)

2: i buy another 290 to crossfire but this is kinda silly to me as in australia they are still roughly the same price as a 390. and i dont want used.

3: i buy a new cpu be it a another amd eg FX 9590 or i buy a intel i5 and new board and cooler.

 

im just not sure what my best option is and want it all set up for fallout 4 =)  please help

 

 

EDIT: would this be an option also? gigabyte 8gb  r9390x g1 gaming

 

 

Man... Stuff in Australia is expensive... 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/P4M3mG

[Kirky2k15]

Go i5 with z97 so you can keep everything else - off topic slightly your friend that's running a 290 with a 390... How does it scale compared to 2x290s?

[xQubeZx]

The i5 but really I would just wait a year and spend more then instead since the system is quite decent already.

[FozzyBear]

Man... Stuff in Australia is expensive... 

http://au.pcpartpicker.com/p/P4M3mG

 yes...yes it is =(

[FozzyBear]

The i5 but really I would just wait a year and spend more then instead since the system is quite decent already.

dont need extra money i get a pay out on my 26th birthday for quite a bit =)

[FozzyBear]

Go i5 with z97 so you can keep everything else - off topic slightly your friend that's running a 290 with a 390... How does it scale compared to 2x290s?

thank you =)

 

and from the reserch we did it performs basiclly the same as it uses the the lower vram which is 4gb it is basiclly just 290's it did scale well tho good 20-30fps bump =)

[FozzyBear]

Crap didnt see multiquote =/

[Nena Trinity]

I vote for Skylake! :3