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Its time for me to upgrade my pc this time with the other half's consent 
Main goal is to be able to play Civ 5 at highest res (27" monitor) with max detail - this is for the Mr's. My goal is to make a good looking water cooled PC without breaking the bank.
Would there be any performance benefit if I was to change the M/B to something like the Asus Z77 Sabretooth and keeping the current i5 till I've got a bit more cash.
Graphics wise was considering a HD 7970 as my current card is pretty slow.
Any comments welcome.
Current system is:
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333MHz XMS3 Memory Kit CL9 1.5V unbuffered
HD 4850 GFX
OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G)
Main goal is to be able to play Civ 5 at highest res (27" monitor) with max detail - this is for the Mr's. My goal is to make a good looking water cooled PC without breaking the bank.
Would there be any performance benefit if I was to change the M/B to something like the Asus Z77 Sabretooth and keeping the current i5 till I've got a bit more cash.
Graphics wise was considering a HD 7970 as my current card is pretty slow.
Any comments welcome.
Current system is:
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1333MHz XMS3 Memory Kit CL9 1.5V unbuffered
HD 4850 GFX
OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (AGT3-25SAT3-60G)
