Biggest performance upgrade?

[psychic stalker]

Five_powered_and_basics

Should I go with a 760? how much better is that? It's more expensive, maybe it's a lot better!

NVIDIA did the confusing thing and released a new design as a lower-number unit from the 700 series. The 750 is actually an 800-series card. The 750Ti is actually cheaper and more powerful for it price. The 760 is only very slightly more powerful. Certainly not worth the extra $100, and it requires a more powerful power supply, to boot.

[Five_powered_and_basics]

psychic stalker

Five_powered_and_basics

Should I go with a 760? how much better is that? It's more expensive, maybe it's a lot better!

NVIDIA did the confusing thing and released a new design as a lower-number unit from the 700 series. The 750 is actually an 800-series card. The 750Ti is actually cheaper and more powerful for it price. The 760 is only very slightly more powerful. Certainly not worth the extra $100, and it requires a more powerful power supply, to boot.

Okay then, so you'd say 750Ti is probably my best bet (provided I don't go crazy and get an i7 extreme/1000W PSU etc.)?

Sounds good!

Wait a minute! Do I have to buy Windows again, or can I just... move it? Can I move it?!

[psychic stalker]

Five_powered_and_basics

Wait a minute! Do I have to buy Windows again, or can I just... move it? Can I move it?!

I'm not the one to ask. I haven't used Windows in almost 15 years.

[Five_powered_and_basics]

psychic stalker

Five_powered_and_basics

Wait a minute! Do I have to buy Windows again, or can I just... move it? Can I move it?!

I'm not the one to ask. I haven't used Windows in almost 15 years.

Wooooow! And I'm sure you don't use iOS either... well, I'd assume not.

Are you running Linux? Wow this is amazing

you're like A LEGEND!!!!!

And--last question I promise(not really actually. not at all): I'll proooobably grab a 750Ti soon. After that maybe the mobo/CPU. Do you think a 3.4 i5 will be a better buy than a 3.5/3.6 i3? I dunno if i5 will be overkill for MMOs. But some other peeps say I can't have too much processing power for them...

[psychic stalker]

Five_powered_and_basics

Do you think a 3.4 i5 will be a better buy than a 3.5/3.6 i3?

Quad-core would be better than dual-core. Other than that, I don't think the differences matter.

[Five_powered_and_basics]

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Five_powered_and_basics

Do you think a 3.4 i5 will be a better buy than a 3.5/3.6 i3?

Quad-core would be better than dual-core. Other than that, I don't think the differences matter.

So there's no reason I'd go for higher speed, really?

It seems like the narrowed list is:

i5 Haswell 3.2GHz (since it's the cheapest of the new generations)
GTX 750Ti 2GB
Is there a stark difference between Samsung 840 evo and 840 pro? I have an EVO on my list now, and going by the prices I'll probably keep it that way. Unless pro is significantly better.. but IDK if I'd notice anyway. xD

As for the motherboard, I hear z87 is where I wanna be. I'm looking at this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130706

Admittedly I have no idea where the storage drive goes sweatdrop is their compatibility like GPUs where basically every modern mobo has a slot for at least one?

[psychic stalker]

Five_powered_and_basics

Is there a stark difference between Samsung 840 evo and 840 pro? I have an EVO on my list now, and going by the prices I'll probably keep it that way. Unless pro is significantly better.. but IDK if I'd notice anyway. xD

The EVO is CRAP. From all of the 840 drives, the only ones that are even worth looking at are the 840 Pro Series. NONE of their other drives are worth a ******** cent.

Five_powered_and_basics

Admittedly I have no idea where the storage drive goes sweatdrop is their compatibility like GPUs where basically every modern mobo has a slot for at least one?

Every motherboard has at least two SATA ports. All disk drives these days are SATA drives.

[Resistance_2012]

If you want to keep your current build I say upgrade the GPU. GTX760 isa good way to go if you want a higher end GPU.

If you prefer to build a PC from the ground up look into a aftermarket cooler. From what I have heard is that the Haswell CPUs by intel have heat problems due to cheap thermal paste that is used for the heat spreader

[psychic stalker]

Resistance_2012

If you want to keep your current build I say upgrade the GPU. GTX760 isa good way to go if you want a higher end GPU.

The 750 Ti is very nearly the same performance, and it's a newer generation card, and it's $100 cheaper. That's why I recommend it.

