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RE: UPGRADING CURRENT PC

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Good Day!

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CURRENT PC:
CPU: i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz
GPU: Radeon R9 270(don't know if 270 or 270x)
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS P8H61-M LE
PSU: Cooler Master GX II Pro 650 Watts
RAM: Ripjaws X 1pc 8GB DDR3-1600
STORAGE: 1T SEAGATE HDD

CURRENTLY HAVING DUAL MONITOR SETUP

PLANS: (For Gaming and Editing, Mid-range. not that rich to have enthusiast grade hardware :P)
Planning to upgrade motherboard and CPU. Any suggestions? AMD(to sync with GPU?) or Intel?
Planning to have SSD as boot drive. 

Open For Suggestions. :D

THANK YOU!!

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AMD CPU's are worthless for gaming and video rendering,whats your budget and location?

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Hold on how come you have a sandy bridge CPU with a haswell H81 board?

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And, budget?????

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dammnn you're fast. haha

anyways i'm from the Philippines.

My Budget would be around 400$ to 600$ (already converted. but i can invest more if it is not enough) just enough to keep up with the applications. 

Just bought it as a whole a few years back.. then i just upgraded the GPU, RAM, and STORAGE  2 years ago.

I'm also at a shock haha

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6 minutes ago, Castdeath97 said:

And, budget?????

dammnn you're fast. haha

anyways i'm from the Philippines.

My Budget would be around 400$ to 600$ (already converted. but i can invest more if it is not enough) just enough to keep up with the applications. 

Just bought it as a whole a few years back.. then i just upgraded the GPU, RAM, and STORAGE  2 years ago.

I'm also at a shock haha

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9 minutes ago, LizardsAreOP said:

AMD CPU's are worthless for gaming and video rendering,whats your budget and location?

dammnn you're fast. haha

anyways i'm from the Philippines.

My Budget would be around 400$ to 600$ (already converted. but i can invest more if it is not enough) just enough to keep up with the applications. 

Just bought it as a whole a few years back.. then i just upgraded the GPU, RAM, and STORAGE  2 years ago.

I'm also at a shock haha

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2 minutes ago, Evexis said:

dammnn you're fast. haha

anyways i'm from the Philippines.

My Budget would be around 400$ to 600$ (already converted. but i can invest more if it is not enough) just enough to keep up with the applications. 

Just bought it as a whole a few years back.. then i just upgraded the GPU, RAM, and STORAGE  2 years ago.

I'm also at a shock haha

What the motherboard? It can't be a H81 board, the i3 2100 simply won't fit.

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MB: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 (88$ on Newegg)

CPU: i3-6100 (for going really cheap (125$ on Newegg) OR i5-6600k (for overclocking (250$ on Newegg)

Ram:  Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 (35$ on Newegg)

 

Option 1: 248$ total

Option 2: 373$ total

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13 minutes ago, Evexis said:

CPU: i3-2100 @ 3.10GHz
MOTHERBOARD: ASUS H81M-E

Can't be right. That CPU doesn't fit in that motherboard. You're either wrong about what CPU you have or wrong about what motherboard you have.

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2 minutes ago, GEHORC said:

MB: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151 (88$ on Newegg)

CPU: i3-6100 (for going really cheap (125$ on Newegg) OR i5-6600k (for overclocking (250$ on Newegg)

Ram:  Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 (35$ on Newegg)

 

Option 1: 248$ total

Option 2: 373$ total

Why a Z170 board with a non-K cpu? Better off saving 40 dollars by getting a H110/B150 board and using to get a i5.

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1 hour ago, GEHORC said:

The mb supports both the non-k AND the k-sku cpu I suggested. Also its only 88$.

 

Yeah, i would take this too, because you can upgrade later to a K CPU without Problems.

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18 minutes ago, GEHORC said:

The mb supports both the non-k AND the k-sku cpu I suggested. Also its only 88$.

It's not about supporting non-K CPUs, the only reason to get Z170 boards is usually to OC, you can't do that in a i3 6100 it's a waste of money otherwise. Also the OP is not in the US.

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2 minutes ago, TheLaserCucumber said:

 

Yeah, i would take this too, because you can upgrade later to a K CPU without Problems.

But, this means getting the i3, which isn't much nowadays with its hyperthreaded two cores. Better off with the i5 6500/6400.

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3 minutes ago, Evexis said:

Back... Can anyone identify the motherboard? 

can't figure out what it is.. but is said is for LGA 1155 CPUs

 

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Download and use speccy. 

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for the cheapest upgrade, find a used i7 3770/e3 123x to replace your i3 and get an r9 290/390.

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1st choice

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($238.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: MSI Z170A KRAIT GAMING 3X ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($134.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $563.45
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-10 09:05 EDT-0400

 

2nd choice

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Xeon E3-1230 V5 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($252.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock E3V5 Performance Gaming/OC ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($145.98 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($69.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($89.99 @ NCIX US) 
Total: $588.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-10 09:06 EDT-0400

 

3rd choice

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($345.88 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.49 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170XP-SLI ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($99.00 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport LT 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($58.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.94 @ Amazon) 
Total: $603.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-07-10 09:08 EDT-0400

 

Another way is to get an used i7 3770, that way you can spend on a new GPU

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