System upgrade

martyca3839

martyca3839

martyca3839

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Hello Gents,

Looking to upgrade my system and unsure of what to upgrade to get the best performance leap. Im not really bothered about a SSD as Im happy enough with my load/boot up speed its just game performance I want to improve. I play a lot of Arma 3 multiplayer and just want to maximize my fps. My current build is as follows:

GPU - MSI Radeon R9 270x OC
MB - Gigabyte AMD 970A DDR3
CPU - AMD Piledriver FX-6 3.50GHz
Ram - Elite Black 8GB DDR3 1600MHz
PSU - Superflower 550w
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 1TB

I just upgraded my PSU to a 'BeQuiet Pure Power L8 730W'. Im obviously trying to keep as much of my money as I can so Im really looking for a few options to choose from. As always thank you very much in advance fellas.

Marty
 
thanks for a speady reply stu. Whats the story with Xfire? would it be worth my time to get another OC 270x and run Xfire or should I just upgrade the card altogether?Would a SSD improve my game performance?I was under the impression it only really improves load times.

Marty
 
I see man. Well looks like I will be going for a new GPU in that case. Is there a way of just getting a new gfx card and not having to OC myself, while still getting best results? I want to stay away from OC'ing as Ive never personally done it. The components I have were purchased factory OC'd.
 
Im looking at gfx cards now and if im honest im starting to get lost in the numbers. Of all the cards Im looking at my current card seems to have the highest core speed, what do these other more expensive cards have that are making them so superior to mine? for example the weekly special r9 290 is a lot more expensive, it has double the memory but the core speed is less...? Apologies for the noob questions buddy. Im only just delving into the computer realm with my current desktop being my first build a good few month ago. :D
 
well i think around the 200 quid mark might see me still sleeping in my own bed. Anything more than that and I think the missus will permanently relocate me to the sofa.
 
the longest card i could have is around 29cm long. The 290 would maybe just fit but it would be insanely tight. I hadnt even llooked at nvidia cards as I thought they wouldnt run as well in an AMD system.
 
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