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What should I do?

Stephie_Girl
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Okay so like my specs are in my sig and I want to upgrade soon as I've been super lucky with finances.  I am thinking an FX-8320 and an HD 9970?  Thoughts?

My PC: CPU: I7-2600K CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Evo, Mother Board: MSI Z77 Mpower, Ram: 4x4GB DDR3 1600MHz CL9 Corsair Vengeance (Black), Case: HAF 932, PSU: CM GX 650 (Upgrading to RM750 soon), SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 120GB SSD, HD:  750GB Seagate 7200 RPM, Optical: Samsung Blu-ray burner, GPU: MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr (Upgrading to an HD R9-290X on launch)

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GPU upgrade would be good, but do you feel like you need to upgrade your CPU?

Ryzen 5 1500x, Noctua NH-L9x65 SE-AM4, GA-AB350N, 16GB 1600Mhz, EVGA GTX 970, 250GB Samsung 960 Evo, 120GB Samsung 840 Evo, 1TB WD Green & 2TB Seagate Barracuda. 650w OCZ ZX & Cooler Master Elite 130. Acer CB241HQK 4K, LG IPS234V-PN 1080p, Ducky Zero Shine All Blue/Anne Pro Brown/SteelSeries Apex Pro & Razer Naga 2014

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GPU upgrade would be good, but do you feel like you need to upgrade your CPU?

Well the main game I play is wow and it's not friendly with AMD CPU's.  I think a little more clock speed and power might help especially because I do a ton of stuff at the same time.  I may upgrade and get an FX-8350, new board and GPU, but get the GPU first :)

My PC: CPU: I7-2600K CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Evo, Mother Board: MSI Z77 Mpower, Ram: 4x4GB DDR3 1600MHz CL9 Corsair Vengeance (Black), Case: HAF 932, PSU: CM GX 650 (Upgrading to RM750 soon), SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 120GB SSD, HD:  750GB Seagate 7200 RPM, Optical: Samsung Blu-ray burner, GPU: MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr (Upgrading to an HD R9-290X on launch)

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Well the main game I play is wow and it's not friendly with AMD CPU's.  I think a little more clock speed and power might help especially because I do a ton of stuff at the same time.  I may upgrade and get an FX-8350, new board and GPU, but get the GPU first :)

 

GPU definitely, I have a 7850 and feel like I could do with the upgrade. However, I'm not so familiar with that CPU and I'm aware that you play a lot of WOW so I guess if you feel you need it then buy it, but I just see so many people upgrade something like a CPU when they're only doing it for the sake of an upgrade, they don't actually need one.

Ryzen 5 1500x, Noctua NH-L9x65 SE-AM4, GA-AB350N, 16GB 1600Mhz, EVGA GTX 970, 250GB Samsung 960 Evo, 120GB Samsung 840 Evo, 1TB WD Green & 2TB Seagate Barracuda. 650w OCZ ZX & Cooler Master Elite 130. Acer CB241HQK 4K, LG IPS234V-PN 1080p, Ducky Zero Shine All Blue/Anne Pro Brown/SteelSeries Apex Pro & Razer Naga 2014

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GPU definitely, I have a 7850 and feel like I could do with the upgrade. However, I'm not so familiar with that CPU and I'm aware that you play a lot of WOW so I guess if you feel you need it then buy it, but I just see so many people upgrade something like a CPU when they're only doing it for the sake of an upgrade, they don't actually need one.

It won't help much, I think I'll get a better board with like more power phases, mebbe an AIO and get an FX-8350 and try for mebbe 4.7-4.8.  But I'd need a new power supply, but def a new GPU first :)

My PC: CPU: I7-2600K CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Evo, Mother Board: MSI Z77 Mpower, Ram: 4x4GB DDR3 1600MHz CL9 Corsair Vengeance (Black), Case: HAF 932, PSU: CM GX 650 (Upgrading to RM750 soon), SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 120GB SSD, HD:  750GB Seagate 7200 RPM, Optical: Samsung Blu-ray burner, GPU: MSI GTX 560 TI Twin Frozr (Upgrading to an HD R9-290X on launch)

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I'd just grab a second 7850, the 13.8 driver & watercool the 6300, and overclock it to insanity

The eXtreme PSU calculator says 550 is enough for that setup (barely), but if you want something better, the Fractal design integra R2 750W is only $80

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