Some advice please

Nimdok

Nimdok

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So basically, I built my PC about 4 or 5 years ago and it's starting to show its age now. Up until last year I didn't really mind the performance much as I could still run most new games at a decent framerate, but I'd like to look into upgrading my PC (namely for Guild Wars 2 and the likes) some time soon. However, I was wondering if you gents out there could please advise me on which route to take - that being whether I should just upgrade certain components (I was thinking my GFX card should go first if it's best for me to upgrade), or whether it'd just be best to build a new rig and sell my current one.

My specs are as follows:

Case - Antec 900 Ultimate
Motherboard - Asus P5K Premium/WiFi-AP
CPU - Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 - Yorkfield (I've overclocked it to 3GHz)
RAM - Corsair TwinX DDR2 PC2 (2x2GB)
Graphics Card - 512MB Nvidia BFG Tech 9800 GTX, PCI-E 2.0
PSU - 620W Corsair HX Series

Any advice would be greatly appreciated :)
-Mike
 
Depends how much you want to spend. The graphics card is by far the weakest part of your rig so it might be worth upgrading that first.
 
Your current rig would handle just about any game really.
Upgrade your GFX card first without doubt, you only have a measly 512mb card.
How much ram do you have and what Os are you running?
 
Blue160 said:
Depends how much you want to spend. The graphics card is by far the weakest part of your rig so it might be worth upgrading that first.
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Was looking to spend about £600-£1000 for a new rig if it came to that, so probably around there. Thought about getting the OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti for my graphics card upgrade, or are there others you'd recommend?

Banzai_Joe said:
Your current rig would handle just about any game really.
Upgrade your GFX card first without doubt, you only have a measly 512mb card.
How much ram do you have and what Os are you running?
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Hehe yeah, figured my graphics card would be the first to go :D Currently using 4GB of RAM (don't think my motherboard supports anything over that), and running Windows 7 Professional 64 bit.

Thanks for the fast responses guys :)
 
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £159.95
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £139.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 920 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM2+/AM3+) £79.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
Total : £740.89 (includes shipping : £10.00).




Assuming your optical drive/HDDs are SATA? Your PSU/case are okay to keep.

New CPU/mobo/RAM, good cooler for a nice overclock, great GPU for the price (can always spend more if you wish, maybe a 7950?) and an SSD will make your system feel much faster :)
 
beejjacobs said:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor - Retail £167.99
1 x OcUK GeForce GTX 560Ti 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £159.95
1 x Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £144.98
1 x Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive (CT128M4SSD2) £139.99
1 x Antec Kúhler H2O 920 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366/AM2/AM2+/AM2+/AM3+) £79.99
1 x Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMX8GX3M2A1600C9) £35.99
Total : £740.89 (includes shipping : £10.00).




Assuming your optical drive/HDDs are SATA? Your PSU/case are okay to keep.

New CPU/mobo/RAM, good cooler for a nice overclock, great GPU for the price (can always spend more if you wish, maybe a 7950?) and an SSD will make your system feel much faster :)
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Thanks for the help :) will be noting these down for future reference. My optical drive and hard drive are both SATA indeed, so luckily I won't have to buy new ones :D though an SSD and larger hard drive would be nice as I'm currently only using a 500GB HDD, and I'm kinda screwed for space as I buy most of my games on Steam.
 
Nimdok said:
Thanks for the help :) will be noting these down for future reference. My optical drive and hard drive are both SATA indeed, so luckily I won't have to buy new ones :D though an SSD and larger hard drive would be nice as I'm currently only using a 500GB HDD, and I'm kinda screwed for space as I buy most of my games on Steam.
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Not a good time to buy a HDD price-wise atm unfortunately but if you need space, you need space :)
 
[WU-TANG]GZA;21262763 said:
Not a good time to buy a HDD price-wise atm unfortunately but if you need space, you need space :)
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I guess it probably is best to wait a while with the HDD until the prices come back down again, could survive with 500GB in the meantime I suppose :)
 
If you upgrade your GPU, 560ti/448, 6950/70, you will see a great improvement for now. If it was me I would not do a full upgrade now but wait, you might be surprised at the increased performance with the new GPU, and save yourself money you did not need to spend. A pc is good as long as it serves its purpose, but I know what it's like wanting new kit.
 
spain said:
If you upgrade your GPU, 560ti/448, 6950/70, you will see a great improvement for now. If it was me I would not do a full upgrade now but wait, you might be surprised at the increased performance with the new GPU, and save yourself money you did not need to spend. A pc is good as long as it serves its purpose, but I know what it's like wanting new kit.
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Yeah would agree. Would look to grab a new graphics card and perhaps a decent sized SSD (120GB at least) and see how the system feels and performs. You will notice a massive boost in performance in gaming and how responsive the whole system in general feels. Your PSU is perfectly fine for any single GPU on the market so no worries there either. WRT RAM, 4GB for gaming is fine. :)
 
spain said:
If you upgrade your GPU, 560ti/448, 6950/70, you will see a great improvement for now. If it was me I would not do a full upgrade now but wait, you might be surprised at the increased performance with the new GPU, and save yourself money you did not need to spend. A pc is good as long as it serves its purpose, but I know what it's like wanting new kit.
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Thanks for that :) think I'm gonna go with the 560ti for the time being, then maybe upgrade some of the other components over the course of the year if I feel the need to.

shadow_boxer said:
Yeah would agree. Would look to grab a new graphics card and perhaps a decent sized SSD (120GB at least) and see how the system feels and performs. You will notice a massive boost in performance in gaming and how responsive the whole system in general feels. Your PSU is perfectly fine for any single GPU on the market so no worries there either. WRT RAM, 4GB for gaming is fine. :)
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Thanks for clearing that up :) wasn't entirely sure on whether or not my power supply would need upgrading to support the likes of a modern GPU. Do you have any recommendations in terms of SSDs? I have next to no experience with them, so not entirely sure which make/model is best or what to look for spec wise.
 
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