Gaming PC help required!

MythOfSmith · 22 Dec 2013 at 02:23

Hello there,

I am a first time poster on these forums so I apologise if this is in the wrong thread or something. Be gentle!

Here is my predicament...
I bought an Nvidia Titan about a month ago thinking that my PC might now be able to handle most high fidelity games with some ease, however I am now under the impression that the rest of my PC's components are letting the system down. The specs:

i5 2500k
GTX Evga Titan SC
Gigabyte z68x-ud3h-b3
8GB 1600mhz RAM

I do have a bit of money to sink into the system (about £400 if required) so I would very much appreciate your opinions on what I should do.

Thank you ahead of time!

Oh and happy holidays!

Akagi · 22 Dec 2013 at 02:31

What are the rest of your specs?

This should do the trick.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail £269.99
1 x Gigabyte Z87X-D3H Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £119.99
Total : £399.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Also, why a Titan? Buying a Titan over a 780/780TI makes no sense unless you have multiple displays or run at crazy resolutions. If you don't then a 780TI would outperform it for a few hundred quid less, and a 780 would come very close for another couple of hundred less.

MythOfSmith · 22 Dec 2013 at 02:35

Oh great, I appreciate the quick response acme15 I'll check this out thanks.

And to answer your question I managed to snag the Titan for a bargain price (£420) and it was a just before the 780 ti had been announced.

Akagi · 22 Dec 2013 at 02:42

MythOfSmith said:
Oh great, I appreciate the quick response acme15 I'll check this out thanks. And to answer your question I managed to snag the Titan for a bargain price (£420) and it was a just before the 780 ti had been announced.

No worries, and ah that was a good buy!

MythOfSmith · 22 Dec 2013 at 02:46

Haha yeah man! I just got insanely lucky.

murah · 22 Dec 2013 at 03:59

Uh first off before you go spending cash, what is the clock speed of your i5 2500k ? you may not need a new CPU at all. SB is still amazing and since you are not running SLI ...cant see you needing to shell out 400 to utilise the titan fully, have you overclocked your cpu ?

Akagi · 22 Dec 2013 at 04:07

murah said:
Uh first off before you go spending cash, what is the clock speed of your i5 2500k ? you may not need a new CPU at all. SB is still amazing and since you are not running SLI ...cant see you needing to shell out 400 to utilise the titan fully, have you overclocked your cpu ?

He probably won't be able to utilise the Titan fully with a 2500K in some titles, particularly those which make good use of hyperthreading.

Murah has a good point though, the 2500K with a hefty overclock should be able to keep up with the Titan at least some of the time, and the rest of the time it shouldn't be a vast bottleneck, just a slight one.

And if you can pick up a used 2600K and clock it up, that would come close to the 4770K anyway.

Apologies, I sometimes forget what a disappointment Ivy and Haswell were over Sandybridge. :rolleyes:

Doomedspeed · 22 Dec 2013 at 08:43

As said a 2600k\2700k or 3770k if your board will support it (im pretty sure It does as i have the ud2h and that does.

) will be the best option. You should be able to get one for around £150-£170 secondhand easy.

Jusr make sure your CPU cooler is good enough for a decent over lock too. What cooler do you currently have?