What are my system specs?

sirmooman

sirmooman

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Hi all!

I'm looking to upgrade my system but haven't done any hardware tinkering for years! I used to build up my own computer 5 years or so ago so quite a lot has changed!

I want to spend about £400 on new bits but I really need to know what I've got to know where to go! So my question is simple.. How on earth do I find out what I've actually got? I'm sure it used to be simple but I can't seem to work it out :o

If anyone has a super good memory I brought my current computer form Overclockers last July-ish. It was the "Titan Krypt" AMD Athlon II X4 635 2.90GHz Quad Core DDR3 System with HIS ATI Radeon HD 4850 iCooler IV 1024MB GDDR3 PCI-Express Graphics Card.

I want to be playing Battlefield 3 etc on high settings without much slowdown. It plays ok on medium but tends to still slow down at busy moments. I can play SC2 ok though ;-)

Thanks in advance for any help!

Alex
 
haha I see what you mean! I think i'm more after what I can change! I was hoping to find what mobo i had so I could see what kid of CPU/ graphics card I could swap them for. I don't really know how compatible processes are with mobos?!
 
Thanks Bobby- I was thinking a PSU was my processor! Is upgrading my processor or ram worth it at all? Would a new graphics card and a soildstate hdd be the best bet? Just gonna take the case off!
 
Ok so my PSU is 600w It's the OCZ600 SXS2. Looking at the numbers on the side it doesn't look good enough?

This is what the stats say :
150 x 140 x 86mm (W x L x H)
ATX12V v2.2
Main connector: 20+ 4-pin ATX
Non-Modular
High efficiency: 83% @ 115V (Typical load) / 85% @ 230V (Typical load)
80+ Certified
Overvoltage/Overcurrent/Short-Circuit protection
Active PFC
MTBF:100,000 hours
OCZ PowerWhisper Technology
120mm ball-bearing fan
 
Thanks Olivier and Bobby again! I've had a look at the mobo and there's no model number or anything that I can spot. I do see that I have 5 SATA II ports (0-4) and can't see any and SATA 6 ports. I didn't know there was any difference in SATA connections? I remember when there was just a choice between SATA and IDE :s
 
I think I'll opt for one of the recommended cards and may splash on a ssd! When I upgrade in future it will stick with me for a few years I'm sure!

Thanks for the help guys :-)
Very much appreciated!
 
Presumably there's not much point in upgrading the mobo yet if the only thing holding me back at the moment is really the graphics card? Are games like Skyrim likely to be more RAM hungry or is it really all graphics card these days?

Thanks again :)
 
Hi Fowler002 I already have the system :-) And it has a fan over the cpu if that's what you meant? I'm just starting to research overclocker as I've never tried it before to see if that helps as well :-) It's 4gigs of ram as well.

Mickyfinn... I probably will ;-)
 
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