Rig Upgrade £700

Evolutionsic · 20 Aug 2015 at 19:29

I'm looking to upgrade my rig so i can play star citizen at very minimum settings any ideas on what would be best for my buck upgrade wise? Already have a Case, OS, and wouldn't mind keeping the PSU. edit : seen other thread asking for case details to make sure parts fit etc, so at the moment it's a oldddd antec 900, The CPU cooler is one of the waterpipe ones which have tubes coming off which connect to the back/top of the case so i'd also like to keep that if possible.

Operating System
Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
CPU
AMD A8-3850 17 °C
Llano 32nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK Computer INC. F1A75-V PRO (FM1 ) 32 °C
Graphics
S240HL (1920x1080@60Hz)
2048MB ATI AMD Radeon R9 200 Series (ASUStek Computer Inc) 28 °C
Storage
931GB Seagate ST31000528AS (SATA) 26 °C
Audio
AMD High Definition Audio Device

Thanks

mickyflinn · 20 Aug 2015 at 19:55

What model is your gpu ? 260 270 280 290

Danny75 · 20 Aug 2015 at 19:55

Hi,

Find out which PSU it is.

The video card is not specified (only that it's something in the R9 200 series). Use GPU-Z if needed.

The CPU cooler will need the mounting system for any new motherboard socket. So name would be useful even if chances are it will be okay.

Evolutionsic · 20 Aug 2015 at 20:09

GPU = Radeon R9 270, i'll purchase another psu add another £80 to the budget and i'll go for the stock cooler that comes with the cpu until i can afford better

thanks guys

mickyflinn · 20 Aug 2015 at 20:49

Here is what i have so far but there is room in your budget for further upgrades . Will you crossfire in the future ?

Also there is skylake cpu the latest release from intel but im not sure the cost is worth the performance.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £263.98
1 x XFX Radeon R9 390 "DD Black Edition" 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (R9-390P-8DB6) £259.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £85.99
1 x Kingston HyperX Savage Red 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (HX324C11SRK2/8) £38.99
Total : £648.95 (includes shipping : Ex.VAT).