Resistance_2012

If you prefer to build a PC from the ground up look into a aftermarket cooler. From what I have heard is that the Haswell CPUs by intel have heat problems due to cheap thermal paste that is used for the heat spreader

You know you can change the thermal paste on the stock heatsink, right?

[Resistance_2012]

psychic stalker

You know you can change the thermal paste on the stock heatsink, right?

I'm not talking about the heatsink as in the heat sink and fan I am taking the metal plate that pulls the heat away from the CPU that the CPU heatsink and fan touch

[psychic stalker]

Resistance_2012

psychic stalker

You know you can change the thermal paste on the stock heatsink, right?

I'm not talking about the heatsink as in the heat sink and fan I am taking the metal plate that pulls the heat away from the CPU that the CPU heatsink and fan touch

You mean the heat spreader? The thing that's permanently epoxied to the CPU and that can't be removed or modified without damaging the CPU?

[Resistance_2012]

psychic stalker

Resistance_2012

psychic stalker

You know you can change the thermal paste on the stock heatsink, right?

I'm not talking about the heatsink as in the heat sink and fan I am taking the metal plate that pulls the heat away from the CPU that the CPU heatsink and fan touch

You mean the heat spreader? The thing that's permanently epoxied to the CPU and that can't be removed or modified without damaging the CPU?

There's videos on youtube people removing the heat spreader with out damaging the CPU just gotta be very careful.

[psychic stalker]

Resistance_2012

psychic stalker

Resistance_2012

psychic stalker

You know you can change the thermal paste on the stock heatsink, right?

I'm not talking about the heatsink as in the heat sink and fan I am taking the metal plate that pulls the heat away from the CPU that the CPU heatsink and fan touch

You mean the heat spreader? The thing that's permanently epoxied to the CPU and that can't be removed or modified without damaging the CPU?

There's videos on youtube people removing the heat spreader with out damaging the CPU just gotta be very careful.

Just because there are people on youtube doing stupid, reckless things doesn't mean it's worth doing or even a good idea in the first place.

And you certainly should never tell people to do it who are just learning about these things.

[Resistance_2012]

psychic stalker

Resistance_2012

psychic stalker

Resistance_2012

psychic stalker

You know you can change the thermal paste on the stock heatsink, right?

I'm not talking about the heatsink as in the heat sink and fan I am taking the metal plate that pulls the heat away from the CPU that the CPU heatsink and fan touch

You mean the heat spreader? The thing that's permanently epoxied to the CPU and that can't be removed or modified without damaging the CPU?

There's videos on youtube people removing the heat spreader with out damaging the CPU just gotta be very careful.

Just because there are people on youtube doing stupid, reckless things doesn't mean it's worth doing or even a good idea in the first place.

And you certainly should never tell people to do it who are just learning about these things.

Resistance_2012

If you want to keep your current build I say upgrade the GPU. GTX760 isa good way to go if you want a higher end GPU.

If you prefer to build a PC from the ground up look into a aftermarket cooler. From what I have heard is that the Haswell CPUs by intel have heat problems due to cheap thermal paste that is used for the heat spreader

I never told anyone to do it I said that Haswell CPUs are known to run hot because of the bad thermal paste on the heat spreader.

Also I would never recommend doing it because of very the high chances of damaging the CPU

[Dreadpirate Chris Roberts]

Resistance_2012

psychic stalker

Resistance_2012

psychic stalker

Resistance_2012

I'm not talking about the heatsink as in the heat sink and fan I am taking the metal plate that pulls the heat away from the CPU that the CPU heatsink and fan touch

You mean the heat spreader? The thing that's permanently epoxied to the CPU and that can't be removed or modified without damaging the CPU?

There's videos on youtube people removing the heat spreader with out damaging the CPU just gotta be very careful.

Just because there are people on youtube doing stupid, reckless things doesn't mean it's worth doing or even a good idea in the first place.

And you certainly should never tell people to do it who are just learning about these things.

Resistance_2012

If you want to keep your current build I say upgrade the GPU. GTX760 isa good way to go if you want a higher end GPU.

If you prefer to build a PC from the ground up look into a aftermarket cooler. From what I have heard is that the Haswell CPUs by intel have heat problems due to cheap thermal paste that is used for the heat spreader

I never told anyone to do it I said that Haswell CPUs are known to run hot because of the bad thermal paste on the heat spreader.

Also I would never recommend doing it because of very the high chances of damaging the CPU

Its actually the thermal material the introduced within Ivy