Upgrade time

tidusjar · 1 Nov 2011 at 23:06

Hey guys I'm looking to upgrade, I was thinking either SSD or 8GB RAM.

Current specs
Phenom II X4 840 @ 3.2GHz - Stock Cooler
Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2
Corsair XMS3 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
BeQuiet Pure Power L7 530W
560Ti Twin Frozr 1GB

Tommyzz · 1 Nov 2011 at 23:09

Ram will be about £30. SSD 70-130 depending on size.

tidusjar · 1 Nov 2011 at 23:10

Yeah I know, Not too worried about prices, just want to see my next upgrade, Whats your opinions?

bobbyspangles · 1 Nov 2011 at 23:23

I would think the SSD will provide the biggest noticeable improvement.

Davedree · 1 Nov 2011 at 23:25

955 or ssd

shadow_boxer · 1 Nov 2011 at 23:30

Davedree said:
955 or ssd

I don't personally see that going to the a proper Phenom II is worth it from the "Athlon" 840. For general responsiveness of the system, the SSD seems the best buy. If on the other hand you do a lot of video encoding/image editing then more RAM will help. How about a decent aftermarket cooler and overclocking.

fowler002 · 1 Nov 2011 at 23:49

i2500k £168
gigabyte z68ap-d3 £82
gelid tranquilo £26

bobbyspangles · 2 Nov 2011 at 00:30

fowler002 said:
i2500k £168
gigabyte z68ap-d3 £82
gelid tranquilo £26

do you have that keybound?

tidusjar · 2 Nov 2011 at 00:38

shadow_boxer said:
I don't personally see that going to the a proper Phenom II is worth it from the "Athlon" 840. For general responsiveness of the system, the SSD seems the best buy. If on the other hand you do a lot of video encoding/image editing then more RAM will help. How about a decent aftermarket cooler and overclocking.

Yeah, Well i was thinking of a cooler and then OC but i cannot find how wit my board. Some people have OC'd to 3.8 stable but i cannot find out how

I was thinking 8GB RAM for BF3... Would there be any improvement?

fowler002 · 2 Nov 2011 at 00:45

bobbyspangles said:
do you have that keybound?

no