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Richard Js

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Hello everyone,

Last time I was here you guys helped me greatly to build my first PC but that was a few years ago. Now I finally came across some extra money :bounce: and would like to make some upgrades.

My pc is having issues running the latest games. So any recommendation will be greatly appreciated.

My budget is $1500.

my currently machine specs.

Case: Cooler Master 932 HAF
Motherboard: Asus p7p55d-e pro
Processor: Intel i7 860 @ 3.37 GHz
Graphic Card: ATI Radeon HD 5870
RAM: 8 GB
Disks: 1 250 GB SSD, 2 1TB HDD
OS: Windows 8
 
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Unless you're plan to eventually play on multiple 1080p monitors, a single 7970 would play most games maxed out. Get a gHz Edition 7970 for more performance. If you wanna get a dual GPU card, however, the 690 is for you, but that's gonna cost you as well

Tom's review here http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition-review-benchmark,3232.html
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Perhaps the weakest link in your rig now is your gfx card, it's pretty old already. You could get something like a 670 or 7970. Your i7 is still pretty decent and Haswell chips are around the corner, so I thinkl you could still hang on with it. However, if you do want to uograde that, the least I'd recommend is an i5-357k with an appropriate z77 mobo.
 
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Richard Js

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thanks for the quick answer guys.

So it looks like you guys agree on the same upgrades.

From a quick search I saw the 7970 for around $400, since I will have more money left over than anticipated. Would a crossfire of the HD 7970 would be an overkill?

I like to game on highest settings for GFX and I play on a 32" 1080p




 
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Unless you're plan to eventually play on multiple 1080p monitors, a single 7970 would play most games maxed out. Get a gHz Edition 7970 for more performance. If you wanna get a dual GPU card, however, the 690 is for you, but that's gonna cost you as well

Tom's review here http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition-review-benchmark,3232.html
 
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