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i5 4670

gigabyte Z87 UD3h

gtx770

 

would be a pretty good system...

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Wanting to upgrade my computer (MOBO, GPU, CPU) I currently have a ASROCK 890GX Extreme 3 motherboard, along with a AMD Phenom II X6 1075T cpu. Gpu is a ATI Radeon HD 3870. Looking to upgrade all those components and was wondering what a gaming setup i could get with a $750 budget (Canadian).

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i5 4670

gigabyte Z87 UD3h

gtx770

 

would be a pretty good system...

Gaming HTPC:

R5 5600X - Cryorig C7 - Asus ROG B350-i - EVGA RTX2060KO - 16gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3333mhz - Corsair SF450 - 500gb 960 EVO - LianLi TU100B


Desktop PC:
R9 3900X - Peerless Assassin 120 SE - Asus Prime X570 Pro - Powercolor 7900XT - 32gb LPX 3200mhz - Corsair SF750 Platinum - 1TB WD SN850X - CoolerMaster NR200 White - Gigabyte M27Q-SA - Corsair K70 Rapidfire - Logitech MX518 Legendary - HyperXCloud Alpha wireless


Boss-NAS [Build Log]:
R5 2400G - Noctua NH-D14 - Asus Prime X370-Pro - 16gb G.Skill Aegis 3000mhz - Seasonic Focus Platinum 550W - Fractal Design R5 - 
250gb 970 Evo (OS) - 2x500gb 860 Evo (Raid0) - 6x4TB WD Red (RaidZ2)

Synology-NAS:
DS920+
2x4TB Ironwolf - 1x18TB Seagate Exos X20

 

Audio Gear:

Hifiman HE-400i - Kennerton Magister - Beyerdynamic DT880 250Ohm - AKG K7XX - Fostex TH-X00 - O2 Amp/DAC Combo - 
Klipsch RP280F - Klipsch RP160M - Klipsch RP440C - Yamaha RX-V479

 

Reviews and Stuff:

GTX 780 DCU2 // 8600GTS // Hifiman HE-400i // Kennerton Magister
Folding all the Proteins! // Boincerino

Useful Links:
Do you need an AMP/DAC? // Recommended Audio Gear // PSU Tier List 

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Okay, thank you :) For the operating system, would i need a whole new one?

i dont think so, r u running w7 right now?

Gaming HTPC:

R5 5600X - Cryorig C7 - Asus ROG B350-i - EVGA RTX2060KO - 16gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3333mhz - Corsair SF450 - 500gb 960 EVO - LianLi TU100B


Desktop PC:
R9 3900X - Peerless Assassin 120 SE - Asus Prime X570 Pro - Powercolor 7900XT - 32gb LPX 3200mhz - Corsair SF750 Platinum - 1TB WD SN850X - CoolerMaster NR200 White - Gigabyte M27Q-SA - Corsair K70 Rapidfire - Logitech MX518 Legendary - HyperXCloud Alpha wireless


Boss-NAS [Build Log]:
R5 2400G - Noctua NH-D14 - Asus Prime X370-Pro - 16gb G.Skill Aegis 3000mhz - Seasonic Focus Platinum 550W - Fractal Design R5 - 
250gb 970 Evo (OS) - 2x500gb 860 Evo (Raid0) - 6x4TB WD Red (RaidZ2)

Synology-NAS:
DS920+
2x4TB Ironwolf - 1x18TB Seagate Exos X20

 

Audio Gear:

Hifiman HE-400i - Kennerton Magister - Beyerdynamic DT880 250Ohm - AKG K7XX - Fostex TH-X00 - O2 Amp/DAC Combo - 
Klipsch RP280F - Klipsch RP160M - Klipsch RP440C - Yamaha RX-V479

 

Reviews and Stuff:

GTX 780 DCU2 // 8600GTS // Hifiman HE-400i // Kennerton Magister
Folding all the Proteins! // Boincerino

Useful Links:
Do you need an AMP/DAC? // Recommended Audio Gear // PSU Tier List 

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How about this? http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/177jW

You should probably wait for the 9000 series though.

