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I have an Asrock P67 PRO3-SE motherboard (this motherboard was bought like 6 months ago and is almost new, payed $70 for it)  with an i5-2310, 10 gb of ddr3 1333mhz (2x4gb,1x2gb), a gtx 750ti and an EVGA 600w 80plus psu. I want to know if its worth it to upgrade this computer to an i5 3570k or i7-3770k, and gtx 1060 , or if its better to build a new system with something like a Ryzen 5 1600 or 2600 and the gtx 1060 (I´m not considering RX580 because i use shadowplay a lot and a NVENC plugin for premiere). The psu would be the same as this PSU is like 1.5 months old and is pretty good for my budget.

Question is. ¿Is the platform change worth it? If i upgrade to one of the cpus mentioned before and the gtx 1060, i could keep my motherboard and ram. I would save like $120. For longevity and everything else, ¿is the platform change worth it?

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New build. I wouldn't get an ivy bridge CPU at this point. Ryzen 5 2600 beats the crap out of even the 3770k. 


Main System: EVGA GTX 1080 SC, i7 8700, 16GB DDR4 Corsair LPX 3000mhz CL15, Asus Z370 Prime A, Noctua NH D15, EVGA GQ 650W, Fractal Design Define R5, 2TB Seagate Barracuda, 500gb Samsung 850 Evo
Secondary System: EVGA GTX 780ti SC, i5 3570k @ 4.5ghz, 16gb DDR3 1600mhz, MSI Z77 G43, Noctua NH D15, EVGA GQ 650W, Fractal Design Define R4, 3TB WD Caviar Blue, 250gb Samsung 850 Evo
 
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PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/L2x9vn

Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/L2x9vn/by_merchant/

 

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: MSI - B450M GAMING PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($69.99 @ B&H) 

Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Kingston - A400 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($23.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.89 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB Windforce OC Video Card  ($339.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($37.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair - VS 550 W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($22.98 @ Newegg) 

Total: $799.81

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-18 15:18 EST-0500

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