New build or Upgrade? £1000~

Zanez · 28 Apr 2014 at 02:12

Hi, Im looking to either upgrade my current pc or to buy a new one, not sure if its worth upgrading.

Im not very good with PCs so bare with me. Currently I have a

Intel i5 2300 2.80Ghz
Nvidia GTX 560ti
8GB ram
120gb SSD+500gb HDD
650w PSU

I was looking at getting the 4670k i5 and perhaps Nvidia GTX 780.

If im upgrading I would look to spend 400-600.

However If im better off selling my current setup and buying new im looking at spending between 950-1050.

System is to be used mostly for gaming, like Diablo 3, Starcraft some LoL and different MMOs.

Not sure if going for a gtx780 is overkill for these kind of games, im not really sure what im talking about so your help would be greatly appreciated!

I dont need any keyboards, monitors etc, I already have an OS and if im buying new I will most likely swap my current SSD into the new system.

Zanez.

Zanez · 28 Apr 2014 at 10:43

Thanks for the reply Danny.

Well I am pretty impatient generally hehe.

My monitor is a AOC I2353FH - http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/monitors/1287682/aoc-i2353fh/specifications

I have a second monitor but that's just for browsing etc. I'm not sure if I will upgrade, would it be worth doing so to accompany a new GPU or system?

Zanez · 28 Apr 2014 at 13:15

Okay sounds like getting a new gpu might be the way to go!

Would the upgrade to a i5 4670 not be so worth it? not sure how well my current cpu performs in comparison.

Zanez · 30 Apr 2014 at 00:33

Okay thanks, I think I'm going to just upgrade GPU for now and then the CPU a little later on.

Last question, will my motherboard support an Intel i5 4670? I have a gigabyte h61m-s2v-b3

Edit: Will my Mobo support higher end graphic cards like the 780 aswell?