Upgrade or Rebuild??

xIWatsoN · 30 Apr 2015 at 19:44

I'm currently stuck on what to do, I need your help! :confused:

Processor - AMD FX 6100 Six-Core Processor
Speed - 4.1 GHz
Graphics Card - AMD Radeon HD 7850
RAM - 8GB
Motherboard - Sabertooth 990x
PSU - OCZ ZS Series 650W with a Antec Kúhler H2O 650 Liquid CPU Cooler
Case - Titan 8200a punisher
SSD - Seagate 500Gb Barracuda 3.5" Hard Drive

If i could upgrade i'd like to spend no more than £400 if i can help it. Would like to be able to play mostly APB reloaded with a solid 60fps. Feedback would be greatly appreciated

stulid · 30 Apr 2015 at 19:46

What case+PSU do you have?

Got a big cooler and SSD?

What resolution is your screen?

xIWatsoN · 30 Apr 2015 at 20:13

1920x1080
22" Samsung tv not sure what is.

stulid · 30 Apr 2015 at 20:14

Basically I think a GFX card upgrade and SSD if you dont have one.

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £89.99
Total : £381.58 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

7850 vs GTX970 - http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1076?vs=1355

Can you measure how much room is in your case for a long GFX card? or tell me what case it is?

xIWatsoN · 30 Apr 2015 at 20:17

I'm not sure on the other answers. But thanks for the help! Ill look into it

stulid · 30 Apr 2015 at 20:17

http://overclockers.co.uk/pimg/FS-206-OE_400.jpg

Is that the case?

xIWatsoN · 30 Apr 2015 at 20:20

My bad this is it.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/popup_image.php?prodid=FS-190-OE&imgID=0&pID=9667&cat=c435433

stulid · 30 Apr 2015 at 20:23

Antec 300, 279mm space for cards.

The card is

Card Dimension(mm) 269 x 141 x 35

You are lucky.

xIWatsoN · 30 Apr 2015 at 20:24

Haha that's pretty close! Again thanks for the help mate.

stulid · 30 Apr 2015 at 20:26

SO yeah, beastly GFX card and a nice fast SSD.

Reinstall windows onto the SSD and use the latest drivers, wipe the HDD clean and use as storage.

Then in the future swap the CPU+board for Intel.

xIWatsoN · 30 Apr 2015 at 20:37

My price range was just rough max i could spend is 700. What do you recommend if i was to upgrade my CPU and board?

stulid · 30 Apr 2015 at 20:37

YOUR BASKET
1 x MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £281.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-SLI - Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K Bundle **£12 Saving** £277.98
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU) £89.99
Total : £659.56 (includes shipping : £8.00 Ex.VAT).

I trust you still have all the intel mounting parts for the Antec cooler? Socket 1150 is the same as 1155 and 1156.

You would need some new thermal paste also.