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Yazudave

Yazudave

Yazudave

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Hey guys

I'm looking at upgrading and was hoping you guys might be able to help me with some advice.

My current system is:
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 555 3.20GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3) with the extra 2 cores unlocked and clocked to 3.8ghz
Patriot Viper 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C7 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Corsair CX 600W ATX Power Supply
ASRock M3A770DE AMD 770 (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5750 XXX 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card 800mhz clock speed
WDC 250gb HDD & a 1tb Seagate HDD
Antec 300 Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
Samsung Syncmaster 920N 19" monitor

I only use it for gaming (mostly MMOs) and is plenty for WoW but when I played RIFT and SWToR I had to turn the graphics down to get a decent FPS. As GW2 is on the horizon I am looking to upgrade a bit so I can play it properly.

So far I'm looking at getting:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-030-C3 £184.99
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MO-062-AC £99.95

I looked at a couple of GPUs around that price bracket and the clock speed on this one was a little lower but it has more processing cores - is this a good trade off or do I need to look for one with a higher clock speed?

These parts I'm definitely upgrading. An SSD would be a great improvement but I would need a new mobo for that so that may come later. Possibly looking at http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-501-AS with a Samsung 830.

Budget-wise I'm looking at about £300 for now for the GPU and monitor which I'm thinking is enough to play GW2 on good graphics. With the mobo above I was thinking if I get that it would last me for a while if I decide to get a better CPU/memory later on.

What do you guys think? Any help on this is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Yazudave
 
I'm currently using a stock cooler on my CPU - I think I could get a little bit more out of it if I bought a decent one and then if that's still not enough I can at least use the new cooler on the new chip if I need it.

I can get the SSD straight away then and use it on SATA 2, and then when I need a new motherboard it can get bumped up to proper speed (would be nice to cut down the loading screens!).

The GPU specs confuse me to be honest -would the one I linked with more processing cores and higher effective memory clock speed be better or are there other factors I need to consider? (sorry if it's getting too technical for a general query).
 
Ah lol. Well I've got just under 3 weeks before it comes out - any idea on how long it takes to get some more in? I'm sure another couple of weeks of WoW loading screens won't kill me!

I was originally looking at £300 for the GPU and new monitor (was the one I put any good btw?) and then spending extra on the new SSD/cooler that would be separate. I've just considered these upgrades for possible re-use later on if I get a new motherboard/CPU etc. It does seem like I'm just awkwardly building a new system, but I'm trying not to! ;)
 
Curses! Foiled!

Well for now I think the PCS+ GPU, the CPU cooler, the SSD (Samsung 830 when it's in stock) and the monitor will be a worthy upgrade?
 
The £300ish was just what I was looking at spending on the GPU and monitor. I'm happy spending the £85 on the SSD and £25-30 on a decent cooler separate to that. The SSD/cooler/monitor will be a good upgrade from what I have now and should last me.
 
I've looked at the benchmark between the i5 3570k and the FX-8 8150 and the 8150 scores higher and is cheaper - is there something I should be aware of that makes it not a viable option?
 
If I was to go for the GPU upgrade would it be worth spending the extra £60 to get the 7950 instead? I'm thinking in terms of how long it will last before I next need to upgrade it i.e. would I be able to get an extra 12/18 months out of it?
 
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