Upgrade for Gaming PC

sswats · 25 Oct 2011 at 10:47

Its not something urgent as it is still mnore than capable, but just seeing what my options are to improve gaming on my PC.

I currently have

AMD X4 640 @ 3.6GHz (will not go higher)
4GB DDR3
AMD HD6950 2GB
Corsair HX 520W PSU.
Gigabyte motherboard with crossfire at x8 speed.

I was thinking either upgrade the CPU & Motherboard to a sandybridge 2500K. wait for ivy bridge and upgrade then.
Or alternatively add another HD 6950. But I think I need a new PSU to go along with it.

Do I need more ram for games like Rage and Battlefield or is 4GB enough.

mp260767 · 25 Oct 2011 at 11:09

i'd give battelfield 3 a go with your current system, then maybe think about the 2500K upgrade if it doesn't hold up to game play as well as you'd like.

justalex81 · 25 Oct 2011 at 13:05

i think the 6950 will be sufficient for bf3. i'd say more memory and an ssd boot drive is def needed.

Ricardox1 · 25 Oct 2011 at 15:46

I'd wait for ivy bridge personally, it is estimated to be around 20-30% faster than sandybridge then you can get yourself a SSD as the prices are coming down a fair bit now and will come down in price even more,I think you should buy the SSD and the ivy bridge processor together because SSD's will probably be around £1 per GB.