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New Upgrade needed BADLY....

LudwigVH
By LudwigVH
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Good Morning, Afternoon, Evening and Night ladies and gentlemen, What ever you are experiencing in this big wonderful world. 

 

I am currently in a rough patch when it comes to upgrading my computer. Currently my computer has done pretty well for the task that I have put it through. Well it could be better but I'm not complaining. 

 

Currently I run an i5 (1156) at 3.2 with 8 GB of ram. An SSD of 120 GB and two scratch disk (2 TB and 1.5 TB). I am also am running a Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 1 GB. 

 

So Here is my current predicament, I have been planning on purchasing a R9 290. In order to beef up performance in gaming. But my computer would be bottlenecked in the early days of running a 290. Here is where I come to you all wonderful people (I Think). I would like to build a computer with the new Haswell line of processors, decent motherboard (no need to get me something to monstrous for you enthusiast) continue with my current 8GB of ram, change my case and possibly purchase the 290.

 

Any suggestions would be awesome in a simple upgrade rig. I do not intend on liquid cooling, so no need on getting a huge case like the 900D (even though that is one beautiful case I would love to work with one day). I would like a motherboard that supports 32 GB since work is coming along the way that would require the use. I plan on adding a few extra scratch disk since my projects end up being a bit big when working inside of CAD, SolidWorks and some Adobe software, also for my students jobs which requires me bringing my work home... :-( 

If you have any questions don't be afraid to ask me here, you can also contact me at my twitter handle same as here. 

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| CPU: INTEL i5 6600k @ 4.6Ghz @ 1.328v | Motherboard: ASUS Z170-AR | Ram: G.SKILL 2x8GB 2400Mhz | CPU Cooler : Corsair H100i V2

| GPU: GIGABYTE GTX980Ti G1 GAMING | SSD: SAMSUNG 840 EVO 250GB  | Storage: WD 1TB GREEN | OS: Windows 10 Pro 64bit | PSU: FSP 650W AURUM S |

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Get the 290. The i5 will last another year or two

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Few things we could use:

 

Your budget/location

What resolution you're gaming at and type of gaming in general

Rest of your specs. --by that I mean all of them.

 

Get the 290. The i5 will last another year or two

Ehh, for a 290, he should probably upgrade. 

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Few things we could use:

 

Your budget/location

What resolution you're gaming at and type of gaming in general

Rest of your specs. --by that I mean all of them.

 

Ehh, for a 290, he should probably upgrade. 

He could probably get more fps with a new cpu but he'd get more with a new GPU. I don't think people give CPU's enough credit these days.

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He could probably get more fps with a new cpu but he'd get more with a new GPU. I don't think people give CPU's enough credit these days.

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He could probably get more fps with a new cpu but he'd get more with a new GPU. I don't think people give CPU's enough credit these days.

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He could do with a cpu upgrade as well as a gpu upgrade.

You do know he has an i5 650 right? It would bottleneck quite a bit.

I've had this cpu. It's slower than a Sandy bridge i3... http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-650-vs-Intel-Core-i3-2130

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