£900 upgrade - advise needed.

Marvlin

Marvlin

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Hi guys

If you look in my sig you will see my current PC.

I am playing a lot of Arma 3 lately and want to improve the performance in that game.

To that end, could you guys give me an idea where I am best to spend my money as regards upgrades.

I have a budget of £900.00.

My first thoughts were maybe this?

or this?
 
 
 
 
Wow that 7990 is an awesome card for the money.

If I bought that with the existing system would the current CPU create a bottleneck so I am not getting the full potential for the card?
 
That's great guys.
Looks like I'm going for a complete new build LOL.

I've just checked and I bought this CPU and MB about three years ago so I am due for an upgrade anyway LOL.

For that reason I am going to bite the bullet on this and wait untill crimbo to increase my budget to around £1100.00.

Based on the advise from all of you pretty much, I am thinking of going for the set up below. A bit more money than the original budget you were working with and bit more than I intended to spend TBH but this will have to do me for the next few years probably so I may as well get the best I can afford:

1 x Gigabyte HD 7990 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £469.99
Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £259.99
1 x MSI Z87-G43 Gaming Series Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £99.95
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £83.99
1 x TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01) £65.99
1 x Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler - Red £69.98

Total Cost: £1049.89


Thanks for your help gents I couldn't have got this sorted without your help.

Regards

Martyn
 
Didn't Gibbo say the 7990 would be going up in price considerably soon? I'd grab it now and OC your 920 to 4.0GHz. You won't have that much of a bottleneck. A 4GHz 920 will trade blows with a stock 4770K in games. I've gone from a 4.2GHz 920 to a 4.2GHz 4770K and the difference in games is negligible.

However, I think Arma 3 is CPU intensive isn't it? I'd stick the 7990 in, OC the 920 to 4GHz and see what happens. If you are not getting the performance you need (I'm sure you will) then upgrade at Christmas.

Read this: http://alienbabeltech.com/main/ivy-bridge-3770k-gaming-results-vs-core-i7-920-at-4-2ghz/5/

Compares a 3770K against an OC 920, things are really close.
 
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MG42Maniac said:
Didn't Gibbo say the 7990 would be going up in price considerably soon? I'd grab it now and OC your 920 to 4.0GHz. You won't have that much of a bottleneck. A 4GHz 920 will trade blows with a stock 4770K in games. I've gone from a 4.2GHz 920 to a 4.2GHz 4770K and the difference in games is negligible.

However, I think Arma 3 is CPU intensive isn't it? I'd stick the 7990 in, OC the 920 to 4GHz and see what happens. If you are not getting the performance you need (I'm sure you will) then upgrade at Christmas.

Read this: http://alienbabeltech.com/main/ivy-bridge-3770k-gaming-results-vs-core-i7-920-at-4-2ghz/5/

Compares a 3770K against an OC 920, things are really close.
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I see what you mean.

I have the i7 920 ocerclocked to 3.2 Ghz at the moment but that was just using some overclocking software that came with the MB.

TBH OC'ing is something I have always struggled getting to grips with although it has been three years since I last looked into it LOL.

Are there any apps that will simplify the process for me these days?
 
Marvlin said:
I see what you mean.

I have the i7 920 ocerclocked to 3.2 Ghz at the moment but that was just using some overclocking software that came with the MB.

TBH OC'ing is something I have always struggled getting to grips with although it has been three years since I last looked into it LOL.

Are there any apps that will simplify the process for me these days?
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I'd just ask here.

Get the card and a new cooler and then post your current BIOS settings requesting recommendations for overclocking in the Overclocking & Cooling section of the Forums.
 
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