PC GPU died, need help with what to go for next

[Esk]

When 6 years ago? 8GB is the minimum now.

Hardly 8GB is the norm lol

Anyway I think:
i5/7, Make sure it has a K for Oc'ing (7 if you'll use the PC enough to take advantage of HT, if your just gaming i5)
Mobo : to many to pick from and all dependent if its OC or just plug and play you want.
4-8GB ram,
SSD (at least for OS),
Gtx 670 (factory OC if your not ok with doing it yourself) Asus holds the win here last time i looked for factory OC

IMO this sort of build is the best all around package,taking cost/performance into it, While AMD were king of the budget gaming rig imo (3 AMD builds but 2 with nvidia gpu's), atm i just cant get systems i think will overall be worth the money saved when I'm helping m8's put together rigs.

Speaking of speed and latency, on SB chips don't bother going over 1600MHz @ CL9 latency or on IB 1866MHz @ CL9 latency. Anymore adds stress on your CPU's IMC and can and probably will effect your possible CPU overclocking result.


As for I7 brand, ignore it unless you need the the extra threads for video encoding, folding, 3D editing, or bit mining. Stick to either the 2500k or the 3570k, to which i personally say the 3570k for it's lower power consumption and PCI-E 3 feature.


I also see you're interested in AMD, if you're going that route don't bother with FX "Bulldozer", they're slower than their previous generation Thuban/Phenom II clock to clock. FX is widely known in the OC community using an absurd amount of power use when overclocked also.

For AMD stick to either Thuban X6 or the Phenom II X4 960T (Thuban chip with 4 cores, has similar overclocking and better IMC compared to Deneb) or 970.


and lastly

BUILD IT YOURSHELF AND SAVE.

100% on the above comments, my only pondering is in favour of the SB over Ivy but I Oc and Ivy is a fair bit warmer once the volts start flowing.
Not sure which way i would go if i was building one today, but i think SB still.