Need new components to improve my PC Gaming

[Subzero85]

Hey guys, noticing poor performance in recent games on my set up, and im looking on upgrading with the latest influx of games coming in, batman, BF3, skyrim etc

currently have

AMD Phenom II X4 965 Processor 3.40 GHz
4 GB of ram, ddr 3 i believe
radeon hd5750
500 gb HDD
windows 7 32 bit

Could someone spec me on upgrade parts, am willing to sell the GPU for whatever money that gets me and buy a new graphics card, im thinking a 2gb 6950 is the card to go for, am also tempted to go intel, getting a new mobo and CPU, what would be the best options ? best kind of mobo/cpu that will last a while ?

thanks for any help

 

[Subzero85]

At the moment your 5750 is your weakest link. If you sell it off on the bay, your would probably only get £35 in return after paying for postage to send off to the buyer.

Anyway, the good news is that Phenom IIX4 965BE is still a capable CPU...so for the best performance boost in return, you are right to consider graphic upgrade. It's really depending on your budget...that would depend what upgrade you should got for, but at least a GTX560Ti 2GB or 6950 2GB would be good. Only consider upgrading to i5 2500K and 1155 motherboard if you REALLY got money to spare...otherwise, just grab a decent CPU cooler and try to overclock your Phenom II X4 965BE to 3.8~4.0GHz.

Out of curiousity...why is your Windows 7 32-bit, not 64bit? 4GB ram is more than enough for the 64-bit Windows 7.

Yea should have went for 64 bit, thinking now then to go for a new graphics card, and hold to next year and go and overclock the phenom or if i need extra performance get an i5, gives me more time to save, best idea ? dont want to be spending a while amount, out of curiousity though what would be the best dualset up ? mobo and procesor for an i core system ? i5 2500k for example, heard there good for gaming. wat mobo would suit that CPU ?

could someone spec me a list of viable options, some dont have to take cost into account, thanks !

 

[Subzero85]

ok guys i'll definetely be upgrading the graphics card very soon, hopefully before my birthday, 13th november think that would be the time to go for it, what would you guys recomend ? im currently thinking a 2gb 6950 but could stretch a bit higher if its worth going a bit higher to see much of a difference, what are the gtx 570, 580 like etc ?

cheers again !!