New Gaming Spec help

Sharpz · 7 Mar 2010 at 08:52

My current spec is below and it cannot keep up with the latest games like battlefield : Bad Company 2, so its time for a change. Not upgraded my pc or looked at many parts in 2 years and this is what i have come up with :-

I dont have a PSU in the list because i was hopeing to use my old corsair 620

will the ATI 5870 be enough for future games?

95thrifles · 7 Mar 2010 at 09:07

If you wanted to you could just upgrade your gfx card, the rest of your system should still be more than adequate, the 5870 will be good for a good 2/3 years yeah, the one thing I would look at is get a monitor thats 16:10 so 1920x1200 rather than 1920x1080, assuming gaming is your priority not movies this aspect ratio is better

Essexraptor · 7 Mar 2010 at 09:14

5870 good enough for future games - yes (see sig..I've got 2!!!...lol)

save yourself a tenner and go for the 920 retail. You get 3 years warranty instead of a year with the OEM 930. And of course you can OC the 920 easily enough anyway!!

The rest of the spec looks solid. You could swap a few things out to save some money.

This CPU cooler is popular at the moment

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-076-TR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=1395

although you have to factor in the cost of 1 or 2 fans as well

or the ever popular Prolimatech Megahalems. I'm in the process of swapping over to the Corsair H5O in my rig at the mo.

Essexraptor · 7 Mar 2010 at 09:16

Dang could not see the OP's sig.... blue on blue!....lol

cmndr_andi · 7 Mar 2010 at 09:16

95thrifles said:
If you wanted to you could just upgrade your gfx card, the rest of your system should still be more than adequate, the 5870 will be good for a good 2/3 years yeah, the one thing I would look at is get a monitor thats 16:10 so 1920x1200 rather than 1920x1080, assuming gaming is your priority not movies this aspect ratio is better

+1

A 3.4GHz core 2 quad, 4GB DDR2 system is not going to hold you back in modern games. If you put in a new graphics card like that 5870 (or even a 5850) then you will get a massive boost in gaming power.

With the money saved you could always go for a 120Hz or IPS monitor or maybe even an SSD.

Sharpz · 7 Mar 2010 at 09:22

i was thinking of just an upgrade but i was afraid the rest of the system would not last me long enough.

i chose the monitor above because its the same looking model as my current samsung 20" 2033 i was going to use as my 2nd display.

upgrade vs start again is hard descision. :rolleyes:

Essexraptor · 7 Mar 2010 at 09:37

If you upgrade with just the GPU, 5850 or 5870, at least you be able to carry it over to a complete system rebuild in a year or so time! And still get the most benefit and use out of your current rig?

Sharpz · 7 Mar 2010 at 12:34

is it worth waiting for the new nvidia card if i was to just upgrade gpu

Essexraptor · 7 Mar 2010 at 12:44

mmmmmmmmmm... "how long a piece of string question" really..... who really knows at this point in time?

Sharpz · 7 Mar 2010 at 14:25

thanks for the feedback guys, think youve talked my into just upgrading. going to wait for the new nvidia card which releases in 3 weeks aparently and order a new 24" monitor meantime.