780 Lighting Edition or a CPU

[Æ’ender]

Hey Guys and Girls 

 

Since Chirstmas is almost here is it better to buy a 780 Lighting Edition or a i7-4770k + Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H + Corsair AX860i (for future upgrades)

 

My current Rig is-

 

Pentium e5200

Some Cheap mobo

GTX 650ti non boost 

1tb WD green drive 

650CX Corsair 

[TechSage]

Hell yeah, and you don't need to switch your PSU, it has enough power

[Æ’ender]

No i mean is it better to buy the 780 or the CPU

[Ryan Leech]

I would get the 780, then overclock your cpu to 5GHz (there are capable motherboards on ebay for around $50)

[Tmh85]

That CPU is quite a bottle neck but Go for it!

[Goldilock]

or you can get more balanced build like 770 / 760 + 15 4670K

[TheRoss0411]

That CPU is old, i would advise getting a new CPU

It will bottleneck the 780 too much IMO

[eX.Drunk]

Yeah, get the CPU first lol.

[CoolBeans]

GPU, then as soon as you can CPU

[Wtalk2]

Upgrade them equally. Get a 760/770/280X and a i5 4670K with a decent motherboard. You don't need a new power supply but if you have the money get one for future upgrades.

[lachyman]

Neither man, if you bought a new CPU combo you would still have a bad GPU and if you bought a kick-ass GPU you would have even worse CPU. Save the HDD and PSU and give us a budget, we can surely make a more balanced upgrade including the CPU and GPU.

[TechFan@ic]

You will lose almost 50% of the performance benefits of the 780 if you install it on that system.
The E5200 is going to be a major bottleneck.
Get an FX 6300 + an M5A97 R2.0 motherboard for $200 and then grab an R9 280X for $300.

http://gamegpu.ru/action-/-fps-/-tps/battlefield-4-test-gpu.html
Keep the power supply.

[Mainfold]

Pentium e5200 would just be a big bottleneck for the 780, and the 650ti should be more than enough for a while. 

 

Not sure you'd need a 860i, you could probably go for the AX760i or CS750M/TX750, and save the extra $'s.

[JAKEBAB]

get a 290 hopefully mantle will eliminate your cpu bottleneck

[miyabwah]

The E5200 shouldn't be even used for gaming anymore. I'd say balance your system before doing anything stupid like putting a high end GPU in one of the low end systems. Get a FX-6300 or FX-8320 and a GTX 760 or GTX 770.

[Jumper118]

buy a new gpu but don't buy a 780 lightning because the memory is pants

[YaNeZ]

i7-4770k + Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H this...+some ram.... and maybe later a better graphics card....

 

dont go for gtx780 with e5200... it sounds an stupid idea...

[GameHard6]

Get a new CPU and motherboard. If you're only gaming on the rig then get an Intel Core i5-4670K and a Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H Motherboard. If you can afford a GPU with the leftover budget then get a GTX 760 or a GTX 770 and you will have a pretty massive upgrade from what you have now.

[WoodenMarker]

No i mean is it better to buy the 780 or the CPU

You need to quote a post or tag a member or else they won't get a notification you replied to them.

What do you use the system for?

[cjeffcoatjr]

I would get the 780, then overclock your cpu to 5GHz (there are capable motherboards on ebay for around $50)

It would bottleneck its tits off

[h3ll0]

Get an FX8320, Asus M5A97 R2.0, AMD R9 280X, and a NZXT T20 or Hyper 212+. Overclock the balls out of the CPU and GPU and be happy! 

[voaz]

New processor, mobo and save up for a gpu.

[Guest]

First the CPU and a 100$ MB

[Milesgaming]

I'd go for the 780, but I'd upgrade the cpu as fast as possible, as the 780 wont probably perform at Its peak efficiency with that ancient cpu.