i7 Upgrade

[WhatComesAround]

So, I have crappy situation. I am a student in a foreign country, so I am not allowed to work (Legally, but I still do sometimes, but shhh, dont tell). So I made some money (Magic, shhh, you don't know how) and I made a horrible mistake, well it sounded great but now it's horrible. I bought gold with all my money ($300ish) and so uhh, I have nothing to work with XD. But now I am nearing the $100 threshold on ad-sense thanks to sorta non-profit channel (I mean I love it as a hobby, I don't post video because I want to become rich or something, just genuinely like it BTW you can check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7vnmuZCS146HQwdf6hIPjQ) and I also have around $30 lying around somewhere. So I was wondering, you see I have those $300 dollars which I don't want to spend, but I will soon have $130 to work with to FINALLY invest some money on my pc to sorta better utilize my GTX 980. SO.... What's the point..(TL;DR) I will have $130 and I have a GTX 980 + i3 + 1600p monitor, does anyone have any suggestions for a SUPER budget upgrade, like to a cheap i7? And please tell me what monitor I should save up for to actually put that gpu to use.

[Guest]

Depends on where you live. It's hard to tell as 130 dollars in different country is different

[WhatComesAround]

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

Depends on where you live. It's hard to tell as 130 dollars in different country is different

USD

[Tenadisic]

i would get an i5, get an overclockable one if your motherboard is unlocked.

I would also get a 1080p or 1440p monitor

[WhatComesAround]

1 minute ago, Tenadisic said:

i would get an i5, get an overclockable one if your motherboard is unlocked.

I would also get a 1080p or 1440p monitor

I don't think my motherboard is unlocked tho, it's a shitty acer one  which came stock back when my pc was not all potato .

[Tenadisic]

what generation i3 is it?

 

[WhatComesAround]

2 minutes ago, Tenadisic said:

what generation i3 is it?

 

Second  i3 2100

[Tenadisic]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/INTEL-CORE-i5-2500-3-3-GHz-6MB-QUAD-CORE-SR00T-LGA1155-/282340845214?hash=item41bcd3669e:g:yfMAAOSwa~BYSyoU

 

get something similar to this or this one.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SAMSUNG-S22E650D-21-5-HD-1080p-SE650-SERIES-VGA-USB-DVI-LED-LCD-DISPLAY-MONITOR-/201841299759?hash=item2efeadd12f:g:YPcAAOSwOgdYui2d

 

and one of these to while you are at it.

[Tenadisic]

but if you really have your heart set on an i7 heres one for your whole budget.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i7-2600-3-4GHz-Quad-Core-CPU-Processor-Socket-LGA1155-SR00B-/252797133482?hash=item3adbe222aa:g:UXcAAOSw-0xYSKRr

[WhatComesAround]

1 minute ago, Tenadisic said:

but if you really have your heart set on an i7 heres one for your whole budget.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i7-2600-3-4GHz-Quad-Core-CPU-Processor-Socket-LGA1155-SR00B-/252797133482?hash=item3adbe222aa:g:UXcAAOSw-0xYSKRr

I think I would go with the i7, because I 1600p monitor which is close enough to 1080, plus I have a 4k tv for if I am feeling very adventurous. With an i7 over an i5 I will have more power and considering I have a 4k tv it can be very useful at rare times when I can use it (I would use it to render gta v videos in 4k which I can prepare on a 1600p monitor then export them in 4k after hooking up my pc to the tv). Thanks for all the info man

[Tenadisic]

2 hours ago, WhatComesAround said:

I think I would go with the i7, because I 1600p monitor which is close enough to 1080, plus I have a 4k tv for if I am feeling very adventurous. With an i7 over an i5 I will have more power and considering I have a 4k tv it can be very useful at rare times when I can use it (I would use it to render gta v videos in 4k which I can prepare on a 1600p monitor then export them in 4k after hooking up my pc to the tv). Thanks for all the info man

sounds like a plan, glad I could help

[asand1]

I7 2600. 

[asand1]

I upgraded an OEM lenovo from i3 2100 to i7 2600. It worked flawlessly with no BIOS updates. I was able to play GTAV at 60fps+ at high settings 1080p with a GTX 960.

[WhatComesAround]

16 hours ago, asand1 said:

I upgraded an OEM lenovo from i3 2100 to i7 2600. It worked flawlessly with no BIOS updates. I was able to play GTAV at 60fps+ at high settings 1080p with a GTX 960.

Jesus you make me feel excited  

[done12many2]

21 hours ago, WhatComesAround said:

 I am not allowed to work (Legally, but I still do sometimes, but shhh, dont tell). So I made some money (Magic, shhh, you don't know how) and I made a horrible mistake, well it sounded great but now it's horrible. 

 

I have forwarded this thread to the IRS and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  

 

[asand1]

6 hours ago, WhatComesAround said:

Jesus you make me feel excited  

WEll i'm flattered. But I strictly like girls lol.

[WhatComesAround]

14 hours ago, done12many2 said:

 

I have forwarded this thread to the IRS and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  

 

"Shhhh"  

[WhatComesAround]

8 hours ago, asand1 said:

WEll i'm flattered. But I strictly like girls lol.

Hahahaha, lol. Need to proofread what I write next time, see how it sounds from another perspective