Should I "Step Up"

[NecroTitan]

I have an EVGA GTX-470 and I have the money to pay the 140$ cost of upgrading to a 480, however I wonder if my money would be better spent on CPU/MOBO/RAM upgrades, or if I should hold those off.

Current Specs:
Intel e8400 @ 4GHZ
8GB of GSKILL ddr2 1333 RAM
EVGA 790i SLI mobo
Random HDD

[Missing User]

[IMG]http://driedroses.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/step-up-1.jpg[/IMG]
if u want to

[editline]01:09AM[/editline]

but yea, if anything up the cpu

[NecroTitan]

[QUOTE=Armyis1337;21954985][IMG]http://driedroses.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/step-up-1.jpg[/IMG]
if u want to

[editline]01:09AM[/editline]

but yea, if anything up the cpu[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the poster, kind of adds to the ambiance of the thread. But on topic I will have the extra cash to upgrade down the line, I was just wondering if my CPU as of now is holding my 470 back and if it would be a joke to get a 480 since I would be "Insulting" its capabilities.

[Big D Duchovny]

Could I get your old CPU????
Says the poor boy..

And yeah, the only thing you should upgrade is your CPU.
What's your budget? The price of a gtx 470+140?

[GiGaBiTe]

You can either spend $140 on barely upgrading the GPU or $500 on a new CPU, Board and RAM. I'd go the way of upgrading the CPU, Board and RAM and get something like an i5-750. Sell the old RAM on Ebay, you can probably get twice what you paid for it originally with memory prices so ridiculously high.

[Big D Duchovny]

I don't think you'll get a much better CPU for 140$....

[NecroTitan]

[QUOTE=GoDong-DK;21961506]I don't think you'll get a much better CPU for 140$....[/QUOTE]

My budget is around 700$ so I'm probably going to get a 1366 board, a 930(for 180$) and DDR3 RAM

[GiGaBiTe]

[QUOTE=NecroTitan;21963267]My budget is around 700$ so I'm probably going to get a 1366 board, a 930(for 180$) and DDR3 RAM[/QUOTE]

Just get an i5-750. Unless you have applications that need HT, an i7 isn't going to be any better.

[Rixxz2]

[QUOTE=NecroTitan;21963267]My budget is around 700$ so I'm probably going to get a 1366 board, a 930(for 180$) and DDR3 RAM[/QUOTE]

There's like a 3 FPS difference between an i7 and an i5 750. So just get an i5.

If it's a PC meant for gaming, that is.

[tommyc225]

[QUOTE=Rixxz2;21983466]There's like a 3 FPS difference between an i7 and an i5 750. So just get an i5.

If it's a PC meant for gaming, that is.[/QUOTE]

Or even a Phenom II 955