Upgrade advice

[ziggynerja]

Hi all,

I've been meaning to upgrade my for a while now, but haven't been able to do so due to funds. My current specs are in my sig. He's offering me:

Intel® Core™i7-2600 Quad Core (3.40GHz, 8MB Cache) + HD Graphics
ASUS® P8P67 (NEW REV 3.0): USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, CrossFireX™
Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium

All for £100.

Would this be a worthy upgrade to my CPU/Mobo for the price? I'm not too sure of the performance of that CPU compared to my AMD.

What I use the computer for is mainly gaming and the Unity game engine, as well as some light use of 3ds Max.

Thank you.

 

[varkanoid]

Bite his hand off now!
If its 100% working buy it now !!!!

First double check the CPU if its an i7-2600k as you can only overclock the k variety easily but for £100 it will be a lot better than your AMD. A lot!

 

[ShivP]

Bite his hand off now!
If its 100% working buy it now !!!!

First double check the CPU if its an i7-2600k as you can only overclock the k variety easily but for £100 it will be a lot better than your AMD. A lot!

+1

It's an excellent CPU

 

[Andreas.96]

Definitely buy, but as said above make sure that you check it really is what he's offering.

 

[implosiveturnip]

+1

It's an excellent CPU

+2

Even if it's not a K chip it's still a pretty hench little cpu, and will slap your Phenom around no end.

 

[Floydacious]

+3

If you do overclock, you might want to consider not using the standard heatsink and going for an aftermarket one.

 

[garymcq23]

for £100 you cant go wrong as long as its fully working i was watching one on ebay which went for £150 that was for 2600k asus z68 mother board and some cheap cooler.

the reason i was watching it is because i was thinking about upgrading my 2600k as im running of of sata 3 ports on my motherboard apart from that i think it has plenty of life left in it