Upgrade Advice please

w1ldheart · 5 Feb 2013 at 21:14

Hi everyone im looking to upgrade my pc in the near future.Ive only got a budget of £300 -£400 though.

All i need is the CPU,Motherboard and Memory and if my budget can run to it then maybe a decent graphics card because my current one is ATI Radeon HD5770.

I use my pc for just general everyday stuff like internet,listening to music etc.I do play Football Manager 13 a lot tho so need something that can run this at a decent speed.

If anyone has any ideas or suggestions it would be most appreciated.

Space Monkey · 5 Feb 2013 at 21:24

What's your current spec, and also the make and model of your PSU?

snips86x · 5 Feb 2013 at 21:24

You could use the on-board until you can buy a new graphics card.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Avexir Blitz Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2GW) £39.95
Total : £311.33 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Space Monkey · 5 Feb 2013 at 21:26

snips86x said:
You could use the on-board until you can buy a new graphics card.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Avexir Blitz Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2GW) £39.95
Total : £311.33 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Good spec, along the lines I was also thinking of

dacads · 5 Feb 2013 at 21:27

5770 is fine for FM13 unless you intend to play some more graphics intensive games

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Avexir Blitz Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2GW) £39.95
Total : £311.33 (includes shipping : £9.50).

Edit: Oops looks like Snips got there before me

Space Monkey · 5 Feb 2013 at 21:30

Doesn't the mobo allow the onboard GPU to work with the 5770 to gain higher FPS etc?

w1ldheart · 5 Feb 2013 at 21:32

Space Monkey said:
What's your current spec, and also the make and model of your PSU?

My current spec is

Intel Core 2 Duo E4400
Asus P5B mobo
DDR2 2GB
OCZ ModXStream- Pro 500w psu
Samsung 1TB Hard Drive

Idleman · 5 Feb 2013 at 21:35

If you are not bothered about OCing and you have a decent Psu, this might meet your needs. What other games do you play?

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £155.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3330 3.00GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £139.99
1 x ASRock B75M Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £52.99
1 x Avexir Blitz Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2GW) £39.95
Total : £400.32 (includes shipping : £9.50).

w1ldheart · 5 Feb 2013 at 21:38

Idleman said:
If you are not bothered about OCing and you have a decent Psu, this might meet your needs. What other games do you play?

YOUR BASKET
1 x HIS HD 7850 IceQ X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (H785QN2G2M) £155.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3330 3.00GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £139.99
1 x ASRock B75M Intel B75 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Micro ATX Motherboard £52.99
1 x Avexir Blitz Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2GW) £39.95
Total : £400.32 (includes shipping : £9.50).

I think the only other games ive played on this pc are the half life games i tend too use my games console for gaming

[WU-TANG]GZA · 5 Feb 2013 at 21:56

w1ldheart said:
I think the only other games ive played on this pc are the half life games i tend too use my games console for gaming

Geeeeeeeeeeeet out

w1ldheart · 5 Feb 2013 at 21:58

[WU-TANG]GZA;23702847 said:
Geeeeeeeeeeeet out

I have too add i havent used it for ages lol

Idleman · 5 Feb 2013 at 21:58

Forgot to ask, what case do you have?
If you don`t do any serious gaming on your PC, just keep the 5770.

w1ldheart · 5 Feb 2013 at 22:01

Idleman said:
Forgot to ask, what case do you have?
If you don`t do any serious gaming on your PC, just keep the 5770.

Ive got an old Thermaltake Soprano case

dacads · 5 Feb 2013 at 22:01

Coming onto overclockers and mentioning console gaming? Bad idea mate

Jk..

Idleman · 5 Feb 2013 at 22:03

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3330 3.00GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £139.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Avexir Blitz Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2GW) £39.95
Total : £371.28 (includes shipping : £9.50).