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Penny-tration94 · 5 Jun 2016 at 10:56

Hi guys

I'm looking to upgrade my pc and was looking for advice here's what I have;

Motherboard: ASUS A68HM PLUS
Processor: AMD A10-7700K, Quad-core, 3.4 GHz, 4 MB cache
Graphics Card: Radeon R7 250
I have 8GB of RAM

Any help would be appreciated
thanks guys

mickyflinn · 5 Jun 2016 at 11:14

What dp ypu use your pc for e.g gaming and budget please ?

Penny-tration94 · 5 Jun 2016 at 11:48

It would be for gaming, I would like it to be fast enough to run games such a dark souls 3

Penny-tration94 · 5 Jun 2016 at 12:00

And my budget would be £300- £400 ideally

StarShock · 5 Jun 2016 at 12:05

Honestly your best bet would be to wait till the end of the month and grab a new graphics card. Either the gtx 1070 next week or the rx480 end of the month if you want to save some pennies

Penny-tration94 · 5 Jun 2016 at 12:08

Ok thanks just a couple more questions, Would that be all I need to run these kinds of games? And would that graphics card just plug straight in?

StarShock · 5 Jun 2016 at 12:14

Yeah those graphics cards should slot right in and your processor and ram should do the job in most cases. These days the main requirement for games is the graphics card.

Penny-tration94 · 5 Jun 2016 at 12:15

Ok thanks a lot

Penny-tration94 · 5 Jun 2016 at 12:23

Ok so I've just had a look at these graphics cards and they are both out of my budget at £620 is there any cheaper alternatives? Or would I be wasting my money buying cheaper?

StarShock · 5 Jun 2016 at 12:30

Hmm? The gtx 1070 isn't out till next Friday and will be between £350 and £400. And the rx480 comes out end of the month and will be around £200.

Penny-tration94 · 5 Jun 2016 at 12:31

Oh my bad I just did a quick search and the first ones that came up where around 600+

StarShock · 5 Jun 2016 at 12:41

Yeah you probably saw the 1080.

jigger · 5 Jun 2016 at 13:01

The 7700K will badly hold back the GTX1070 and probably the RX 480 but to a lesser extent.

StarShock · 5 Jun 2016 at 13:11

jigger said:
The 7700K will badly hold back the GTX1070 and probably the RX 480 but to a lesser extent.

Indeed. The rx480 would be the better fit. But with this budget you'll struggle to get a whole system upgrade. And for gaming the graphics is probably the best place to improve

Cern · 5 Jun 2016 at 13:13

Given your budget and existing system, the soon to be released RX 480 would be a better fit for a GPU upgrade than a 1070.

Also consider adding a SSD if you don't already have one, to install Windows, apps and games on.

jigger · 5 Jun 2016 at 13:17

With some well tuned RAM and an overclock the RX 480 might make sense at $199.

Penny-tration94 · 5 Jun 2016 at 16:10

If I was to upgrade the processor as well so it wasn't holding back the graphics card which one would you guys suggest?

StarShock · 5 Jun 2016 at 16:31

We don't have all the details of the RX 480 yet. But early reports suggest it will be the best bang for buck card. And looks like it will be great for 1080p gaming. If you have a 1440p monitor then the 1070 will probably edge it out.

Stealthploit · 5 Jun 2016 at 16:36

jigger said:
With some well tuned RAM and an overclock the RX 480 might make sense at $199.

yes that would be op

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