Upgrading my system for Battlefield 4

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
W

WetLemon

Honorable
Sep 1, 2013
2
0
10,510
Motivation: I'm worried that Battlefield 4 will not be fun to play on my current system so I want to update some of my parts. I won't be doing any sort of overclocking. Currently Battlefield 3 plays OK on mostly low settings with medium texture settings and get playable framerates. Running a browser with You-Tube kind of slows the system down with some games.

Current System: I'm currently running a 790FX board with an AMD Phenom x4 9850 black running a GTX560 (not Ti) with 8GB of DDR2. I play at 1280x1024 or 1440x900 depending on what monitor I pick to play on.

Budget: a potentially unreasonable ~$250 after rebates.

Specced out parts (Preliminary):
A preliminary visit to newegg, based on the options and price I want, yielded these, an AMD 970 chipset board with a 3.8Ghz Vishera:

MSI 970A-G46 AM3+ AMD 970
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130637
AMD FX-4300 Vishera 3.8GHz (4.0GHz) Socket AM3+ 95W Quad-Core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113287
G.SKILL Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231424

This is for an existing system so new Hard drives, OS, monitors and such will not be needed.

Inquiry:
I was planning on keeping the GTX560 for now. Would the CPU/Mobo combo listed ($260) be a reasonable upgrade to get ready for Battlefield 4 or is it lacking?
 
Solution
R
Just fyi, when you get a new motherboard, you'll have to reinstall the OS.
Here's my recommendation:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $252.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-02 00:59 EDT-0400)

-6300 + 990FX chipset. Allows for overclocking (when you allocate more funds and buy a cpu cooler) and SLI/crossfire, assuming your...
Sort by date Sort by votes
R

realchaos

Distinguished
Jan 30, 2013
5,287
0
19,960
Just fyi, when you get a new motherboard, you'll have to reinstall the OS.
Here's my recommendation:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($57.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $252.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-02 00:59 EDT-0400)

-6300 + 990FX chipset. Allows for overclocking (when you allocate more funds and buy a cpu cooler) and SLI/crossfire, assuming your psu can handle it.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
W

WetLemon

Honorable
Sep 1, 2013
2
0
10,510


I understand I have to re-install the OS but thanks for the reminder. Concerning your suggestion, for gaming purposes would it not be better to go for a faster quad core over a slower 6 core? Also, since I wasn't planning on overclocking or SLI, what does the 990FX chipset offer that the 970 won't?

Thanks for the help so far.

Edit: It looks like Part picker found the same setup I originally found, but for much less (http://pcpartpicker.com/p/DFqt) $229
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
R

realchaos

Distinguished
Jan 30, 2013
5,287
0
19,960
The difference in speeds is nearly nothing. Also, the FX-6300 is in a combo deal with the 990FX board which makes it pretty cheap.
Although you say you don't want to SLI or overclock, having the option is always really good.
Thanks to the combo deal, it's basically a free upgrade from the 4300 and 970 chipset to the 6300 and 990fx chipset.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom