Small Upgrade

CuteTurtle · 21 Dec 2011 at 12:14

Small Upgrade (Need help fast please)

I found out my budget is lower than I thought and I was thinking to upgrade my current PC, instead of buying a new one.

Any suggestions?

Specs:

CPU: Pentium(R) Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology EP45-DS3P
GFX Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
RAM: 4GB

CuteTurtle · 21 Dec 2011 at 12:17

I would like to see all available offers (Lower the price the better I guess), I use the PC for Gaming & I would like to increase my FPS in games, and be able to run them in higher detail.

Would also like to run BF3 on medium if I ever consider getting the game.

Note: I'm not experienced in building a whole new computer (i.e removing motherboard & changing everything)

CuteTurtle · 21 Dec 2011 at 13:24

1920 x 1080.

Budget is quite low-ish, but I would like to see all offers.

£1 - £200 sounds reasonable.

CuteTurtle · 21 Dec 2011 at 13:35

Doesn't say anything on PSU, just a black box.

@mp260767

I doubt I can install a new motherboard ;\ I would fail reconnecting everything

CuteTurtle · 21 Dec 2011 at 13:45

This is the case I have at the moment: Antec 900 Nine Hundred Case with 200mm Top Fan

Features:

Includes Top mounted 200mm TriCool Case Fan
2 front loaded HDD cages for up to 6 hard disk drives
The HDD cages act as air ducts to allow air in more efficiently. Optional middle 120mm fan bracket to cool the hottest graphic cards or CPU
Two 120mm TriCool blue LED front fans to cool hard disk drives
Window side panel comes with an optional 120mm fan mount for maximum VGA cooling
Top mounted I/O ports for easy access
Top tray for your MP3 player, digital camera, etc.
PSU mounts at the bottom of the Antec case (PSU not included)
Dimensions: 19.4h x 8.1h x 18.4h (L x W x H)
49.3cm x 20.6cm x 46.8cm (L x W x H)
Advanced cooling system:
- 1 top 200mm TriCool fan with 3-speed switch control
- 1 rear 120mm TriCool fan with 3-speed switch control
- 2 front 120mm special black TriCool blue LED fans with 3-speed switch control to cool HDDs
- 1 side (optional) 120mm fan to cool graphic cards
- 1 middle (optional) 120mm fan to cool CPU or graphic cards
9 Drive Bays
- External 3 x 5.25"; Internal 6 x 3.5" for HDD, or
- External 6 x 5.25"; Internal 3x 3.5" for HDD, or
- External 9 x 5.25"
Motherboard: Fits micro and standard ATX
7 Expansion Slots
Top I/O
- Power & reset button with blue LED
- 2 x USB 2.0
- 1 x IEEE 1394 (FireWire®, i.Link®)
- Audio In and Out

CuteTurtle · 21 Dec 2011 at 23:14

CuteTurtle · 22 Dec 2011 at 13:36

I think I'll go with this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-160-EA.

(Never used ATI, prefer NVIDIA

)

Total : £196.76

CuteTurtle · 24 Dec 2011 at 18:56

With this:

EVGA GeForce GTX 460 Superclocked 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W '80 Plus' Power Supply

Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler

Would I be able to get Medium 60+ fps on BF3?

And if I am right now getting around 40-50 fps in a game called Garry's Mod, would I be getting a lot more after this?

Edit

Just found out my card has nearly the same stats as this just much less memory? :S

740 MHz Core
1836 MHz Shaders
1100 MHz Memory
512 MBytes Memory Size