Upgrade Help Needed !

MadMan-JaMeS · 22 Apr 2012 at 20:44

Hey Guys,

I'm thinking i might start upgrading my PC since its getting on a bit right now and newer games are coming out.

I only play World Of Warcraft & Diablo III when thats out.

my current setup runs 2 screens a Samsung 24" and Samsung 20" i only game on one and have apps like TS, Skype etc on view on the other !

My current setup is:

Asus M4A78 AMD 770 (Socket AM3/AM2+) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Certified Modular Power Supply
AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 955 Black Edition "125W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
XFX ATI Radeon Hd 5700 Series GPU
OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel

Now what would you upgrade first ? i'm not looking to overclock or anything just want decent performance i've got a
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939/AM2/AM3/775/1155/1156/1366)

so don't need a retail CPU if you thats wht you recommend !

i've got about £150 - £200 to spend this month then i'll keep buying bits each month till i'm done !

Thanks !

MadMan-JaMeS · 23 Apr 2012 at 11:54

bump !

IvanDobskey · 23 Apr 2012 at 12:01

Well that's not a bad system really. I'd spend the cash on a new GPU. Go for a 7850.

Stas823 · 23 Apr 2012 at 12:26

Hey i also play WoW and i am getting around 120fps without vsync on in and around stormwind on silvermoon EU which is extremely busy where as in raids that are intensive such as all the black stuff on zon'ozz i am getting around 50-55fps so getting a 560ti might be an option however for unknown reasons the prices of 560ti's seem to have increased since i bought mine by around £40 so you might want to check out what AMD graphics are around.

beejjacobs · 23 Apr 2012 at 12:38

IvanDobskey said:
Well that's not a bad system really. I'd spend the cash on a new GPU. Go for a 7850.

I'd also recommend this, especially this one on offer today only - very good price.

They overclock very well too, as you can see in this thread

Also if you can find 4GB of RAM cheap [second hand as its DDR2], that would be a good idea too

MadMan-JaMeS · 23 Apr 2012 at 12:41

Yeah, i don't really know wouldn't a new mobo CPu and RAM be better ?

beejjacobs · 23 Apr 2012 at 12:48

MadMan-JaMeS said:
Yeah, i don't really know wouldn't a new mobo CPu and RAM be better ?

For gaming your CPU should be fine really - overclocking would help, as would 8GB of RAM.

You'll notice the largest improvement with your GPU I'd imagine. Which 5700 series is it?

If you wanted to spend more, and wanted a new system a new CPU would help [once you'd got a new CPU], but for the amount you'd have to spend more RAM/better GPU is your best bet for now.

Idleman · 23 Apr 2012 at 12:51

MadMan-JaMeS said:
Yeah, i don't really know wouldn't a new mobo CPu and RAM be better ?

Have a look in the MM. I imagine with IB out in a weeks time, there should be some good bargains to come. But i would get the 7850 now and upgrade the cpu, mobo and ram later, depending on price and availability.
Just a suggestion.

MadMan-JaMeS · 23 Apr 2012 at 13:10

Hmm okay i dnt get paid for another week so have to see whats on offer next week