Hi guys,
How bizarre that a 12 year old thread revival brings me back here on the very day I actually have an upgrade conundrum.
Have just been offered an i7 2700k with a asus p8z77-V LX mobo, 8gb of ram, and an AMD 6970 (may be wrong on model there) for £150.
I'm currently running an i3 2120 on a asus p8z68-v LX mobo, 24gb or ram, and a 7870.
Given that with the parts left over I could probably sell them to a friend to upgrade his dying pc and recoup £50+ (not sure if I'd keep the 2nd gpu as a back up or not) and if not I could always look into turning the spares into a NAS to get my HDDs out of my rig.
So, £100-150 to go from an i3 2120 to an i7 2700k. Worth it still in 2017?
Cheers guys.
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P.s. If I did, I've not had chance to compare them too closely yet, any recommendations on which Mobo would be best off keeping? I don't think either have true PWM fan control IIRC.