I am back!!! some advise please guys :)

Feng

Feng

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Hi guys again! been reading here but not posting :) I got the following system about 1 year ago :-

OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor -
Corsair Force Series 3 120GB SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (CSSD-F120GB3-BK) ( added a second one few weeks after )
Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Cooler Master HAF 912 Plus Case - Black
Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX)
Asus 24x DVD±RW DRW-24B3ST SATA ReWriter - Black (Retail)

Its been a great machine no problems, however it cant manage rome 2 on max or the new CoD ghosts (batman origins runs perfectly) . Got some money saved up and wanted to upgrade but can anyone give me some advise on the best way to do it... my thinking is I can ...
1 - get a better graphics card
2 - new motherboard bundle so processor upgrade / get more ram?
3 - second card maybe for sli ???
4 - new machine all together?
I have a max budget off £1000 but to be honest I wanna spend as little as poss as I just want rome 2 and CoD to run well :)
Thanks in advise for your time and advise x
 
This is easy,

Get a heatsink and overclock your cpu if you haven't done so already.

Buy a better GFX card (GTX780, R9 290)
 
Do you have your processor overclocked!?

If you don't I would just get a decent cooler and overclock your CPU and get a new GPU.

With a decently overclocked 2500k and a better graphics card you won't have nay problems in games...

Considering the rest of your setup there's nothing else that will net you much gain in games.

A new more powerful CPU would get you better results but not by any huge margin coming from an overclocked 2500k. Overclock your CPU and get a beastly Graphics Card! :)
 
its not overclocked at the moment and its got the standard intel heatsink and fan. never overclocked a cpu before always thought I would end up melting it lol
 
Feng said:
its not overclocked at the moment and its got the standard intel heatsink and fan. never overclocked a cpu before always thought I would end up melting it lol
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No its a pretty safe thing to do, if your interested head over to the Overclocking and cooling section (ill be there). :)

Unless you run in blindfolded and mess all your settings up it'll be fine..

You can get a good heatsink for that budget too.. :)

Feng said:
oh what about getting more ram there is 2 slots still free ?
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More RAM won't help you.

EDIT: stulid found you some guides. :)
 
thanks guys will overclock it ( can anyone recommend a heatsink that will be suitable ? ) was also thinking I would get a ( Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 WindForce 3x OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card ) that should get rome and cod moving :)
 
Well it depends:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £99.95
1 x Corsair Hydro H80i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler £78.95
1 x Alpenföhn K2 Mount Doom CPU Cooler £59.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100 Extreme Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £44.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler *Manufacturer Refurbished Unit - 90 Day Guarantee £39.95
Total : £335.22 (includes shipping : £9.50).



AIO (CLC) coolers are good but expensive, Air coolers have great price/performance but look 'messy' (i prefer them)..

Though to throw a spanner in the works, there is the refurb H100 and H80, which are AIO's but cheaper..

Personally, id pick the K2, but i know others who would go for the H100.
 
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 WindForce 3x OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
or the 2gig one guys? difference of like £30 ?
 
Feng said:
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 WindForce 3x OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
or the 2gig one guys? difference of like £30 ?
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GTX760? you mean GTX780?


YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 WindForce 3x OC Rev2.0 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N780OC-3GD) £383.99
1 x HIS Radeon R9 290 Boost 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £309.95
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 280X Dual-X OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Card £229.99
Total : £935.93 (includes shipping : £10.00).



The R9 280X is faster than a GTX760
 
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