so I finally decided to upgrade my AMD Phenom 955 to Intel.
my total budget is ~$300 including processor and motherboard
i've picked the i5 3570k ($219.99 @ Amazon) and plan to overclock to at least 4.5GHZ with my Corsair H50.
I highly prefer Amazon because of no tax and free shipping (i have Amazon Prime), but Newegg is fine I guess.
what I would like in the motherboard...
Right now I am looking around the Asrock Z77 Pro3
ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT THANKS!!!
current specs:
AMD Phenom 955 x4 ii @ 3.7ghz
MSI GF615M-P31
Corsair XMS3 8GB
HIS Radeon 7850 2GB
Zalman SSD
Seagate HDD
Antec Earthwatts 650watts
Thermaltake V3 Chassis
my total budget is ~$300 including processor and motherboard
i've picked the i5 3570k ($219.99 @ Amazon) and plan to overclock to at least 4.5GHZ with my Corsair H50.
I highly prefer Amazon because of no tax and free shipping (i have Amazon Prime), but Newegg is fine I guess.
what I would like in the motherboard...
- crossfire capability
- moderate overclocking ability
- Z77 and PCI 3.0 support
- Sata 3 / USB 3
- prefer ATX (because I have gigantic aftermarket GPU cooler that may block the ports on the bottom)
- FUTUREPROOF
Right now I am looking around the Asrock Z77 Pro3
ANY HELP WOULD BE GREAT THANKS!!!
current specs:
AMD Phenom 955 x4 ii @ 3.7ghz
MSI GF615M-P31
Corsair XMS3 8GB
HIS Radeon 7850 2GB
Zalman SSD
Seagate HDD
Antec Earthwatts 650watts
Thermaltake V3 Chassis







