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William-Mathew

William-Mathew

William-Mathew

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Hey guys

Now I have some cash to spend after Christmas I am wondering what you would upgrade in my system.
System is in sig. but I added a after market cooler and a fan controller. looking to spend about £250 but £300 is the absolute limit.

thanks for any suggestions

Will

*RAM is 8gb teamgroup red 2400MHz
Mobo is a gigabyte 78LMT - USB3
 
Are you finding it struggles in games atall?

What monitor do you have? May be could upgrade that?

As for upgrading the PC, you're looking at a 'core' upgrade.. Like a 4690k + motherboard.
 
Doomedspeed said:
Are you finding it struggles in games atall?

What monitor do you have? May be could upgrade that?

As for upgrading the PC, you're looking at a 'core' upgrade.. Like a 4690k + motherboard.
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Monitor is a Benq GW2265. I was wanting to make my move to intel. Would an i7 be worth the extra for the long run?

MSTRBKR said:
Is there anything wrong with it? Anything that stops you doing what you need it to do? What's the PC used for, gaming?
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Its not so struggling but I want to enhance my experience
 
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No point in wasting money going for Intel right now, the 6350 is pretty decent unless you feel it's too slow which you don't?

What keyboard/mouse do you have? Headphones/speakers? These will "enhance the experience" :D
 
Shivy011 said:
No point in wasting money going for Intel right now, the 6350 is pretty decent unless you feel it's too slow which you don't?

What keyboard/mouse do you have? Headphones/speakers? These will "enhance the experience" :D
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Got a good mouse and keyboard. Got a good pair of speakers and a pair of corsair vengeance 2100 headphones

Thinking about getting a new monitor that has a higher refresh rate as my 280x passes the 60Hz
 
Doomedspeed said:
Yeah, it all points to a new monitor.

Either a 144hz display or a 1440p would be good. :)

Thatll enhance your experience.
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+1

You may need to turn a couple of settings down but'll it'll be a darn sight better than what you have now!
 
You'd gain nothing from a new motherboard. Especially as you're stuck on the AM3 platform thats moving nowhere, burning your money would be more productive!

A second 280X is an idea but, on a 1080p screen you're not going to see the benefits, plus do you have the PSU grunt?

I would upgrade to a decent monitor or switch over to the Intel side to set you up properly for the next few years.
 
ThaReaperGuy said:
You'd gain nothing from a new motherboard. Especially as you're stuck on the AM3 platform thats moving nowhere, burning your money would be more productive!

A second 280X is an idea but, on a 1080p screen you're not going to see the benefits, plus do you have the PSU grunt?

I would upgrade to a decent monitor or switch over to the Intel side to set you up properly for the next few years.
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My CPU is only a year old now and still have a lot of life still in it. My current motherboard only has 1 PCI slot. Would I see a difference on a 144hz monitor instead of a 60hz one which I currently have. Dont want to buy a 1440p monitor as they are too expensive at the moment

As in my sig I do have an 850w PSU
 
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I only use the computer for gaming, internet searching and word. Been looking at benchmarks and an i5 4690k would only get me a few fps more in games that I play. I know Intel is a better platform and I want intel. But I cannot justify spending £300 to get a new mobo and CPU when my current one is only a year old.
 
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As above the monitor would be the best option.

A second 280X would be limited by your CPU and display.

144hz is smoother and a clearer picture. It is able to display up to 144FPS which will get the best from your GPU.
 
Ok. So firstly I will upgrade my monitor. Then upgrade my mobo/CPU. Then add another 280x. Would that work well?

If you had the option , which one of these mobos would you chose:
YOUR BASKET
1 x Asus Maximus VII Hero Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £161.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK Intel Z97 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard £142.99
Total : £314.58 (includes shipping : £8.00).



I would want to go with the ROG one as I am running a black and red scheme but the gigabyte offers the upgrade in 3 years.
 
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Sure would.

Maybe the broad well or skylake i5s will give you a big improvement.

When looking at CPUs though, even though you are gaming, looking at CPU gaming performance paints an odd picture due to a lot of titles being GPU bound.

Like you said, going to a 4690k now, would only gain you 2 fps. If you look at other CPU benchmarks it may be 50% better in every area.

Depending on when your next GPU upgrade cones you may just be better getting a new card.
 
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