Upgrade advice

[AlexTrickle]

Basically I've finally conceded my PC might need a bit of a kick up the backside as COD:Ghosts has silly RAM requirements and runs pretty badly on my PC.

i5 2500K @4.1Ghz
MSI P67A-GD65
4GB GeIL Black Dragon
Palit 2GB GTX460 (its SLI partner died for an unknown reason)
Samsung 1TB HDD

Decent case/cooling setup.

I'm fairly sure the CPU/mobo combo is fine and considering just a RAM, GPU and SSD upgrade?

Recommendations would be appreciated

 

[Danny75]

Max recommended speed RAM for that mobo seems to be 2133MHz?

Don't know what your budget is for the GPU but this GTX 770 Lightning is at a good price.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Geforce GTX 770 Lightning 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £269.99
1 x Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE120BW) £76.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Sapphire Blue" 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G213C1KBL) £69.95
Total : £426.53 (includes shipping : £8.00).



As is this R9 280X, if you prefer AMD:

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI Radeon R9 280X Gaming Edition OC 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £259.99
Total : £269.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).




Can your PSU cope with whatever GPU you throw at it?

 

[AlexTrickle]

I've just been reading some fairly impressive reviews of the R9 290x but sadly that is out of my price range. How do the 280x and 270x compare (what would be their performance equivalents in Nvidia)?

Re: My PSU - its a 750W Silverstone, so I think it could handle maybe all but the heftiest cards!

 

[Danny75]

Can do some internet searches for "R9 270X v GTX 760" and "R9 280X v GTX 770", as those are the equivalents. But the more you read, the more likely you'll get a headache trying to decide.

It's mostly down to preference/use. I prefer Nvidia when possible but willing to have my mind changed.