Looking to update a not to old build

evertonhero

evertonhero

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Hey guys,

I built my pc via here about 2 years ago,

im just looking for abit more umph in it and would be interested to see what you guys the experts recommend :)


My current rig is

  • OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB 2.5" SATA-II Solid State Hard Drive (OCZSSD2-2VTXE60G) (Has win7 installed on it and thats pretty much it)
  • Gigabyte P55-US3L motherboard
  • Radeon HD5770 Graphics card
  • G.Skill Ripjaw 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (F3-12800CL9D-4GBRL)
  • Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (HD753LJ)
  • I5 750 - LGA1156 - with standards cooling fan in place
  • OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent Power Supply


I have barely overclocked my current system and by barely i mean i opened up amd software and move the "overdrive" slider bar slightly higher and that was pretty hardcore for my standards!!

so where do i go from here?
do i replace g card for a more substancial one?
do i get another 5770 and crossfire?
will the psu be able to handle it?
do i overclock the **** out of it?
do i double / triple the amount of ram?

to many questions thanks for reading guys!
 
What kind of 'umph'

Gaming performance?
Overall performance?
using special software?

Its still a good little system, the GPU is dated but will easily handle games of mid/high quality. The PSU won't be able to take Xfire. You wont see much benifit from the increase in RAM [8GB may the worth it though]. If your thinking of Overclocking its worth getting an aftermarket cooler.
 
I would get a better gfx card, take your ram to 8gb and then overclock the cpu (best get a better aftermarket cooler for it)

Do you have a budget?

Other than that you still have a nice system :)
 
good stuff abit more positive than i was expecting!

Thanks for the input guys,

i think the biggest test for me will be to run diablo 3 smoothly on decent high settings if it cant do that then i will have to bite the bullet and buy a decent G card & ram

Thanks for the advice all
 
the i5 750 should overclock well. I'd add a £30 cooler to that above, bringing the total to £300. Another good card is the Sapphire 7850 with dual fan custom cooling. Very similar to the Twin Frozr.

It's worth having a go at overclocking with your system if you cannot afford a full upgrade (£600 or there about). Sell the HD5770 for a return of a few bucks. You can also forgo the RAM, 4GB is ok, but the reaper IIRC is too tall for air cooling.
 
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