I recently got my hands on some PC parts that a friend gave to me, first i will share my current PC specs:
-Mobo: AsRock H61M-HVGS
-RAM: 8GB Ramaxel
-GPU: ASUS RX480 4GB
-CPU: i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz
My friend gave me this:
Mobo: Sabertooth x58
-RAM 12GB
-GPU: GTX 550 Ti 1GB
-CPU: i7-950
I was thinking of staying with the Sabertooth with the i7-950 because this way i can get more RAM since it already has 12GB (2x4GB and 2x2GB) with a total of 6 RAM slots (24GB of RAM is the max supported by that mobo), i also know the i7-950 and the i5-2400 are very similar in performance (Of course the i5 has the advantage) with the difference that the i7-950 has 2 Threads per core. The problem is that if i stay with the Sabertooth mobo, i would be stuck with 1st Gen, and with my current mobo i could upgrade to an i7-3370k or something like that.
Should i just sell the Sabertooth x58 with all it has and buy two 8GB sticks so i have 16GB of RAM and the i7-3370k for my current mobo? I'm from Venezuela and selling PC parts takes a lot of time since most people want to rip you off and pay way less of what is really worth.
-Mobo: AsRock H61M-HVGS
-RAM: 8GB Ramaxel
-GPU: ASUS RX480 4GB
-CPU: i5-2400 @ 3.10GHz
My friend gave me this:
Mobo: Sabertooth x58
-RAM 12GB
-GPU: GTX 550 Ti 1GB
-CPU: i7-950
I was thinking of staying with the Sabertooth with the i7-950 because this way i can get more RAM since it already has 12GB (2x4GB and 2x2GB) with a total of 6 RAM slots (24GB of RAM is the max supported by that mobo), i also know the i7-950 and the i5-2400 are very similar in performance (Of course the i5 has the advantage) with the difference that the i7-950 has 2 Threads per core. The problem is that if i stay with the Sabertooth mobo, i would be stuck with 1st Gen, and with my current mobo i could upgrade to an i7-3370k or something like that.
Should i just sell the Sabertooth x58 with all it has and buy two 8GB sticks so i have 16GB of RAM and the i7-3370k for my current mobo? I'm from Venezuela and selling PC parts takes a lot of time since most people want to rip you off and pay way less of what is really worth.