Upgrade Advice

bbbearrr · 2 Sep 2014 at 21:50

Hi all.

So here is my current set up.

Intel Core i7 CPU 920
ATI Radeon HD 5800
Gigabyte GA-EX58 UD5 Mother Board
Modular 750W PSU
Corsair 1600 Mhz XMS 3 DDR3 RAM (3x 2GB)

I use the PC with two 24" monitors mostly for working from home but also gaming. At the moment I play league of legends, some steam games. Nothing too intense but would like to play some of the more recent titles. Titanfall as an example.

Where would be a good place to upgrade. I was thinking a new gfx, could anyone a recommend a good gfx card that would fit in with my current set up.

Thanks.

stulid · 2 Sep 2014 at 22:04

Hi,

A few questions,

• Budget for this GFX card?
• What case do you have? need to check it fits etc.
• Have you tried overclocking your current CPu to get a further gain from that?

bbbearrr · 2 Sep 2014 at 22:53

Sorry yes. That would help.

Budget of £100. Give or take
Case is a BitFenix Shinobi
CPU is overclocked at 3.0ghz I think. Been a while since I did that.

Bart_Hunt · 2 Sep 2014 at 22:59

Hi

A bit tight budget, so I had to exceed it a little bit:

YOUR BASKET
1 x PowerColor Radeon R7 265 Dual-X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £99.95
Total : £109.55 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Or:

YOUR BASKET
1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 270 TurboDUO 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £109.99
Total : £118.69 (includes shipping : £7.25).

bbbearrr · 3 Sep 2014 at 09:38

Thanks for the suggestions.

is there any complications with having 2 monitors but one using DVI and one using HDMI ?

stulid · 3 Sep 2014 at 10:33

DVI+HDMI together is no trouble.