cpu/mobo upgrade

liamd89

liamd89

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My current setup:

AMD Phenom II X4 965
ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO
Sapphire 280X Vapor-X
6GB RAM

I've got down to two options...

i7 4970k & Asus Maximus VII Ranger
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-013-AS

or i5 4670k with the same mobo.

With the bundle offer there's £60 difference so I'm thinking it would be worth it to get i7. Especially because I use 3ds max/maya etc.

So is the extra £60 worth it? Or any other options to look at?
 
P4Clock said:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-014-AS&groupid=2833&catid=2836&subcat=2861

massive upgrade over what your running

What motherboard do you have right now and what are you looking to spend
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ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO

I'll just spend whatever can be justified to be honest. I guess my limit would be £365 based on the original bundle I posted. I don't think I'd need to spend any more than that.

The reason I was more inclined to go with i7 is because of the benefits you gain through rendering in 3ds max/maya as this is painfully slow on my pc as you can imagine.

I quite like the networking and audio options that come on both the Asus Maximus VII Ranger and Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7 which seem to be missing from ASUS Z97-K although I'm not sure these make up for the price difference
 
P4Clock said:
The Maximus boards are fantastic, i am not a fan of gigabyte boards. they are good i just dont like them myself.

will you be gaming on the system and dose your budget include the cost of a new gfx card
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I'm also a big fan of ASUS boards over other brands.

Yes, I will be gaming but I'm not looking to upgrade my gfx card anytime soon.
 
It probably would do but playing games on highest settings is something that doesn't bother me. I still only really play UT2004/CoD4 anyway.

The reason for i7 over i5 is rendering.
 
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