Hello Tek Forum! Quite often I'm looking back and forth at computer benchmarks to find out the best stuff, and my general research has come up with some interesting things. It's prompted me to think about maybe selling my current rig for something a little smaller/simpler, while still being able to compete in terms of gaming capability. Of course, like I have in the past, I come to you for help!
Case: Fractal Design R5. Has me drooling~
CPU: This is where things get funky... I've been hearing a lot about recent allegations towards the 8350 I currently have being so old, it'll bottleneck anything new. That, and its tech is simply too old that it won't be nearly as future proof as everyone may have thought. So, should my rig just get a new one of these? I've been considering the i5 4590 otherwise. New, great benchmarks from what I've seen. Should be good for gaming, right? Other ideas, perhaps?
GPU: My 760 is... alright. But, I think I want something a little beefier. Would a 960 be a decent bump up? Of course, I've seen that the 760 has some more stuff (Texture mapping units and such) than the 960, so, will that be a problem? I also want to get a 770 for a nice boost, but the problem is that I can't find one for the elusive ~$300-350 people have told me about. Am I just looking in the wrong places?
MOBO: Depending on if I go 8350 again, or intel 4590... What would you suggest?
RAM/PSU/CPU Cooler/HHD/SSD: Got this aaaaaaaaaaaaaaall covered, don't worry!
Final Notes: One thing for certain is that I wanna go for something a little less of a power draw. Several times the breakers in my apartment have gone off since I got a roommate. We're not even doing anything too strenuous. This tells me my comp might be a bit of an issue. And, it'd be nice to save some cash on the power bill with it in mind. Just thought it'd be worth noting.
ALSO, I'm just doing general gaming stuff. I'm not using this thing for anything nearly as demanding as I thought I would when I made it. I still want it to run like a beast with the games I do play, but, it's not often I throw anything Crysis level at it like previously thought.
Current Build: AMD-8350, ASUS M5A99FX Pro 2.0, 8GB G.Skill Ripjaw, MSI GeForce GTX 760, Antec 750W Gold rated PSU, HyperX 212 EVO Cooler
Looking forward to hearing from you all!
Note: I'm not selling the computer through the forums. I'm simply gathering information for the time being!
EDIT: With a lot of help, I settled on this build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/t6xZK8 Thanks for all of the assistance~