Jump to content

Upgrade Question.

Mcmole
 Share
Posted (edited)

I'm currently running a AMD Phenom II X4 840, on a crappy old ASRock N68-S3 UCC motherboard, meaning I can not overclock it without system crashes, And recently bought a new GPU after my old Asus 560 died.

 

Now i have a 960, And a boot SSD and new case, but my CPU is a heavily bottlenecking the GPU

My question is, I have a old i7 980X processor but I don't have a 1366 socket motherboard to go with it, I also have a 120mm AIO I can use to overclock it.

 

Is it worth me paying 300$ and getting this deal?

 

16GB DDR3 Corsair Vengeance RAM: 4 x 4GB chips

750 watt ANTEC power supply. Comes with power cord

AMD Radeon HD 6950 Graphics card 2GB

 

And this 1366 Motherboard.

 

FIH7qRN.jpg

 

Or do I just sell the I7 and save a lot more for a new Motherboard and Ram and CPU (6600K)?

 

PS, I would re-sell the GPU and PSU... in this deal and get some of the $ back.

Edited by Mcmole

My new Gaming PC.

Spoiler

Case: Coolmaster CM690III, Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR, CPU: I5 6600K 4.6Ghz, OS: Windows 10 HP 64 bit, RAM: X1 8GB G.Skill DDR4, GPU: Galax GTX 960 (Overclocked), Storage: Kingston V300 SSD 120GB(OS), X2 1TB 5400RPM HDD, 500GB Samsung 7200RPM HD, PSU: Cougar RS 750 Watt, Peripherals: Logitech G910 Orion Spark,  World Of Tanks Edition 2014 DeathAdder Razer Mouse And Mouse Pad, Sennheiser HD 518. , Palsonic tftv6042fHD, Logitech Z506 5.1 Surround Sound Speakers

 

Link to comment
https://linustechtips.com/topic/535956-upgrade-question/
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing CPUs, Motherboards, and Memory

×