Needing Advice

denjing51m · 29 Jun 2011 at 12:17

Hello All

Needing some advice on upgrading my current PC its been a slow process but im now at the stage where im looking at a new CPU MOBO Memory

im a heavy gamer and i know my setup is just about coping with the strain of SC2 and with MW3 and battlefield3 coming out i want to make sure i can run those.

My Case is a Antec Dark Fleet DF 85, so i have plenty of room

Gigabyte GA P35-DS3R (775) Mobo
4gb Crucial Ballistix DDR2
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750

OCZ Vertex 3 120gb SSD
Gigabyte Geforce GTX460 OC 1024MB GDDR5 (was an 8800GTS)
OCZ ModXStream Pro 700w PSU (i think)

i have been looking at going the sandybridge way but wasnt 100% sure,

hope someone can help me.

Martin

IPAddis · 29 Jun 2011 at 13:40

General consensus appears to be:

2500k
Asrock Extreme 4
Corsair DDR3
Thermalright Silver Arrow

paradisiac · 29 Jun 2011 at 13:42

IPAddis said:
General consensus appears to be:

2500k
Asrock Extreme 4
Corsair DDR3
Thermalright Silver Arrow

this if you are desperate for an upgrade, but come aug/sept there will hopefully be bulldozer on the market and more news on IB and SB-E so if you can wait then might get better for your money.

denjing51m · 29 Jun 2011 at 16:20

no not desperate as at the moment my build can run the games im currently playing, and plus as its so called "summer" time i have noticed the game production has slowed up, all waiting for the christmas spree....

please excuse my ignorance but bulldozer? ive heard of IvyBridge but not SB-E?

must admit not heard of the Asrock Extreme 4 or really checked out Thermalright Silver Arrow CPU Cooler but both look pretty immense!

Thanks for replying.

paradisiac · 29 Jun 2011 at 16:22

bulldozer is AMDs new offering, SB-E will be intels sandy bridge extreme cpus.
the extreme 4 motherboards are very good value for money, a lot of features for not a lot of cost. i have one myself and would recommend it to anyone, its a nice board.