Spec me an upgrade

dan958

dan958

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Hi Everyone,

Looking to do an upgrade in the near future, would like to spend as little as possible but get a build that is as good for a few years. I'm open to budget offers (I.E "if you spend £xxx more you can have this which is better because...")

I will be using this Pc for gaming (Would like max/high settings and to be ready for next gen)

Here is my current build (What I already own);

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD A10-5800K Black Edition 3.80GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor **FREE SIMCITY PC GAME** (AD580KWOHJBOX) £99.95
1 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD £74.99
1 x Gigabyte F2A85X-D3H AMD A85X Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £68.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G160C9K) £49.99
1 x BitFenix Shinobi "Core" USB3.0 Gaming Case - Black £46.99
1 x XFX Pro 450W Core Edition '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £39.95
2 x Cooler Master 12cm Sickleflow Red LED System Case Fan - (CM-R4-L2R-20AR-R1) £6.98 (£13.96)
Total : £415.34 (includes shipping : £17.10).




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Oh, I would also like to keep as many of the above parts as possible (case etc)
 
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A 8350 / i5 Ivy-haswell (£160 / £190), a decent motherboard (£100-£150), with a decent GPU (£250), and a CPU cooler (£30). £500-£600. Better GPU if you must, I would then probably upgrade the PSU at the same time.
 
EDIT: didn't properly read post.

Oliver has covered it.

You can probably keep the case/HDD/fans/RAM and PSU.

So your looking at new CPU, motherboard and GPU

I suggest a 7870 LE for the GPU. :)
 
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Doomedspeed said:
In a bit of brash way i think Oliver has covered the best option...

Your problem is that rig would really stuggle with high/max settings in many big title current games (BF3 ect..)

You much better of looking at Ivy/Haswell i5's or the Piledriver 8320 and pair it with a 7850/7870(LE)

You may have to up your budget to £600 though.
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Thanks all for your help.

My current rig seems to be nearly ok, some games just a little low fps, but not by much.

I was told my current APU can support 7870(LE) (with the onboard GPU disabled.) I'm hoping I would be able to get that now, and upgrade the mobo and CPU at a later date? I may need to overclock the 5800k a little though.
 
dan958 said:
I was told my current APU can support 7870(LE) (with the onboard GPU disabled.) I'm hoping I would be able to get that now, and upgrade the mobo and CPU at a later date? I may need to overclock the 5800k a little though.
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I have since updated my post above to make sense. :)

This would be my GPU choice: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-013-VX

That may be a good move.. Clock the proverbials off your chip. :)

Do you currently have an aftermarket cooler?
 
At the moment you'd need to go to £200 to get any competition for that card.

You may as well put in a discrete card, it'll give a lot of games a massive boost and it's no hassle at all. You can look at board/CPU upgrades later if necessary. The CPU is definitely worth overclocking, you can get the 5800K to about 4.5GHz normally I think (but you'll need a new CPU cooler).
 
teppic said:
At the moment you'd need to go to £200 to get any competition for that card.

You may as well put in a discrete card, it'll give a lot of games a massive boost and it's no hassle at all. You can look at board/CPU upgrades later if necessary. The CPU is definitely worth overclocking, you can get the 5800K to about 4.5GHz normally I think (but you'll need a new CPU cooler).
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What CPU cooler would you recommend?
 
Only if you want one. The board will control the CPU/case fans depending on CPU usage or heat (unless you disable that and set them yourself).
 
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