Setup Video -----------Peasant Crushing Specs----------- 4K Benchmarks


-CPU- i7 3930k @4.8GHz 1.4v -Mobo- Asus Rampage IV Extreme -GPUs- 2x GTX Titan Hydrocopper SLI -RAM- 32GB (8x4GB) Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz -Storage- 500GB Samsung 840 SSD | 2TB WD Green HDD


-Monitors- 3x BenQ XL2420T | 1x Dell U2713HM -Mouse- Steelseries Rival -Keyboard- Corsair K70 Cherry MX Brown -Headphones- Audio Techinca ATH-M50 -Microphone- RØDE NT1-A

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I think that if you just upgrade your GPU you would get a major performance increase. Upgrading your CPU would just be an added bonus, but GPU is where you're lacking there.

 

EDIT: I wouldn't recommend Haswell because your PSU might not be compatible with the low power states that it has.

System specs:  CPU: AMD Phenom II x3 705e unlocked to x4 overclocked to 2.8GHz   |   MB: ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS   |   Cooler: Hyper 212+   |   GPU: MSI GTX 560ti OC to 910Mhz   |   RAM: 8GB PNY DDR3 1333   |   HDDS: WD Caviar Blue 320GB, Hitachi 500GB HDD   |   PSU: Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 500W   |   Peripherals: Microsoft wireless mouse, old mac keyboard, ASUS VS238H, Gateway FPD2275W, some speakers, Logitech Driving Force Pro

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i5 4670

gigabyte Z87 UD3h

gtx770

 

would be a pretty good system...

Damnit you beat me :D , if only I was on my computer...

Setup Video -----------Peasant Crushing Specs----------- 4K Benchmarks


-CPU- i7 3930k @4.8GHz 1.4v -Mobo- Asus Rampage IV Extreme -GPUs- 2x GTX Titan Hydrocopper SLI -RAM- 32GB (8x4GB) Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz -Storage- 500GB Samsung 840 SSD | 2TB WD Green HDD


-Monitors- 3x BenQ XL2420T | 1x Dell U2713HM -Mouse- Steelseries Rival -Keyboard- Corsair K70 Cherry MX Brown -Headphones- Audio Techinca ATH-M50 -Microphone- RØDE NT1-A

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8350

AsRock extreme3 990fx

Radeon 7950/7970

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 @ Stock, CPU cooler: Dark Rock 4, Motherboard: MSI B450M PRO-M2 MAX, RAM: 2x8GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4 @ 3000Mhz, GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 ACX 3.0, SSD: Crucial P1 1TB M.2 + 2x120GB SSDs, Case: Corsair 110R, PSU: Corsair TX650M, OS: Windows 10 64-bit.

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I think that if you just upgrade your GPU you would get a major performance increase. Upgrading your CPU would just be an added bonus, but GPU is where you're lacking there.

 

EDIT: I wouldn't recommend Haswell because your PSU might not be compatible with the low power states that it has.

I got a 800w psu. A old one lol, i think a BFG. 

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Damnit you beat me :D , if only I was on my computer...

 

haha, nice. exactly the same components :D

 

I think that if you just upgrade your GPU you would get a major performance increase. Upgrading your CPU would just be an added bonus, but GPU is where you're lacking there.

 

EDIT: I wouldn't recommend Haswell because your PSU might not be compatible with the low power states that it has.

 

thats a good point.

what is your psu right now?

Gaming HTPC:

R5 5600X - Cryorig C7 - Asus ROG B350-i - EVGA RTX2060KO - 16gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3333mhz - Corsair SF450 - 500gb 960 EVO - LianLi TU100B


Desktop PC:
R9 3900X - Peerless Assassin 120 SE - Asus Prime X570 Pro - Powercolor 7900XT - 32gb LPX 3200mhz - Corsair SF750 Platinum - 1TB WD SN850X - CoolerMaster NR200 White - Gigabyte M27Q-SA - Corsair K70 Rapidfire - Logitech MX518 Legendary - HyperXCloud Alpha wireless


Boss-NAS [Build Log]:
R5 2400G - Noctua NH-D14 - Asus Prime X370-Pro - 16gb G.Skill Aegis 3000mhz - Seasonic Focus Platinum 550W - Fractal Design R5 - 
250gb 970 Evo (OS) - 2x500gb 860 Evo (Raid0) - 6x4TB WD Red (RaidZ2)

Synology-NAS:
DS920+
2x4TB Ironwolf - 1x18TB Seagate Exos X20

 

Audio Gear:

Hifiman HE-400i - Kennerton Magister - Beyerdynamic DT880 250Ohm - AKG K7XX - Fostex TH-X00 - O2 Amp/DAC Combo - 
Klipsch RP280F - Klipsch RP160M - Klipsch RP440C - Yamaha RX-V479

 

Reviews and Stuff:

GTX 780 DCU2 // 8600GTS // Hifiman HE-400i // Kennerton Magister
Folding all the Proteins! // Boincerino

Useful Links:
Do you need an AMP/DAC? // Recommended Audio Gear // PSU Tier List 

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Wait a little while, if you hold off till black Friday, you can get a lot more bang for your buck.

