text: What do you guys think? Viable upgrade or waste of money vs performance? - [Solved] - Components
  What do you guys think? Viable upgrade or waste of money vs performance?
  rdizz81 Jul 28, 2014, 9:52 AM
  PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/v4mst6
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  CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($229.97 @ OutletPC) (OC'd) 4.5
  Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($99.99 @ Amazon)
  Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Video Card ($599.99 @ B&H)
  PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FcjFbv
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  Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws Z Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2400 Memory ($86.99 @ Newegg)
  Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3GB Superclocked ACX Video Card ($659.99 @ Newegg)
  Total: $1412.33
  Thinking of building a new one and trying to find reasons to do so really.
  And most likely i would be reusing the PSU, Case, and possibly Ram. I guess technically i would only purchase the MOBO, CPU, and Video card and possibly ram.
  9 answers Last reply Jul 29, 2014 Best Answer Jul 29, 2014
  More about guys viable upgrade waste money performance
  EasyLover Jul 28, 2014, 9:57 AM
  Your old build is still very powerful. Why do you want to change? Better add an SSD and go for SLI of two 680s. You'll be much better off in my humble opinion.
  bob hays Jul 28, 2014, 9:59 AM
  since the new build is going to be well over a thousand even if you reuse the case and power supply, its not worth the upgrade. Even if you used the same ram and hard drive, you would have to change the processor, motherboard, and gpu. If you want to upgrade the performance on your current computer just upgrade the graphics card.
  boosted1g Jul 28, 2014, 10:00 AM
  You wont notice a big enough upgrade from the cpu to justify the cost of the cpu/mobo, only reason I would do it is if you had a reliable buyer lined up for it.
  I would just upgrade the video card, get an ssd, and call it a day.
  Snipergod87 Jul 28, 2014, 10:06 AM
  No reason to "upgrade".
  RoadWarrior57 Jul 28, 2014, 10:30 AM
  Your vid card is still OP enough to run all games at max plus. Please correct me if I am wrong. The biggest issue you have is lack of solid state drive - on either build. Makes no sense looking at everything else you have. You could just OC the existing cpu to 3.5 and it will perform as well as the one you're looking at. My i7 860 OC'd at 3.5 gets the same scores as those newer cpus. I've had it for about 5 years. Your RAM could be improved to the 2000 or higher speed and you could run it at speed if you OC your FSB and reduce the cpu multiplier to keep the CPU speed down to about 3.5. Anyhow, the new vid card and CPU, I feel, would be wasting your money. SSD is your prime concern. Faster RAM would be a 2nd thing to upgrade.
  vagrancyx Jul 28, 2014, 10:45 AM
  I'd agree..no point ''wasting'' a decent chunk of gain for marginal upgrades. Get an SSD and perhaps upgrade the video card/sli the current one. At this point just hold out for broadwell/skylake.
  some of your upgrades really make no sense. Why would you buy a new 1TB HDD your WD is perfectly fine. The RAM isn't going to provide that much of a difference..plus you can probably OC the patriot memory anyway.
  rdizz81 Jul 28, 2014, 10:56 AM
  Well eyes opened lol... Got that itch!
  Ya was probably just going to replace GPU, CPU and MOBO. Rest there just for spec reasons. Just had that feeling to build a new machine!
  Guess i will have to wait! at least for the next gen stuff to come out.
  EasyLover Jul 29, 2014, 12:12 AM
  nVIDIA's much anticipated Maxwell series GPUs (860, 870, 880) are expected in October-14. Just got pinged from Kitguru on that.