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Sep 21 2016 12:01pm

Quote (Rapture @ Sep 21 2016 03:29pm)

There are no tests to really tell you this. If there is an existing problem with it, stress testing will reveal it. but if theres no problems, there is no way to gauge how soon you will have problems.
You won't need to replace the thermal paste unless you're seeing heat issues. (which speccy or any other temp monitor program will tell you).

In your instance, if you do not wish to upgrade the CPU unless you have to, I would just run it until you are planning on buying a real upgrade. I.e a new processor/board set altogether.

GPU seems like the best option then, as I never do anything that graphics intensive, other than wow and overwatch which honestly low graphics in them dont matter to me

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Sep 21 2016 12:06pm

Quote (Illumini @ Sep 21 2016 02:01pm)
GPU seems like the best option then, as I never do anything that graphics intensive, other than wow and overwatch which honestly low graphics in them dont matter to me

Well if its in your budget i'd still recommend the 470
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/Cz648d/gigabyte-radeon-rx-470-4gb-g1-gaming-video-card-gv-rx470g1-gaming-4gd

its one of the better cards for the money right now given the current market. it is about 100% more powerful than the 560 ti.

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Sep 21 2016 12:15pm

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Well if its in your budget i'd still recommend the 470
http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/Cz648d/gigabyte-radeon-rx-470-4gb-g1-gaming-video-card-gv-rx470g1-gaming-4gd

its one of the better cards for the money right now given the current market. it is about 100% more powerful than the 560 ti.

will i3 3220 bottleneck it at all?

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Sep 21 2016 12:59pm

could try to find used i5 34xx-35xx cpu for around 100 bucks and put rest into 1060 or 1070

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Sep 21 2016 01:04pm

Quote (Illumini @ Sep 21 2016 02:15pm)
will i3 3220 bottleneck it at all?

Can't say til you try. It's going to be title dependent. I would say probably not on overwatch but potentially on other games. In any event its not something that would make me tell you to buy a lower end gpu, because then you'd just need a new gpu once you upgrade your cpu anyway.

Quote (yupitsmeh @ Sep 21 2016 02:59pm)
could try to find used i5 34xx-35xx cpu for around 100 bucks and put rest into 1060 or 1070

theyre all closer to 200 in canada and a 1070 is out of budget unless its all he buys.

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