Upgrading help plz

anarchybmc

anarchybmc

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Hi so we built our sons gaming PC which consists of -

VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Intel Core i3-3220 3.30GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
OcUK 20x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black)

Housed in a zalman z3 midi case, he wants to start upgrading his pc now and with Xmas coming I thought it would be ideal pressies. He wants to get an i5 cpu which I asked on here about and I picked the i5-3570k however looking at other reviews I think the motherboard may need upgrading too so I was thinking the Asus P8Z77-V LX I would really love your input have I got it right or are there any better? Also people seem to buy a better fan for the cpu again recommendations are hugely welcome.
Thanks in advance
 
Forgot to add these to original build :)

Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C10 2400MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U24001004G-2CI) - Blue Light
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD
 
Its an OK graphics card, but for the newest game on the most demanding settings it may not be enough is it just that one game it flickers? or others? What resolution and setting is he running games at, i guess he will be trying to maxing everything
 
TheGentry said:
Its an OK graphics card, but for the newest game on the most demanding settings it may not be enough is it just that one game it flickers? or others? What resolution and setting is he running games at, i guess he will be trying to maxing everything
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So far it's just that one game, and I just asked him about settings that was on low.
Looking at the back of the assassins creed case it says processor: Intel core i5-2500k upwards and the graphics say: nvidia GeForce GTX 680 or AMD RADEON HDR 7970, nvidia GeForce GTX 780 or AMD Radeon R9 290X

The reason I thought processor is because he only has the i3 at the mo.
 
If you are referring to Assassins Creed Unity then it is more than likely not the pc at fault.
The game is a bug ridden mess at the minute. There is a 3rd patch in the mix which will hopefully sort some issues out.

To find out your bios you can download cpu-z

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html#directiontouse (The download link is on the right hand side - 1.71 setup, english)

When you run cpu-z if you look on the 'mainboard' tab it will show the BIOS version.
 
Most your hardware is fine for most games atm, the next upgrade would ethier be graphics card, gtx970 would be best processor after that it's not much strain on it I wouldn't think
 
lee32uk said:
If you are referring to Assassins Creed Unity then it is more than likely not the pc at fault.
The game is a bug ridden mess at the minute. There is a 3rd patch in the mix which will hopefully sort some issues out.

To find out your bios you can download cpu-z

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html#directiontouse (The download link is on the right hand side - 1.71 setup, english)

When you run cpu-z if you look on the 'mainboard' tab it will show the BIOS version.
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Right so I downloaded that and it says version FD? I do not know how to flash so what can I do?buy another board?
 
anarchybmc said:
Right so I downloaded that and it says version FD? I do not know how to flash so what can I do?buy another board?
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I didn't realise that there were two different revisions with that board. Anyway as Stulid says above, the i5 3570K or i7 3770K will work fine with FD bios, so no need to update anything :)
 
Ah right thanks guys as you can probably tell computers confuse me so thank you for your time and patience :)

So would you change the fan on the processor I see on a lot of reviews that people do because the stock one does not cope?if yes then can you recommend one plz ta :)
 
anarchybmc said:
Ah right thanks guys as you can probably tell computers confuse me so thank you for your time and patience :)

So would you change the fan on the processor I see on a lot of reviews that people do because the stock one does not cope?if yes then can you recommend one plz ta :)
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The stock Intel cooler isn't too bad although it might get a bit noisy under load when gaming.

This Raijintek is pretty good for £15 and it will be quieter than the stock one.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler - Black £14.99
Total : £20.96 (includes shipping : £4.98).

 
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