Upgrade advice

ian8683 · 25 Aug 2012 at 12:24

Hi guys
Recently had an epic fail with upgrading memory on my system and turned out that the memory that I bought was incompatible lol
Anyway looking for advice on where to start upgrading my system as I recon more memory isnt the only thing that I could do.
Currently have:

Processor: AMD Phenom IIx4 B50 3.1MHZ (unlocked to 4 cores and 1.3000V)
Motherboard: Asus M4A77TD-PRO
Cooler: Akasa AK-CC017V2 Freedom tower CPU cooler (Socket AM3)
Graphics: Sapphire Radeon HD 5770
Memory: Corsair Dominator XMS3 2x2GB
PSU: Antec 550W modular
Case: Antec 300
Hard disk: Samsung spinpoint 500GB
Budget: around a max of £300

Mostly play Skyrim and League of Legends, been noticing that I am getting slowdown nowadays since I use HDMI and 1080p on the monitor especially when having multiple tabs open.
Wondering what a good start would be and wether it is better to just get an overclocked bundle perhaps?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

ian8683 · 25 Aug 2012 at 13:13

Excellent thanks for the advice

recon my CPU is still good enough for a while yet?

ian8683 · 25 Aug 2012 at 14:27

Thanks, was just worried about a bottleneck as not sure if that processor would do the card you suggested justice. Guess I could try my hand at overclocking it

ian8683 · 25 Aug 2012 at 15:11

Thanks again
If I were to stretch my budget a bit what processor would you suggest? was looking at the Buldozer FX-8 core but not really up to speed on whats what atm

ian8683 · 25 Aug 2012 at 15:40

Probably about £400 max just now mate

ian8683 · 25 Aug 2012 at 15:54

Thanks for the advice will look into getting these at some point

ian8683 · 26 Aug 2012 at 07:41

Thanks again for the input

At the moment don't think I can afford to spend £400 straight off the bat and will probs buy 1 or 2 items at a time. Am I right in thinking it would be motherboard and processor first over anything else? Or graphics card and SSD?

ian8683 · 26 Aug 2012 at 08:13

Thanks

will probably start with these then. Just hoping I don't have a nightmare with memory not working again :/ have a thread in the memory section about that so a little paranoid about it with my current board lol

ian8683 · 26 Aug 2012 at 09:33

Still the same result with using these slots too sadly

ian8683 · 26 Aug 2012 at 10:14

Yeah mate tried them too. Also tried 1 and 4, 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 just to see if there was any chance for it to work lol. Tried using 1 stick in each of the slots to see if there was a faulty stick but same results as before.