Is this upgrade worth it, or should I go bigger?

[Simpsonnn]

Hello!

I currently have:

Gigabyte 78lmt-usb3 Motherboard
16GB DDR3 RAM
GTX 1060 6GB
AMD FX-8350
650W Super Flower PSU

I am looking at an offer I have found of an ASUS-P8Z77 Motherboard, with an Intel i7-3770k for around £200-£250. Is it worth going for this, or is there a better, similar priced option?

Thanks.

 

[Lucky_SLS]

for mobo n cpu alone? like swap? it is worth it. go for it.

 

[Simpsonnn]

for mobo n cpu alone? like swap? it is worth it. go for it.

but is it going to be a decent improvment,

 

[Lucky_SLS]

for 200-250, no other upgrade is even close remotely, so yes it is. check the 3dmark scores of the 2 cpu with ur gpu online n see 😉

 

[lodders]

You could buy some brand new parts.
i5 7500 £180
gigabyte B250 motherboard £70
total £250
I know you need new DDR4 memory, but you can sell your old memory on ebay.

Which is faster, old 3770k or new 7500? It is a tough call, depends on a lot of things. I would say 7500 for gaming, 3770k for video editing.
Both would be enormous upgrade over the 8350.
I would prefer new parts myself, but having said that, I am typing this on a PC with a 2600k CPU (almost as good as 3770k) that I got on ebay for £90

 

[Lucky_SLS]

but dont u think latest aaa games r cpu intensive n 3770k would be better than the 7500? the max he can go with b250 is 7700 n if 7700 is within his budget, no doubt we can choose 7700/b250 over 3770k...

 

[lodders]

I would say that 7500 would have slightly better performance with tasks using up to 4 threads, and 3770k would be much better on tasks running 8 threads. Remember that the 3770k runs with much slower memory, and not all of them are good overclockers....