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I have been reading the forums and love the advice of techs who know what hardware is!!

Im looking to upgrade some parts for a Better computer. Kids and I like to watch movies and play some games. Would like to play Skyrim type of games on PC.

I have AMD Athlon 64X2 Dual core processor 5400+ 2.4 GHz
Western Digital 6400 HD
Nvidia GE force GT440
ASUS DVD burner
Motherboard xfx as78s
ocz 750 modular power supply !!!!

I just recently bought ocz 750 modular power supply !!!! And corsair ddr3 8 gm vengeance.

What Id like to know is Id be interested in switching to Intel for the first time.. I don't need top of the line Computer but would like to be able to upgrade in the future.
Im interested in Intel core i5 and an asrocks motherboard, with a new Graphics card.

Wait until the new Intel CPUs come out in April, and there should be some new graphics cards out as well that will drive down the price of the older models.

What would your budget be for this rig/upgrade? At this point if you feel you need to have it right now a 2500K will do the job aplomb and you can upgrade to a Ivy bridge when they come out which really won't be that long away. If you can wait the ivy bridge CPUs will be the upgrade path for the sandy bridge CPUs and like Danthrax said it will drive the prices down on the SBs. The 600 series Geforces will begin to trickle out here a preliminary roadmap

Model # Name Memory Clock Core Clock GPU Clock Die Size Bus Width Memory Bus Price Release Date
GTX690 GK110x2 4.5GHz GDDR5 750MHz 1.5GHz 550mm² 2x488bit 2x252GB/s $995 Q3 2012
GTX680 GK110 5.5GHz GDDR5 850MHz 1.7Ghz 550mm² 512bit 352GB/s $649 April 2012
GTX670 GK110 5GHz GDDR5 850MHz 1.7GHz 550mm² 448bit 280GB/s $499 April 2012
GTX600Ti GK110 5GHz GDDR5 850MHz 1.7GHz 550mm² 384bit 240GB/s $399 Q2/Q3 2012
GTX660 GK104 5.8GHz GDDR5 900MHz 1.8Ghz 290mm² 256bit 186GB/s $319 April 2012
GTX650Ti GK104 5.5GHz GDDR5 850MHz 1.7GHz 290mm² 224bit 154GB/s $249 Q2/Q3 2012
GTX650 GK106 5.5GHz GDDR5 900MHz 1.8GHz 155mm² 192bit 132GB/s $179 May 2012
GTX640 GK106 5.5GHz GDDR5 850MHz 1.7GHz 155mm² 128bit 88GB/s $139 May 2012

Model Market Cores Threads Freq. Turbo Freq. L3 cache Graphics TDP Price
Core i5-3450 Desktop 4 4 3.1 GHz 3.5 GHz 6 MB HD 2500 77 Watt $184
Core i5-3550 Desktop 4 4 3.3 GHz 3.7 GHz 6 MB HD 2500 77 Watt $205
Core i5-3550S Desktop 4 4 3 GHz 3.7 GHz 6 MB HD 2500 65 Watt $205
Core i5-3570K Desktop 4 4 3.4 GHz 3.8 GHz 6 MB HD 4000 77 Watt $225
Core i5-3570T Desktop 4 4 2.3 GHz 3.3 GHz 6 MB HD 2500 45 Watt $205
Core i7-3770 Desktop 4 8 3.4 GHz 3.9 GHz 8 MB HD 4000 77 Watt $294
Core i7-3770K Desktop 4 8 3.5 GHz 3.9 GHz 8 MB HD 4000 77 Watt $332
Core i7-3770S Desktop 4 8 3.1 GHz 3.9 GHz 8 MB HD 4000 65 Watt $294
Core i7-3770T Desktop 4 8 2.5 GHz 3.7 GHz 8 MB HD 4000 45 Watt $294
Core i7-3720QM Mobile 4 8 2.6 GHz 3.6 GHz 6 MB HD 4000 45 Watt $378
Core i7-3820QM Mobile 4 8 2.7 GHz 3.7 GHz 8 MB HD 4000 45 Watt $568
Core i7-3920XM Mobile 4 8 2.9 GHz 3.8 GHz 8 MB HD 4000 55 Watt $1096

Thank you for taking time to read my post and send some information!!!!!

Thanks for all the help on these Forums. I think this is what I have decided:

ASRock P67 EXTREME4 GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Model #:P67 EXTREME4 GEN3
Item #:N82E16813157265 149.99

Intel Core i5-2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz (3.7GHz Turbo Boost) LGA 1155 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 3000 ...
Model #:BX80623I52500K
Item #:N82E16819115072 219.99



LG DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH24NS70 - OEM
Model #:GH24NS70 OEM
Item #:N82E16827136236 17.99

Already have corsar ddr3 Vengance 8gb and ocz 750modular watt power supply. And EVGA 01G-P3-1556-KR GeForce GTX 550 Ti (Fermi) FPB 1GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card.


So what do you think so far> All items have great reviews on Newegg???

Hi, The one change I would make would be to go with this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157271 The Z68 Chipset offers a bit more than the P67. The stuff you already have is good.

The last price I saw on the 3770k was $320 ( about same as the 2600k ).

Thank you to everyone who replied to my posts. My new PC is together and couldn't be happier!!!!!