What should I upgrade?

DazQ87 said:
Would it not be possible to drop an FX8320 into that board, surely there is no need to upgrade from 8GB of ram which the OP has, even if it is 1333 that won't make much difference esspecially at sub 1080p.
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I wouldn't put a 8320 in that motherboard (you can, yes, but you shouldn't).

You need a motherboard with good power regulation and phase cooling to deal with the power draw on that chip and that board doesn't have it.

I've seen instances where running a 8320/50 at 100% load on that board has caused it to catch fire (no joke).

So, no! :)
 
Fair enough, shows how out of touch with the AMD stuff I am, it just seemed logical to me to try and keep the motherboard and make the most of it.

I wonder if there are any youtube videos of low end AMD boards catching fire...
 
I would spend that 200-300 you have now on a cpu / motherboard and cpu cooler

http://uk.************.com/p/tBVnQ7

FX 8350
Asus 990FX
Hyper 212 Evo Cooler (Cheap and cheerful)

£278.57

Thats where id put my pennies. Or save up for an intel setup

+ you can sell the motheboard / cpu setup you have now
 
At 1360x768 your GTX650Ti should be fine, and the CPU would be the much bigger limitation.

Upgrade to a i5-K+ Z9x motherboard (and a 3rd party cooler as well if there's money to spare).
 
I'm gonna go mItx with new system. I'm thinking of the Antec Isk 600 case. not sure if I should get a msi or gigabyte board
 
deano-5 said:
I'm gonna go mItx with new system. I'm thinking of the Antec Isk 600 case. not sure if I should get a msi or gigabyte board
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Go for the Gigabyte Z97N-Gaming would probably be your best bet. I don't see MSI Mini-itx board with the Z97 chipset yet...

Make sure you go for the new refreshed Haswell i5 as well.
 
deano-5 said:
Hey guys I'm planning on playing more games on pc so I need some upgrade advice

I'm currently packing:

Amd FX-4100
Asus M5A78L-M/USB3
2x4gb ddr3 1333mhz ram
corsair cx600m psu
gtx 650ti 2gb
1tb hdd

Not sure whether to get a new gpu or start from scratch? I use my tv as a monitor at 1360x768. So its not high.
If I do start from scratch itll be miniitx.
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What size tv are you playing on ?
 
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