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Question

Upgrading AMD to Intel

Mar 12, 2017 7:42PM PDT

I am upgrading my AMD 6350 CPU, Mobo and RAM(DDR3) I have been looking around for a good i5 but they are all pretty expensive. I'm looking for something around $200 maybe? Is that even possible to get a good upgraded from my AMD CPU at that price?

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I5
Mar 12, 2017 9:15PM PDT

Shop for an
I5 7500
I5 7600
I5 7600k

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Improvements?
Mar 13, 2017 10:49AM PDT

Right now I'm running a AMD 6350, GTX 970 and 8gb of DDR3 memory if I were to upgrade to one of those Intel processors that you listed with a new mobo and Ram. What kind of improvements would I see, gaming and general. Is my current CPU bottlenecking my GPU? Thanks for the help

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Mar 13, 2017 11:46AM PDT
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Hopefully, this should help!
Mar 14, 2017 1:50AM PDT
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200 bucks
Mar 14, 2017 1:57AM PDT

just a fyi - might need to add a new operating system if running oem/system builders or upgraded the os from oem/system builders.