Looking to upgrade my cpu and motherboard. Looking for recommendations

[Griffsbrown]

I have had the same crappy cpu and motherboard in my build for a while now and I decided to its time to upgrade.
Here is my current build: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/Griffsbrown/saved/fTRkcf

So now I need a cpu and mother board that will be better then what I have now. My budget is as follows:

cpu: around 200$ (I can not go higher then 230$ no matter what) I am really wanting to switch to intel. I hear intel runs multiplayer games better.

motherboard: under 100$ (there is no way I can go higher then 100$)

 

[MeteorsRaining]

CPU: Any 4th gen i5, 4460 will be a fine choice per your budget.

MoBo: Any tier 2 or higher MoBo from this list will do nicely:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2383187/motherboard-tier-list-z97-chipset.html

Or a Tier 1 MoBo from here:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2383217/motherboard-tier-list-h97-chipset.html

My suggestions:
H97-D3H
Z97X-SLI
Z97 EXTREME3

 

[gytisxp]

This should do it for you http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HBJPYJ ( if you have the money later buy a cpu cooler and overclock the 8350, overlocked it beats the 4770k in some games even

 

[MeteorsRaining]

This should do it for you http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HBJPYJ ( if you have the money later buy a cpu cooler and overclock the 8350, overlocked it beats the 4770k in some games even

Source? Never really seen a FX 8 beating any i5 or i7 in gaming.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

Here are my suggestions.

1. Buy an i5 4430.
2. Buy a B85 chipset motherboard (ASRock B85 Pro4 is a fine choice).
3. Buy an XFX PSU, the Corsair CX series is pretty crap.
4. Buy an R9 280 (it's dirt cheap and there's no sense in buying an HD series GPU now).

You also need to remember that mainstream support for Windows 7 is ending next year, so as much as you may dislike it, Windows 8.1 is a better OS choice.

 

[gytisxp]

This should do it for you http://pcpartpicker.com/p/HBJPYJ ( if you have the money later buy a cpu cooler and overclock the 8350, overlocked it beats the 4770k in some games even

Source? Never really seen a FX 8 beating any i5 or i7 in gaming.

4.8+ ghz it beats the i7 http://youtu.be/_qvsL8YRUCw ( only in some games and programs ) but its basicly equal to it in others

 

[MeteorsRaining]

Sorry but Youtube videos cannot be accredited as valid sources, list benchmarks from tech sites like Tom's, Guru3D, Techpowerup, etc.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

Before this escalates into an AMD v Intel debate, there will be times when an overclocked 8350 "beats" a stock i7, but this is entirely dependent on the task that's being run. Besides, comparing a 4.8Ghz 8350 and a stock speed i7 is not only unfair, it's also inaccurate. If you compare both processors at identical clock speeds, the i7 will blow the 8350 out of the water.