New Rig/upgrade time.

alex2zulu · 2 Mar 2013 at 12:30

Hey guys, every now and then Ive posted for advice up upgrades but have put it off for a while, however now crisis 3 has refused to play ball due to lack of DX11. Ive got £350 and need a mobo, cpu, ram, gfx and a case. i can make the rest work. at the moment i have gtx 280, p5qe, intel q9300 2.5, bluray drive, 650 corsair psu, xfi card, and a few non solidstate satas

this is my final request.

thanks

TwsT · 2 Mar 2013 at 12:32

big ask but i'll see what i can muster

AMD
YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £139.99
1 x AMD A8-5600K Black Edition 3.60GHz (Socket FM2) APU Trinity Quad Core Processor (AD560KWOHJBOX) £83.99
1 x ASRock FM2A75 Pro4-M AMD A75 Chipset (Socket FM2) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £59.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Beast 8GB (2x4GB) PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX16C9T3K2/8X) £37.99
1 x Antec VSK4000 Midi-Tower Case - Black £24.98
Total : £358.94 (includes shipping : £10.00).

intel ish
YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Superclocked 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with FREE Assassin's Creed III & FTP Currency £179.99
1 x Xenon Intel Core i3 2120 3.30GHz DDR3 Bundle - Dual Core £174.98
1 x Standard Build Systems - Approximately 5-7 working days £0
1 x Antec VSK4000 Midi-Tower Case - Black £24.98
Total : £392.56 (includes shipping : £10.50).

Personally I? don't like the intel as the i3 isn't much of an upgrade but you leave little scope :/

Doomedspeed · 2 Mar 2013 at 12:34

You may struggle with that budget. Crysis 3 is a very GPU hungry Game.

This would be what i'd aim for:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire HD 7870 XT rev2.0 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £199.99
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £80.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £37.99
Total : £423.36 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Though this card will fit into your budget (More):

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showd (GX-100-GI) £129.95
Total : £140.75 (includes shipping : £9.00).

SUPER price for a 7850

So,

YOUR BASKET
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showd (GX-100-GI) £129.95
1 x Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £92.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AX3U1600GC4G9-2G) £37.99
Total : £356.32 (includes shipping : £9.50).

alex2zulu · 2 Mar 2013 at 13:33

that first amd spec seems to be what im looking for . i can always upgrade bits and bobs later. id had my eye on that cpu myself. thanks very much everyone