Hi all,
I have decided to bin off the consoles completely and I want to upgrade my pc so that I have a decent gaming rig capable of running the latest games on a decent spec. However I'm not expecting miracles! I tend to play arma, FIFA battlefield that kind of thing.
Please could you advise on what I should upgrade. I have a budget of around £200. I was thinking of increasing the ram and upgrading the graphics card. Perhaps a r9 270x?
Would I also need to upgrade the psu? I haven't looked inside yet but I have checked the manual online. I think it's a cheap 500w.
I'm very new to upgrading pc's so any help would be massively appreciated!
Processor Intel Core i5-650
Processor external bus 200MHz (2.5GT/s DMI)
Processor multiplier x24
Processor clock speed 3.2GHz
Processor socket LGA1156
Memory 4
Memory type PC3-10666
Maximum memory 16GB
Motherboard Acer Predator G5900
Motherboard chipset Intel H57
Ports
USB2 ports (front/rear) 4/8
Firewire ports (front/rear) 0/0
eSATA ports (front/rear) 0/0
Wired network ports 1x 10/100/1000
Wireless networking support none
Internal Expansion
Case midi tower
PCI-E x1 slots (free) 2 (0)
PCI-E x16 slots (free) 1 (0)
Free Serial ATA ports 2
Free memory slots 2
Free 3.5in drive bays 3
Hard Disk
Hard disk model(s) Seagate ST3500418AS
Interface SATA2
Total storage capacity 500GB
Graphics
Graphics card(s) 1.5GB Nvidia GeForce GT 440
Graphics/video ports DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort
Sound
Sound Realtek HD Audio
Sound outputs 5.1 line out, stereo line out, mic in
Speakers none
I have decided to bin off the consoles completely and I want to upgrade my pc so that I have a decent gaming rig capable of running the latest games on a decent spec. However I'm not expecting miracles! I tend to play arma, FIFA battlefield that kind of thing.
Please could you advise on what I should upgrade. I have a budget of around £200. I was thinking of increasing the ram and upgrading the graphics card. Perhaps a r9 270x?
Would I also need to upgrade the psu? I haven't looked inside yet but I have checked the manual online. I think it's a cheap 500w.
I'm very new to upgrading pc's so any help would be massively appreciated!
Processor Intel Core i5-650
Processor external bus 200MHz (2.5GT/s DMI)
Processor multiplier x24
Processor clock speed 3.2GHz
Processor socket LGA1156
Memory 4
Memory type PC3-10666
Maximum memory 16GB
Motherboard Acer Predator G5900
Motherboard chipset Intel H57
Ports
USB2 ports (front/rear) 4/8
Firewire ports (front/rear) 0/0
eSATA ports (front/rear) 0/0
Wired network ports 1x 10/100/1000
Wireless networking support none
Internal Expansion
Case midi tower
PCI-E x1 slots (free) 2 (0)
PCI-E x16 slots (free) 1 (0)
Free Serial ATA ports 2
Free memory slots 2
Free 3.5in drive bays 3
Hard Disk
Hard disk model(s) Seagate ST3500418AS
Interface SATA2
Total storage capacity 500GB
Graphics
Graphics card(s) 1.5GB Nvidia GeForce GT 440
Graphics/video ports DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort
Sound
Sound Realtek HD Audio
Sound outputs 5.1 line out, stereo line out, mic in
Speakers none
