[AMD]Upgrade advice needed


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The items I want to upgrade are my cpu and gcard.

What I have:

Phenom II 970 BE

nVidia 550ti

Max amount for upgrade:

500$ US(Less is better)

Also, my mobo is an Asus M5A97. So the items have to be compatible.

Thanx

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AMD FX-8150

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819103960 will work with a Bios Update

Gigabyte GTX 660TI (Best bang for the Buck Video card IMO)

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814125440 it is PCI-E 3.0 but is Compatible with PCI-E 2.0

Total is $489.98 and with that motherboard this is probably what I would go for. With AMD nothing else seems worth bothering with right now.

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AMD FX-8150

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819103960 will work with a Bios Update

Gigabyte GTX 660TI (Best bang for the Buck Video card IMO)

http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814125440 it is PCI-E 3.0 but is Compatible with PCI-E 2.0

Total is $489.98 and with that motherboard this is probably what I would go for. With AMD nothing else seems worth bothering with right now.

So, the FX-6200 is not worth getting? It seems slightly better then the 8150:

http://community.futuremark.com/hardware/cpu/AMD+FX-6200/review

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Yea, see, I would. But with all these benchmarks on everything, I'm lost. I actually want to have an i7 2700k system built, but I also want to stay with Asus for a mobo. I just don't know what 1100$ US can get. So wife thinks I should just upgrade my system.

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Yea, see, I would. But with all these benchmarks on everything, I'm lost. I actually want to have an i7 2700k system built, but I also want to stay with Asus for a mobo. I just don't know what 1100$ US can get. So wife thinks I should just upgrade my system.

for $1100 you could get a new Motherboard, GPU and CPU. Assuming your current RAM is DDR3 you can use that, you can use the same case, storage etc.

GIGABYTE GV-N66TOC-2GD GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

ASUS P8Z77-V PRO LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel Core i7-2700K Sandy Bridge 3.5GHz (3.9GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 BX80623i72700K

all for $819.97

that leaves you a bit left over.

EDIT: You can get a Crucial M4 CT128M4SSD2 2.5" 128GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) for $109.99 bringing it to $929.96

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How could I use the same case? It's a Viking midtower for AMD. Anyways, I know my Mushkin ram would be fine. As for an SSD, I like my platter drives.

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How could I use the same case? It's a Viking midtower for AMD. Anyways, I know my Mushkin ram would be fine. As for an SSD, I like my platter drives.

Well you could always look for a case you like on New Egg I guess.

Even without the SSD it comes to $819.97 for the CPU, Motherboard and graphics card. That leaves you with money to pick a decent case. and then you have what you wanted an i7 2700k system with a good GPU as well. You could even look at some CPU coolers too and overclock it a little if you like as well.

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Well you could always look for a case you like on New Egg I guess.

Even without the SSD it comes to $819.97 for the CPU, Motherboard and graphics card. That leaves you with money to pick a decent case. and then you have what you wanted an i7 2700k system with a good GPU as well. You could even look at some CPU coolers too and overclock it a little if you like as well.

Yeah, sounds like a good idea. Minus the overclocking. I could go with this case. Might have to throw in a diff PSU. This is what I have now. Not sure if it would work for that mobo.

Edit:

Both cases are ATX mid tower, so maybe that Z77 mobo you linked to will fit? This is the case I have now.

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Yeah, sounds like a good idea. Minus the overclocking. I could go with this case. Might have to throw in a diff PSU. This is what I have now. Not sure if it would work for that mobo.

Edit:

Both cases are ATX mid tower, so maybe that Z77 mobo you linked to will fit? This is the case I have now.

That PSU should work. it has a 24pin power connector etc so I don't see why not.

That case looks like a solid choice I was looking to get that case at one point but I went for a full tower instead.

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