Hi all
A friends ageing pc has thrown in the towel, no display output, the graphics card is confirmed dead after installing on my system, and i suspect the psu may be faulty too, although running, the led is not lit, it could have been the psu that killed the GPU and maybe has damaged other components too though i can't diagnose with my pc as its new hardware.
With all this in mind i think it best to buy a newer cpu mb ram and gpu rather than just a gpu and psu that may not work if other parts are damaged.
The old system: MSI K9A2 Platinum, AMD Phenomx4 9950 2.6ghz Black ed, 4gb DDR2 1066mhz Ram, HD4870 512mb GPU 600w igreen psu. 64bit Windows 7
New System (with Dedicated GPU): Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P £48.50
Amd R9 270 OC 2gb £130
Amd FX-4300 3.8ghz £60
4gb DDR3 1600mhz £38
CiT 550w PSU £23
Total £300
New System (with Cpu Graphics): Gigabyte GA-F2A78M FM2+ £39 (max 2gb shared ram)
Amd A10 7850k 12 Core 3.7ghz £124.5
8gb DDR3 2133mhz ram £70
Cit 550w PSU £23
Total £256.50
I appreciate non are going to play new games at high frame rates, but these systems must be capable of playing the games he played at equal or better fps, he plays at 1920x1080p, and my question is which system if any will surpass the performance of the old one, (I have seen a video of BF4 medium settings test with the 7850k and 16gb of 2133mhz ram at 1080p play totally acceptable fps 40-50fps)
Is the Max 2gb shared ram on the MB an issue or is this ok?
Your expert advice much appreciated. Thanks Paul.
A friends ageing pc has thrown in the towel, no display output, the graphics card is confirmed dead after installing on my system, and i suspect the psu may be faulty too, although running, the led is not lit, it could have been the psu that killed the GPU and maybe has damaged other components too though i can't diagnose with my pc as its new hardware.
With all this in mind i think it best to buy a newer cpu mb ram and gpu rather than just a gpu and psu that may not work if other parts are damaged.
The old system: MSI K9A2 Platinum, AMD Phenomx4 9950 2.6ghz Black ed, 4gb DDR2 1066mhz Ram, HD4870 512mb GPU 600w igreen psu. 64bit Windows 7
New System (with Dedicated GPU): Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P £48.50
Amd R9 270 OC 2gb £130
Amd FX-4300 3.8ghz £60
4gb DDR3 1600mhz £38
CiT 550w PSU £23
Total £300
New System (with Cpu Graphics): Gigabyte GA-F2A78M FM2+ £39 (max 2gb shared ram)
Amd A10 7850k 12 Core 3.7ghz £124.5
8gb DDR3 2133mhz ram £70
Cit 550w PSU £23
Total £256.50
I appreciate non are going to play new games at high frame rates, but these systems must be capable of playing the games he played at equal or better fps, he plays at 1920x1080p, and my question is which system if any will surpass the performance of the old one, (I have seen a video of BF4 medium settings test with the 7850k and 16gb of 2133mhz ram at 1080p play totally acceptable fps 40-50fps)
Is the Max 2gb shared ram on the MB an issue or is this ok?
Your expert advice much appreciated. Thanks Paul.
