Looking to Upgrade

[Cyrel]

Hey guys, first of all; my current specs go as:

 

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 925 (OC 15%) - You can feel the bottleneck between the CPU and GPU. Really bad.

GPU: MSI NVidia GeForce GTX 960

Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 R2.0

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 2x4 1600 MHz

 

I want to upgrade to something with Intel processor, my max budget is around 400 USD and I am really looking for something that can give me the "ULTIMATE POWAH" (OC is OK, I got a Hyper T4 cooler.)

 

Thanks.

[SeanAngelo]

20 minutes ago, Cyrel said:

Hey guys, first of all; my current specs go as:

 

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 925 (OC 15%) - You can feel the bottleneck between the CPU and GPU. Really bad.

GPU: MSI NVidia GeForce GTX 960

Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 R2.0

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 2x4 1600 MHz

 

I want to upgrade to something with Intel processor, my max budget is around 400 USD and I am really looking for something that can give me the "ULTIMATE POWAH" (OC is OK, I got a Hyper T4 cooler.)

 

Thanks.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($234.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A/USB 3.1 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($33.39 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $358.37
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-02 09:13 EDT-0400

 

[AlphaGamer46]

19 minutes ago, Cyrel said:

Hey guys, first of all; my current specs go as:

 

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 925 (OC 15%) - You can feel the bottleneck between the CPU and GPU. Really bad.

GPU: MSI NVidia GeForce GTX 960

Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 R2.0

RAM: G.Skill Ripjaws 2x4 1600 MHz

 

I want to upgrade to something with Intel processor, my max budget is around 400 USD and I am really looking for something that can give me the "ULTIMATE POWAH" (OC is OK, I got a Hyper T4 cooler.)

 

Thanks.

Okay, for $400USD, you can probably get something like an i5-6600K/i7-6700K, get a good Z170 motherboard, and another set of RAM. Sell the Phenom II x4 and the RAM on eBay or Craigslist to recoup a bit of money.