Current rig, worth saving?

MDian · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:55

Having toyed with the idea of buying a new rig, I'm not considering whether it is worth just doing a few minor upgrades to mine instead, though must stress I use the unit for work, so needs to remain working at all times.

This is the spec, apart from maybe a new GPU (such as the GTX 760/770), what else would you recommend I do so it can (just about) cope with BF4 when it officially launches:

Intel Core i5 750 2.66Ghz
Asus P7P55D Mobo
WD VelociRaptor 150GB HDD
Corsair 8GB (4x2GB) DDR3 1600Mhz PC3-12800 Ram
Corsair 650W TX Series PSU
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024MB GDDR5

I'm using stock parts and I've never even considered overclocking, but might this be worth it? Is the i5 750 up to the job and enough to keep it current? I wouldn't know where to start tbh!

stulid · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:57

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According to that a i5 760 is still relatively decent, a i5 750 is only clocked a bit slower than a 760 at 2.66Ghz

You dont mention what GFX card you have?

wazza300 · 8 Oct 2013 at 16:58

a good aftermarket cooler and a 3.8ghz-4ghz oc would improve things,plus an ssd for your operating system

P4Clock · 8 Oct 2013 at 17:04

that should work fine but if you want to change just do cpu and mobo rest will pass over to a new system

dropping the HDD and getting an SSD would give the system a new faster feel

MDian · 8 Oct 2013 at 17:32

stulid said:
You dont mention what GFX card you have?

Sorry, added in to original post now. Probably didn't mention it as it is quite old and knew it would need replacing for games like BF4.

I want an SSD no doubt, but swapping operating systems at the moment would require downtime that I can't risk. I usually just buy a whole new PC then sell the old bits when transferred across, but I'm just looking at what I can do on a basic level to keep this one ticking over for a year or so.

I wonder if I could install an SSD as a secondary drive and switch between the boot in bios so I can slowly install Windows and set up over a few days?

wazza300 · 8 Oct 2013 at 17:37

if you can whittle down your data to less than 128gb you can clone your os/hdd to new ssd without re installing a thing,or no issue if you went for 250gb ssd

macrium reflect for free cloning,then do a reg tweak to enable ahci later,which I can link you to if needed

stulid · 8 Oct 2013 at 18:08

If you did want to do a bigger CPU/board/GFX upgrade do you have a budget in mind?

kaku · 8 Oct 2013 at 18:08

Get a decent cooler and clock the nuts off the 750, combined with a 7970 or 7950 should hold you out until the next processor generation.

As the others have said an SSD would probably be the biggest 'feels faster' upgrade, but it won't do massive amounts for BF4.