Upgrade (~£250 budget)

anuraj · 27 Jul 2015 at 16:30

Current specs are:
i5 2500k
gtx 570
120gb SSD
8 GB ram

Thinking I should upgrade my GPU, but I'm not sure whether to get a r9 390 or a gtx 970

Snookums · 27 Jul 2015 at 17:21

Keep an eye out on MM and get the best you can for your budget.

anuraj · 27 Jul 2015 at 19:35

I would rather buy something new

mickyflinn · 27 Jul 2015 at 19:42

Both the 390 and 970 are great so it really is a tuff choice, i sugest you look at benchmarks for the games you play and resoloution.

Can not see you being dissapointed with either.

solarp · 27 Jul 2015 at 19:47

Firstly get a decent cooler and overclock your CPU

Use the money on a 390 or 970 as you rightly said, if you're 1080p either will be just fine, the only reason I went with the 970 was it had a better power consumption figure.

anuraj · 27 Jul 2015 at 19:52

My cpu cooler is a hyper 212 plus, I've tried overclocking but I think I didn't get a very good chip as it struggles to overclock. I'm more inclined to buy a 970 due to a free copy of phantom pain, but I don't know if the extra vram of the 390 will be useful.

FinglisHobbit · 27 Jul 2015 at 20:04

It will almost definitely overclock to at least 4ghz.

Other than that Id probably get a 390.

Cant go wrong either way really.

solarp · 27 Jul 2015 at 22:27

What mobo do you have?

anuraj · 27 Jul 2015 at 22:42

MSI P67 GD-65

new numa hey · 27 Jul 2015 at 22:45

Your 2500k should easily do more OCing. Mine can still hit up to 4.8GHz on low tier Z68 boards.
Maybe I got lucky with the chip.

new numa hey · 27 Jul 2015 at 22:46

anuraj said:
MSI P67 GD-65

Ah ignore my last post.
Yeah you need a Z68 board to overclock well. I wouldn't recommend that unless you get it dirt cheap.

anuraj · 27 Jul 2015 at 22:47

new numa hey said:
Ah ignore my last post.
Yeah you need a Z68 board to overclock well. I wouldn't recommend that unless you get it dirt cheap.

P67 boards can overclock

new numa hey · 27 Jul 2015 at 22:48

anuraj said:
P67 boards can overclock

They can but as good as Z68 boards. (I think from what I remember)

Correct me if I'm wrong.

anuraj · 27 Jul 2015 at 22:51

new numa hey said:
They can but as good as Z68 boards. (I think from what I remember)

Correct me if I'm wrong.

I thought the only difference between the two was that z68 could overclock and could also make use of the integrated gpu, where as p67 could only overclock.

new numa hey · 27 Jul 2015 at 23:04

anuraj said:
I thought the only difference between the two was that z68 could overclock and could also make use of the integrated gpu, where as p67 could only overclock.

Just checked and yeah you're right, they're the same when it comes to overclocking.
So you can't hit up to 4GHz?

You got real unlucky with that chip.

DazQ87 · 28 Jul 2015 at 12:24

I had that same board with my old 2500k build, you should be easily able to do 4.3 - 4.5GHz with very little effort.