Need some input on upgrading

ixtreme-m3720

ixtreme-m3720

ixtreme-m3720

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Hi

I've been facing some severe FPS lags in League of Legends and trying to improve for months now. Been playing the game on very high settings flawlessly for 2 years, it's just not cutting it anymore, and not sure why.

Their support has not been helpful, and I've tried pretty much everything imaginable when it comes to drivers, other programs, reinstalls etc. Also worth mentioning there's hardly any difference between medium and very high settings!

I'm tired of the hassle and will upgrade, but not sure how much I actually need?

Computer is a PB ixtreme 3720
CPU Q8300 @ 2.50ghz
4gb ram
GeForce GTX 460
Corsair CX 430W ATX

According to their support, requirements, my historical experience, the rig should be fine. But it's not! So I'm a bit worried about buying a completely new machine for £500-600 and not see any improvements.

Any recommendations on whether I should swap any parts, get something completely new, and if so - what?

(I'm not intending to play any modern high end game, I mostly play LoL.)

Thanks
 
would probably be advisable to get a new pc. if you post in this same section someone could spec you a whole new pc. give your budget and say what you'll be using it for. might only cost you a few hundred :)
 
SSD drive may give you a significant enough boost, do you have one already? It could also be the HDD that's become sluggish and causing the problem.

A hard drive upgrade/replacement may give you a cheap(and adequate) boost in performance, but seeing as you've not listed what your HDD setup currently is, i could be way off the mark.

Memory could also be holding you back a bit, you might try shutting down background processes and services you don't need during gaming, i had to do a lot of that playing Planetside 2 on a 775 system with 4gb of ram.

P.S. You would see a measurable performance upgrade moving to an i5 system, 8gb+ memory and an R9 or similar.. I have a 775 system doing nothing right now whilst i use the i5 system, in terms of GPU power the i5 system has a slower card(4650 vs 4870 in the 775 system), and the settings i can play at and the overall performance is night and day for me in the games i play(Planetside 2, Age of Empires Online, Saints Row 4). I'm obviously not playing anything on high, but it's the difference between low settings(plus closing processes and services down) with lag spikes vs low-med with a smooth and consistent framerate(without needing to manage services and processes). Considering the i5 system hasn't had a HDD upgrade in years and is still using Sata I drives, vs Sata II in the 775 system, again also speaks volumes to the performance difference(i feel). Obviously, YMMV..
 
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