System upgrade - Batman/Witcher [£400-500]

Zephyz · 12 May 2015 at 20:14

Hi, I would like to upgrade my system for Witcher 3 and Batman. I'll be playing at 1080p resolution

This is my current specs:

HDD - 2TB Western Digital Black
SSD - 1TB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1TB

OS: Windows 8.1 pro
CPU - Intel Core i5 2300 2.8GHz
CPU Cooler - Hyper 212 Evo
Motherboard - Gigabyte Z77-DS3H
PSU - TX850M
RAM - 8GB
GPU - 3GB 7950

I don't need to upgrade my Keyboard, mouse or monitor but I need a new case.

My budget is between £400 and £500. I could pay a bit more if its only a little bit over.

stulid · 12 May 2015 at 20:21

What case do you have?

I'm just thinking you need a newer gfx card, but also make sure your BIOS is up to date.

Zephyz · 12 May 2015 at 20:25

stulid said:
What case do you have?

I'm just thinking you need a newer gfx card, but also make sure your BIOS is up to date.

It's a standard unbranded case that I got bought for me a long time ago.

stulid · 12 May 2015 at 20:28

Whatever card you decide to get check its length against the space in your case.

If you don't have these games ordered yet then the GTX970 comes with both for £300

Zephyz · 12 May 2015 at 20:32

stulid said:
Whatever card you decide to get check its length against the space in your case.

If you don't have these games ordered yet then the GTX970 comes with both for £300

I would also like to buy a new case. Do you have any reccomendations?

stulid · 12 May 2015 at 20:34

Err, price? Got a cooler? Which one?

Zephyz · 12 May 2015 at 20:36

stulid said:
Err, price? Got a cooler? Which one?

I have the Hyper 212 Evo as my CPU cooler

Possibly under £100? I was looking to upgrade the whole system for £400-£500 for the witcher but as you said, it seems like i just need to upgrade the GPU?

stulid · 12 May 2015 at 20:38

How about keeping it all blue?

YOUR BASKET
1 x gigabyte geforce gtx 970 g1 gaming 4096mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £299.99
1 x nzxt h440 midi-tower - black / blue £89.99
total : £404.08 (includes shipping : £11.75 ex.vat).

you can also overclock your cpu a bit by setting the turbo boost ratios (four of them in the bios) to a couple of ratios higher and all four the same.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/sandy-bridge-core-i7-2600k-core-i5-2500k,review-32090-9.html

So if your Turbo max is 3.1Ghz you should be able to set it to do 3.5Ghz.

dacads · 12 May 2015 at 20:40

I'd upgrade CPU as well to a 2500k or 3570k and overclock it.

Zephyz · 12 May 2015 at 20:44

stulid said:
How about keeping it all blue?

YOUR BASKET
1 x gigabyte geforce gtx 970 g1 gaming 4096mb gddr5 pci-express graphics card £299.99
1 x nzxt h440 midi-tower - black / blue £89.99
total : £404.08 (includes shipping : £11.75 ex.vat).

you can also overclock your cpu a bit by setting the turbo boost ratios (four of them in the bios) to a couple of ratios higher and all four the same.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/sandy-bridge-core-i7-2600k-core-i5-2500k,review-32090-9.html

So if your Turbo max is 3.1Ghz you should be able to set it to do 3.5Ghz.

Sweet. Thank you very much, stulid.

Poneros · 12 May 2015 at 23:45

If you get a 2nd 7950 it's only gonna cost you around 80 quid and CF 7950 is same performance as a 970, or you can also CF with a 280/280x. Your PSU allows it too. As for case, the Phanteks Enthoo Pro best case under 100 imo.