But at $500 I would go with an i5 2500k even though the motherboard is obsolete. Probably pair it with a 7850 which is good enough to play just about every game on high settings.
Originally posted by ShakyMo The 6300 is the pick of the AMD processors.But at $500 I would go with an i5 2500k even though the motherboard is obsolete. Probably pair it with a 7850 which is good enough to play just about every game on high settings.
Why on earth would you recommend a Sandy Bridge over an Ivy Bridge, and then go on to cite the motherboard as obsolete, when they use the exact same motherboards and pretty much cost the same?
CPU - $220 (either 2500k or 3570k) Motherboard - as cheap as $50, but the cheapest one I would touch is about $125
and we know he needs new RAM - $30 And a new power supply - $50
That puts you up to $425 - doable inside the budget, but not with a 7850, or any video card of note that is any better than a 7750. You could get a 64G SSD inside the remaining $75, but I wouldn't really recommend that - you have room for Windows + maybe one or two games, and it would always be tight on space.
The AMD build Quiz posts with a sizable SSD would probably be a more dramatic overall upgrade, however it's possible to do Intel on that budget. I just don't know why you would pitch a 2500k.
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But at $500 I would go with an i5 2500k even though the motherboard is obsolete. Probably pair it with a 7850 which is good enough to play just about every game on high settings.
Why on earth would you recommend a Sandy Bridge over an Ivy Bridge, and then go on to cite the motherboard as obsolete, when they use the exact same motherboards and pretty much cost the same?
CPU - $220 (either 2500k or 3570k)
Motherboard - as cheap as $50, but the cheapest one I would touch is about $125
and we know he needs new RAM - $30
And a new power supply - $50
That puts you up to $425 - doable inside the budget, but not with a 7850, or any video card of note that is any better than a 7750. You could get a 64G SSD inside the remaining $75, but I wouldn't really recommend that - you have room for Windows + maybe one or two games, and it would always be tight on space.
The AMD build Quiz posts with a sizable SSD would probably be a more dramatic overall upgrade, however it's possible to do Intel on that budget. I just don't know why you would pitch a 2500k.