Hi,
When I built my current pc, gaming wasn't on the agenda. I don't even have a graphics card in it. I want to get back into some flight sim and a few other games and I need a few opinions on whether to upgrade my current rig or start again.
Before I start, it might be worth noting that my current rig is a mini-itx build which limits my upgrade opportunities.
My current spec is this.
Ivybridge i5-3570K 3.40GHz CPU
Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 Mobo
8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz RAM
My boot drive is a sandisk 120GB SSD
My PSU is coming up for 8 or 9 years old so I don't know if it has the connections required for modern graphics cards as I have been out of the loop. But it was a good psu in its time. Its a Corsair HX1000 1000w PSU.
All of that is pretty snug in a Bitfenix Prodidgy case.
I stumbled across this...
GeForce GTX 970 "Mini-ITX" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970IXOC-4GD).
That just about fits with a few mm to spare. Would I get away with simply chucking that into my current rig and expect to play games smoothly at 1080p? I don't use a monitor, my pc is permanently connected to my TV so no higher res is needed.
I am also looking at getting a larger SSD. Are these any good?
500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)
So yeah, enough waffling. Thoughts and opinions welcome? Get some more mileage out of my current spec or start again?
Cheers.
When I built my current pc, gaming wasn't on the agenda. I don't even have a graphics card in it. I want to get back into some flight sim and a few other games and I need a few opinions on whether to upgrade my current rig or start again.
Before I start, it might be worth noting that my current rig is a mini-itx build which limits my upgrade opportunities.
My current spec is this.
Ivybridge i5-3570K 3.40GHz CPU
Gigabyte Z77N-WIFI Intel Z77 Mobo
8GB Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz RAM
My boot drive is a sandisk 120GB SSD
My PSU is coming up for 8 or 9 years old so I don't know if it has the connections required for modern graphics cards as I have been out of the loop. But it was a good psu in its time. Its a Corsair HX1000 1000w PSU.
All of that is pretty snug in a Bitfenix Prodidgy case.
I stumbled across this...
GeForce GTX 970 "Mini-ITX" 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (GV-N970IXOC-4GD).
That just about fits with a few mm to spare. Would I get away with simply chucking that into my current rig and expect to play games smoothly at 1080p? I don't use a monitor, my pc is permanently connected to my TV so no higher res is needed.
I am also looking at getting a larger SSD. Are these any good?
500GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E500B/EU)
So yeah, enough waffling. Thoughts and opinions welcome? Get some more mileage out of my current spec or start again?
Cheers.
