Help, looking to upgrade existing

[khill1000]

Hi all

I'm a useless muppet and know nothing.

I bought this system back in 2012 but would like to upgrade preferably the GPU but will upgrade the CPU and motherboard if I really have too. Im messing about with BF atm but having to have the settings on medium to get ok FPS is a tadge naff.

Your suggestions and advice will be much appreciated

this is my current setup

Titan 8300i Supersaurus" Intel 4.60GHz Quad Core System
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
EVGA GeForce GTX 570 HD Superclocked 2048MB GDDR5
OCZ Agility 3 120GB SSD
Cooler Master CM-690 II Lite Dominator Case
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Gigabyte Z68X-UD5 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Int. Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OE
OCZ ZX Series 850W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply

Cheers in advance

Budget upto £1000 if it has to be, would rather it just be a GPU for £3-400 tbh

 

[ShivP]

Mobo and CPU is fine. Is the CPU still overclocked?

Something like a GTX 980 would be great, an R9 295x2, GTX 970 or R9 290X

 

[Andy7]

Just upgrade your graphics card

 

[khill1000]

Thanks for the replies guys.

It appears as though its only overclocked by 2.1%. I've ran CPU-Z and P95. thats interesting as Ive never messed with anything and the original info states oc'd to 4.6ghz

So which GPU do you suggest? GTX970 if so which one, OC's, Asus or Gigabyte?

thanks again guys much appreciated

edit: apologies you said 980? much improvement with the 980 over the 970? as thats a big price jump for someone who only messes about gaming

 

[ShivP]

Yeah, stick with 970 or 290X then if you are just casual. I would take a 290X over a 970 now as it is basically the same performance but at higher resolutions you'll have basically an extra 0.5GB VRAM on the 290X. Here's a selection of 970s/290X

YOUR BASKET
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 970 "NVIDIA 970 Cooler Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £289.99
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 970 DirectCU II OC Strix 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £289.99
1 x KFA2 GeForce GTX 970 OC Silent "Infin8 Black Edition" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **WorldWide Exclusive** £281.99
1 x MSI Radeon R9 290X LE Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £249.95
Total : £1,111.92 (includes shipping : ).



Of the 970s the reference would be my choice

 

[ShivP]

One thing when you get the new card, update the BIOS to ensure new cards are supported

 

[JediFragger]

Wouldn't touch the 970 tbh due to the ram issue. If you can stretch to the 980 then do it (even a cheaper one), it'll be worth it

 

[khill1000]

Cheers lads

May go for the 980

 

[nashathedog]

Thanks for the replies guys.

It appears as though its only overclocked by 2.1%. I've ran CPU-Z and P95. thats interesting as Ive never messed with anything and the original info states oc'd to 4.6ghz

You have too watch out for that, I bought a cpu/motherboard bundle from a competitor about 4 or 5 years ago which it claimed came with a 4.4 overclock. What I got had a 4.1 overclock and wasn't stable any higher.

 

[khill1000]

This is an Overclockers setup bud. Not that Im arsed as tbh they were superb when I bought it but do find it strange that its not overclocked.

 

[ShivP]

There should be a BIOS profile for the overclock, try looking for it. Anyway, it's pretty easy to OC a sandy bridge CPU, most should do 4.4/4.5 no problems

 

[khill1000]

where will that be mate? within the Bios?

 

[khill1000]

I'm a total numpty and just starting to get in this

 

[khill1000]

Just wanted to say thanks for the advice. Ended up getting the Gigabyte G1 GTX980 and getting another 8gb Ram.

Installed no probs and running like a dream

Thanks again guys for taking the time to help a muppet