- Jun 16, 2013
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Here I am again, with my second question to ask. The experts on this site were really helpful last time, and I'm sorry to require more time for my problems, but what can I do, I'm a newb at this.
In any case, let's cut to the chase. I was going to upgrade my system, but in the end I decided to instad get a new one, given that my old motherboard was pretty old.
My goal is to be able to run Battlefield 4 with a silky smoothness. Even on "low" settings, if need be, since my budget is not infinite.
Therefore, I would like to ask, what is a good, reliable, but not overly expensive motherboard that I should get, and what CPU should I buy in order for it to fit? I have selected a GPU, it's going to be the AMD HD 7870 XT, however the change in motherboard has left me hanging on the CPU side. I've got no idea indeed what is a good processor to choose, given that my goal is gaming performance (at least on a moderate scale), and the CPU depends a lot on the motherboard, and I know, if you'd pardon my language, jack shit about motherboards.
So, to summarise, as I seem to have talked quite a bit. I would be really glad if someone could direct me to a solid choice for a motherboard for a new system aimed at gaming (only thing I care about is good Battlefield 4 performance, don't care about Crysis 3 and the likes of it), with - hopefully - a possibility for future upgrading of the system. The GPU is certainly going to be the AMD HD 7870 XT. However, please help me out on the mobo selection. I am quite uncertain what motherboard would work well with what CPU in order not to get the GPU bottlenecked or anything.
As a minor side question, how much RAM is recommended to be placed on a "new" system like that?
(And as a side note, here are the specs of my current computer, if they are of any importance whatsoever. Mobo: ECS GF8200A Black; CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 545; GPU: NVIDIA GTX 260; RAM: 4GB DDR2, at about 800 Mhz, I think.)
Help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
In any case, let's cut to the chase. I was going to upgrade my system, but in the end I decided to instad get a new one, given that my old motherboard was pretty old.
My goal is to be able to run Battlefield 4 with a silky smoothness. Even on "low" settings, if need be, since my budget is not infinite.
Therefore, I would like to ask, what is a good, reliable, but not overly expensive motherboard that I should get, and what CPU should I buy in order for it to fit? I have selected a GPU, it's going to be the AMD HD 7870 XT, however the change in motherboard has left me hanging on the CPU side. I've got no idea indeed what is a good processor to choose, given that my goal is gaming performance (at least on a moderate scale), and the CPU depends a lot on the motherboard, and I know, if you'd pardon my language, jack shit about motherboards.
So, to summarise, as I seem to have talked quite a bit. I would be really glad if someone could direct me to a solid choice for a motherboard for a new system aimed at gaming (only thing I care about is good Battlefield 4 performance, don't care about Crysis 3 and the likes of it), with - hopefully - a possibility for future upgrading of the system. The GPU is certainly going to be the AMD HD 7870 XT. However, please help me out on the mobo selection. I am quite uncertain what motherboard would work well with what CPU in order not to get the GPU bottlenecked or anything.
As a minor side question, how much RAM is recommended to be placed on a "new" system like that?
(And as a side note, here are the specs of my current computer, if they are of any importance whatsoever. Mobo: ECS GF8200A Black; CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 545; GPU: NVIDIA GTX 260; RAM: 4GB DDR2, at about 800 Mhz, I think.)
Help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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