Hi guys,
I am planning on building a second PC to go in my living room which my missus can use for some light gaming (mid settings ish at 1080p) and for watching movies/netflix etc.
Firstly it has to be a mATX form factor not a full ATX, I was thinking I like the look of the Xigmatek Aquila.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-084-XG&groupid=2362&catid=2278
Now for the internals, I have two lines of thought on:
1. Upgrade the 2500k in my main machine to a 3770k, freeing up the 2500k to go with a new cheap socket 1155 motherboard (the board in my main machine is full ATX so couldn't be transplanted to the case I want).
2. buy an AMD fx6300 or fx4300 and motherboard for the new machine, keeping the 2500k in my main machine.
Regarding the rest of the parts I have acquired a geforce 560 and I have an old crucial C300 SSD and mechanical 500GB HDD to use for storage so I only need to get some RAM and a PSU.
Anyway obviously option 2 is going to be cheaper but I dont mind spending the extra if its worth it.
My question is, would it be worth upgrading the 2500k in my main machine to a 3770k, and is the 2500k significantly better than either of AMDs offerings to warrant spending the extra cash?
I did think about AMDs APU lines but having already got the 560 from a work college on the cheap I have discounted this as surely the geforce 560 is going to have more grunt than an APU.
I am planning on building a second PC to go in my living room which my missus can use for some light gaming (mid settings ish at 1080p) and for watching movies/netflix etc.
Firstly it has to be a mATX form factor not a full ATX, I was thinking I like the look of the Xigmatek Aquila.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-084-XG&groupid=2362&catid=2278
Now for the internals, I have two lines of thought on:
1. Upgrade the 2500k in my main machine to a 3770k, freeing up the 2500k to go with a new cheap socket 1155 motherboard (the board in my main machine is full ATX so couldn't be transplanted to the case I want).
2. buy an AMD fx6300 or fx4300 and motherboard for the new machine, keeping the 2500k in my main machine.
Regarding the rest of the parts I have acquired a geforce 560 and I have an old crucial C300 SSD and mechanical 500GB HDD to use for storage so I only need to get some RAM and a PSU.
Anyway obviously option 2 is going to be cheaper but I dont mind spending the extra if its worth it.
My question is, would it be worth upgrading the 2500k in my main machine to a 3770k, and is the 2500k significantly better than either of AMDs offerings to warrant spending the extra cash?
I did think about AMDs APU lines but having already got the 560 from a work college on the cheap I have discounted this as surely the geforce 560 is going to have more grunt than an APU.