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Chubs
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Currently my system is a athlon ii x4 635. im looking to upgrade it soon, the only thing is im on a budget I have a $100 to spend, 

im choosing between an i5 2400 and an fx 6300 which should I go for?

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Specs: Motherboard: Asus X470-PLUS TUF gaming (Yes I know it's poor but I wasn't informed) RAM: Corsair VENGEANCE® LPX DDR4 3200Mhz CL16-18-18-36 2x8GB

            CPU: Ryzen 9 5900X          Case: Antec P8     PSU: Corsair RM850x                        Cooler: Antec K240 with two Noctura Industrial PPC 3000 PWM

            Drives: Samsung 970 EVO plus 250GB, Micron 1100 2TB, Seagate ST4000DM000/1F2168 GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 ti Black edition

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Do you have a motherboard that supports intel 2nd gen processors? if yes then go for an i7 2600k.

 

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6 minutes ago, Chubs said:

Currently my system is a athlon ii x4 635. im looking to upgrade it soon, the only thing is im on a budget I have a $100 to spend, 

im choosing between an i5 2400 and an fx 6300 which should I go for?

the i5 2400 will be the better choice. try looking for a xeon e3 1230 or i7 2600 on ebay though, i've seen the xeon at $50 on ebay.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Heatsink: Gelid Phantom Black GPU: Palit RTX 3060 Ti Dual RAM: Corsair DDR4 2x8GB 3000Mhz mobo: Asus X570-P case: Fractal Design Define C PSU: Superflower Leadex Gold 650W

 

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8 minutes ago, Chubs said:

Currently my system is a athlon ii x4 635. im looking to upgrade it soon, the only thing is im on a budget I have a $100 to spend, 

im choosing between an i5 2400 and an fx 6300 which should I go for?

The intel is the better one, but see what your motherboard supports at most and see if you can find it on a good deal

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Just now, voiha said:

Why don't you look at second hand GPU like the i5 7600 ?

I do have a gtx 660 to pair it with

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12 minutes ago, Chubs said:

I do have a gtx 660 to pair it with

Your athlon uses ddr2 right? I think a used i5 with 4gb of ddr4 on a cheap h series board will do nicely. I bet you could find something like an i5 6400 in your budget somewhere like Craigslist.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

Your athlon uses ddr2 right? I think a used i5 with 4gb of ddr4 on a cheap h series board will do nicely. I bet you could find something like an i5 6400 in your budget somewhere like Craigslist.

nope, my athlon uses ddr3. 

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Just now, Chubs said:

nope, my athlon uses ddr3. 

How much do you have?

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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Just now, fasauceome said:

How much do you have?

6gbs, the thing is in my country they sell used parts like they're brand new lmao. im planning making it 8gbs when i upgrade everything

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