Need some advice!

[Xcept1]

Hi chaps. I'm thinking about updating my rig with a new mobo and cpu. It's currently rocking an i7 930 3.06GHz OC'd to 4.00GHz and a Gigabyte Intel X58 so it's fairly old but it still pulls its weight!

What sort of upgrade would I be looking at for around the £400 mark? Would it be worth it? I'm out of the loop on all things hardware!

 

[TubbyGreg]

Look at some Haswell-E stuff

 

[Xcept1]

Cheers. What sort of performance increase would I be looking at if I went for something like the i5 4690K @4.4GHz?

 

[Quartz]

A 4690 will give you a ~50% CPU boost.

 

[Sandycheeks]

Hi chaps. I'm thinking about updating my rig with a new mobo and cpu. It's currently rocking an i7 930 3.06GHz OC'd to 4.00GHz and a Gigabyte Intel X58 so it's fairly old but it still pulls its weight!

What sort of upgrade would I be looking at for around the £400 mark? Would it be worth it? I'm out of the loop on all things hardware!

Please list the rest of your parts.

Might breathe more life into the system with a better GPU - assuming that gaming is your primary concern of course.

Another option is the hex core xeon (X5650 I think) - there's a loooong thread here somewhere.

 

[Kelt]

Please list the rest of your parts.

Might breathe more life into the system with a better GPU - assuming that gaming is your primary concern of course.

Another option is the hex core xeon (X5650 I think) - there's a loooong thread here somewhere.

This.

Such an awesome, cool running chip.

 

[Xcept1]

Please list the rest of your parts.

Might breathe more life into the system with a better GPU - assuming that gaming is your primary concern of course.

Another option is the hex core xeon (X5650 I think) - there's a loooong thread here somewhere.

I'll be using a 390x with it. Also I'll be buying new memory too.