Upgrade advice

gomola · 3 Oct 2013 at 20:28

Hi all,
I'm looking for some upgrade advice.
I currently have:
i5 750 @2.67ghz
4gb ddr3
Radeon 5850
500gb sata

I am gaming on a 1440p screen and i'm starting to struggle on a few games.
I am a huge fan of skyrim and want to be able to mod the **** out of it and hopefully future elder scrolls.

My next upgrade was going to be a ssd but hearing about the new radeons and AMD's new API mantle with its low CPU overhead rendering has got me wondering if I could breath more life into my pc.

pastymuncher · 3 Oct 2013 at 20:56

Get that 750 clocked and a new graphics card. Most 750's will hit 3.8-4Ghz with a decent cooler.

gomola · 3 Oct 2013 at 21:32

Its clocked as much as my motherboard will allow.

Doomedspeed · 3 Oct 2013 at 21:39

gomola said:
Its clocked as much as my motherboard will allow.

0.01 Ghz?

What motherboard do you have?

gomola · 3 Oct 2013 at 21:42

Asrock p55 pro

Doomedspeed · 3 Oct 2013 at 21:54

Have you got a good aftermarket cooler?

If so this is a good guide:

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=329203

Mr Goat · 3 Oct 2013 at 22:09

Budget?

gomola · 5 Oct 2013 at 10:38

Sorry to just disappear on you. I have one year old triplets and when they need me, I have to drop everything.
OK. I have flashed my bios as it needed to be a later version to include a voltage multiplier and I have overclocked to 4ghz.
Was just wondering about overclocking my memory. Is it worth it?

pastymuncher · 5 Oct 2013 at 14:54

It is possible but can be a pain on P55. Max i could get my Sammy greens stable was 2000mhz and even then only with 8Gb. It took a lot of tweaking even to get that far.

Three one year old triplets!! :eek:

That must be bedlam at times.

gomola · 5 Oct 2013 at 15:23

logistical nightmare.