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I have a cpu, mobo, and cooler I want to sell, but I don't have any of the original boxes, and I'm not really sure how to go about doing this. I'm located in Chicago, and I see craigslist and ebay as viable options. Should I sell my components together, or separate? If I sell on ebay, how...

799 The price of a Bojangle's 8-piece meal... Really wish Chicago had Bojangle's... ;(

I think you'd be better going i7-4790K and 2 gtx 980s if your machine is purely for gaming. Also, I'd suggest using a stronger power supply and cpu cooler. Pretty beastly setup though.

I would. Just be smart, and overclock a little bit at a time, and keep an eye on your temps. Also, you could just see how they run without an overclock first, then go from there.

Jesus, people are more knowledgeable here than they are on DIY forums. Screw the home depot guy, I'm gonna start making threads here. :D

I personally wouldn't use a dremel for that. I think you're better off drilling. Just ask someone at home depot, if you're from the US that is... Good luck on your lamp, sounds very steam punk.

Probably, a little. Skyrim is pretty damn dependent on single thread performance, which the athlon lacks. The 270x will help a lot with higher textures and a few other things though. I still think it's worth doing, then upgrading your cpu/chipset when you can.

Those 2500k and 2600ks still have a lot of fight in them. I honestly don't think it's worth getting rid of. Then again, I don't know how they do with higher res gaming, though I'm fairly certain your 780s take care of that anyway.

Personally, I'm waiting for the middle of 2015 to jump to Intel... by then the upgrade would probably be more worth it. I have an FX 6300, and haven't had an issue running anything yet. While the FX is pretty weak now compared to Haswell, Ivy-E, etc, I feel it will be worth holding out a little...

When you OC your CPU, it basically performs like a phenom II, but as Beezy says, it won't make a HUGE difference, especially on newer games. HOWEVER, learning how to overclock might go smoother with your current setup, as I learned on an Athlon x2 250. If you do decide to overclock the athlon...

I'd recommend getting the 270x, dealing with the bottleneck temporarily, then moving over to a non-k haswell i5 when you can afford to.

I use the hyper 212 evo on my 6300 to get 4.4ghz. The thermal paste that comes with it isn't bad, but I had better luck with Gelid GC-extreme. Also, your ram shouldn't interfere with the fit of the cooler, though it might block one of your ram slots. It does in mine :/

I just noticed that you arent going to overclock... any Haswell i5 will really work for you, and you could step down to an h97 motherboard. AMD only stays competitive when overclocked nowadays.

The fx6300 runs hot, and can get pretty grumpy if you don't have a good cooler. I personally have one coupled with a gtx760 and it works great. The 6600k is fine, though if you want to go the budget quad-core route, get an athlon 750k or 760k. It's cheaper, and they work well with your gtx...

ok thanks guys, I appreciate all your help!