Hi,
I'm looking to do a bit of an upgrade to a system that I built around 5 years a go. It's held up great but it's really starting to show it's age with the latest games.
Basically, I'm not looking to spend a great deal (so no dropping £900 on a Titan!) so I was hoping to get some advice on bottlenecks. I assume that a GPU upgrade would serve me best for gaming but there might be no point without upgrading something else as well.
My system is as follows:
MOBO: Asus P8Z68-V PRO Z68 Socket 1155
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k 3.4GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache
GPU: Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 DirectCU II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express
RAM: 2x G-Skill 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL7 (7-8-7-24) 1.5V
SSD: Samsung 64 GB (sorry, not sure exactly which one)
So what of that lot is good enough for the latest games and which are in need of an upgrade? Or should I hang on a while as I cans till play games just not at the highest settings?
I don't have a set budget in mind but I wouldn't want to spend more than £500.
Any advice would be great. Thanks!
I'm looking to do a bit of an upgrade to a system that I built around 5 years a go. It's held up great but it's really starting to show it's age with the latest games.
Basically, I'm not looking to spend a great deal (so no dropping £900 on a Titan!) so I was hoping to get some advice on bottlenecks. I assume that a GPU upgrade would serve me best for gaming but there might be no point without upgrading something else as well.
My system is as follows:
MOBO: Asus P8Z68-V PRO Z68 Socket 1155
CPU: Intel Core i7 2600k 3.4GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache
GPU: Asus ATI Radeon HD 6950 DirectCU II 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express
RAM: 2x G-Skill 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL7 (7-8-7-24) 1.5V
SSD: Samsung 64 GB (sorry, not sure exactly which one)
So what of that lot is good enough for the latest games and which are in need of an upgrade? Or should I hang on a while as I cans till play games just not at the highest settings?
I don't have a set budget in mind but I wouldn't want to spend more than £500.
Any advice would be great. Thanks!
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