Needing an upgrade

[Subzero85]

Hey guys, ive been using AMD hardware for a while now, but wondering should I change, I know intel would be more expensive, but ive had no real issues with amd yet.

I currently have 8 gigs ram ddr3 I think
amd phenom 965 quad core processor, with a 2gb asus hd 6950 direct cu 2 edition graphics card. I should be ok case wise, could afew of you spec me a few options, I wouldn't want to go overkill money wise, would the old parts sell for much now ? or would I be wasting my time, somewhere maybe around £400 to give me a good upgrade to play things like witcher 3, new gta coming out and dying light etc, thanks in advance.

 

[passey89]

what mobo do u have is it the AM3 or AM3+

if its am3+ I would say 8320, R9 290 or gtx 970 would be the best upgrades.

 

[Subzero85]

im pretty sure its only AM3, so I feel like going for cpu and a great Graphics chip

 

[passey89]

max £400 or could you stretch a little further?

 

[Subzero85]

ok I could save a while longer and go up to £500 I guess, but then wouldn't I be better going console ? but I love my pc gaming with keys and mouse

 

[passey89]

something like this would be good

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-00-40G) £229.99
1 x AMD Piledriver FX-8 Eight Core 8320 Black Edition 3.50GHz (Socket AM3+) Processor - Retail £109.99
1 x Gigabyte 990XA-UD3 AMD 990X (Socket AM3+) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
Total : £419.98 (includes shipping : ).

 

[Subzero85]

Thanks.

I was also looking at this GPU

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-239-MS



any other options ?

 

[sastusbulbas]

I think the 290 is currently great value, the 970 would have been my choice also, but memory issues others report has concerned me. 290X is another good card.

But I think many are waiting to see what AMD's 300 series cards are capable of, as they will be out within the next few months I think?

And this may also bring some prices down, for instance Nvidia's current GPU's may improve and cost less.

 

[Subzero85]

maybe I should wait on the 300 series then ? what kind of price will they be coming in at ?

 

[Legend]

maybe I should wait on the 300 series then ? what kind of price will they be coming in at ?

Nobody knows anything yet, even talk of spec is all rumour. We're all in the dark. Hopefully they will announce something fairly soon... they'd be silly not to try and capitalise on the situation right now, at least so people know they have another option around the corner, and how that will stack up against what's available today.