Cheap upgrade for my aging rig - Advice Required.

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  1. And0r

    And0r Active Member

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    Hi peeps,

    I currently have;

    AMD athlon ii 435 unlocked to a Phenom ii x3 @ 3.61Ghz
    Msi 770 - c45
    8 Gig Mushkin DDR 3 1600mhz
    AMD 7850 2gb (1150 gpu / 5400 ram)
    Windows 8 Pro


    and I'm look for a cpu and mobo upgrade. I'm on a budget. I like to spend as little as I can and have a good play with it. So Overclocking is always an option.

    The mobo is at it's limits and I don't want to upgrade to a phenom x6 as the board is only a 4 + 1 and it would probably catch fire if I tried to overclock it.

    Can I expect much of an upgrade at around £150 ($240) budget?


    Thanks peeps
    Andy
     
  2. XBEAST

    XBEAST Ancient Guru

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    For $270 you could get an i5 3470 with B75 mobo. For $280 there's i5 3470 with Z75 mobo, which allows to overclock i5 3470 to around 4 GHz.
     
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  3. And0r

    And0r Active Member

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    Thanks for your reply man, I'll have a look into that option today. I'm glad it allows some tweaking though.
     
  4. SLI-756

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    I have 2500k + z68 Gigabyte mobo, pm me if you like i'm in Glasgow.
     

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