Desk: monitors 3x Asus VE248h(eyefinity), Keyboard Cm Strom Trigger(mx red), Mouse Corsair m65, Headset Audio Technica ATH-M50

Black Friday 2013 Build: i7 4770k, Gigabyte Z87X UD5H, 16gb Corsair, Msi R9 290, Corsair Axi 760, Corsair 750D, 2x intel 530 240gb ssd, 2x Seagate 400gb

Older Machine amd x640, msi 760g mobo, 8gb gskillz, Sapphire 6870, Corsair hx650, Cooler master haf 922, ocz agility 3 120gb ssd || HTPC: i7 3770k, shuttle xpc z77, 16gb gskillz, Asus GTX 650 ti, intel 120gb msata ssd

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Wait a little while, if you hold off till black Friday, you can get a lot more bang for your buck.

So just get the graphics card, and then when black friday comes, get the motherboard and upgrade then? (i play alot of higher end games and i am tired of playing on low settings.)

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from what i can see when i look at it, a "bfgr800wespus" Haha, got this computer from a friend and he never told me the specs.

The maximum wattage isn't what matters in this case. What matters is that it can produce a stead flow at a very low wattage when the CPU is at idle. I've never heard of that PSU and I doubt that it can sustain the low voltage efficiency needed for Haswell. If you still want Haswell, you would need to invest about $100 into the PSU.

System specs:  CPU: AMD Phenom II x3 705e unlocked to x4 overclocked to 2.8GHz   |   MB: ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS   |   Cooler: Hyper 212+   |   GPU: MSI GTX 560ti OC to 910Mhz   |   RAM: 8GB PNY DDR3 1333   |   HDDS: WD Caviar Blue 320GB, Hitachi 500GB HDD   |   PSU: Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 500W   |   Peripherals: Microsoft wireless mouse, old mac keyboard, ASUS VS238H, Gateway FPD2275W, some speakers, Logitech Driving Force Pro

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The maximum wattage isn't what matters in this case. What matters is that it can produce a stead flow at a very low wattage when the CPU is at idle. I've never heard of that PSU and I doubt that it can sustain the low voltage efficiency needed for Haswell. If you still want Haswell, you would need to invest about $100 into the PSU.

Alright, do you have any idea if i can just upgrade my CPU on my current MOBO?

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Wanting to upgrade my computer (MOBO, GPU, CPU) I currently have a ASROCK 890GX Extreme 3 motherboard, along with a AMD Phenom II X6 1075T cpu. Gpu is a ATI Radeon HD 3870. Looking to upgrade all those components and was wondering what a gaming setup i could get with a $750 budget (Canadian).

 

Hey, I'm on the same boat, except for the GPU and 1100T instead of 1075T. 

 

It supports AM3+, so just keep the motherboard and get an 8350. That would leave you with about 500 for a new video card. 

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Hey, I'm on the same boat, except for the GPU and 1100T instead of 1075T. 

 

It supports AM3+, so just keep the motherboard and get an 8350. That would leave you with about 500 for a new video card. 

ooo, that sound pretty nice! :) Does the 8350 perform better than the Phenom?

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ooo, that sound pretty nice! :) Does the 8350 perform better than the Phenom?

8350 isn't supported on your board. Only up to the FX6100 is supported.

System specs:  CPU: AMD Phenom II x3 705e unlocked to x4 overclocked to 2.8GHz   |   MB: ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS   |   Cooler: Hyper 212+   |   GPU: MSI GTX 560ti OC to 910Mhz   |   RAM: 8GB PNY DDR3 1333   |   HDDS: WD Caviar Blue 320GB, Hitachi 500GB HDD   |   PSU: Cooler Master Extreme Power Plus 500W   |   Peripherals: Microsoft wireless mouse, old mac keyboard, ASUS VS238H, Gateway FPD2275W, some speakers, Logitech Driving Force Pro

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Thank you :) Wanted a graphics card at first then i was reading that my current CPU may bottleneck the one i want :)

 

No problem, but I just checked and poster below is right =/ Sorry for misinforming you! 

 

8350 isn't supported on your board. Only up to the FX6100 is supported.

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How's this? http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1wEeV

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