Hi Everyone
About 6 years ago, I bought a pretty high end gaming PC. Since then I havent touched it other than to upgrade the hard-drives. My current config is:
Coolermaster Large Tower case
Decent ASUS Motherboard (3 years old) not sure which one but I recall it doesn't support the new intel chips
Intel core i7 920 2.67Ghz
NVidia GTX295 X 2 (SLI)
6MB Corsair 1600mhz DDR3 RAM
SSD X2 (RAID 0 config)
Large back-up drive (external)
1200W power unit
Monitor = Dell 22inch 1920X1200
Just in the last year or so, I've noticed I can't run majority of games on super max detail. It's still fine, but I think I am coming to a point where I could upgrade (things like RTW2, GTAV etc...).
What I am at a complete loss about is what to upgrade to get the most out of games - I've now got a bit of budget to spend and want to upgrade in the next few weeks. It's hard to say how much as it's not a fixed amount. I dont want to buy a whole new $2000 system, but would be prepared to spend upto $1000 on new parts (maybe a bit more if a new monitor was in there!). I'm based in London and would likely buy parts from (and get the shop to build for me - sorry!) Yoyo tech:
http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/
My criteria are that I want to upgrade things that will future proof me for playing games on max settings, and ideally be transferable to my future whole system upgrade (motherboard and processor). I like tech, but wouldnt fiddle with overclocking unless I had to (which I may on the i7 chip I have!).
My current thoughts are this:
1) My hard drives are plenty fast
2) I dont think I'd such a huge leap if I were to upgrade my motherboard and processor in terms of games
3) I am not sure if adding 3X4MB of faster RAM would help
4) I am thinking foremost about a new graphics card, and like NVidia so have the GTX770:
http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/gtx770-asus-directcu-ii-2gb-gddr5-256-bit-pci-e-30-gtx770-dc2-2gd5
or maybe even SLI two of them. I've tried to find a decent comparison of a singe GTX770 vs my current 295X2 in SLI but cant work it out! Would just one GTX770 be faster?
5) Perhaps also a new higher res monitor such as the 27" Dell U2713H LED AH-IPS 2560x1440 (which I assume would need a better graphics card)
http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/27-dell-u2713h-led-ah-ips-2560x1440-dp-mini-dp-hdmi-dvi-2560x1440-350cdm2-10001-6ms-usb-30-led-monitor
6) Perhaps one solution would be to buy one GTX770, the monitor and the RAM (although this would MAX my budget) and then down the line add a further 770 (or two!) to keep up with games.
I would REALLY appreciate your help generally, and specifically on my 6
points above. Tell me if I'm way off - thank you!
Stephen
About 6 years ago, I bought a pretty high end gaming PC. Since then I havent touched it other than to upgrade the hard-drives. My current config is:
Coolermaster Large Tower case
Decent ASUS Motherboard (3 years old) not sure which one but I recall it doesn't support the new intel chips
Intel core i7 920 2.67Ghz
NVidia GTX295 X 2 (SLI)
6MB Corsair 1600mhz DDR3 RAM
SSD X2 (RAID 0 config)
Large back-up drive (external)
1200W power unit
Monitor = Dell 22inch 1920X1200
Just in the last year or so, I've noticed I can't run majority of games on super max detail. It's still fine, but I think I am coming to a point where I could upgrade (things like RTW2, GTAV etc...).
What I am at a complete loss about is what to upgrade to get the most out of games - I've now got a bit of budget to spend and want to upgrade in the next few weeks. It's hard to say how much as it's not a fixed amount. I dont want to buy a whole new $2000 system, but would be prepared to spend upto $1000 on new parts (maybe a bit more if a new monitor was in there!). I'm based in London and would likely buy parts from (and get the shop to build for me - sorry!) Yoyo tech:
http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/
My criteria are that I want to upgrade things that will future proof me for playing games on max settings, and ideally be transferable to my future whole system upgrade (motherboard and processor). I like tech, but wouldnt fiddle with overclocking unless I had to (which I may on the i7 chip I have!).
My current thoughts are this:
1) My hard drives are plenty fast
2) I dont think I'd such a huge leap if I were to upgrade my motherboard and processor in terms of games
3) I am not sure if adding 3X4MB of faster RAM would help
4) I am thinking foremost about a new graphics card, and like NVidia so have the GTX770:
http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/gtx770-asus-directcu-ii-2gb-gddr5-256-bit-pci-e-30-gtx770-dc2-2gd5
or maybe even SLI two of them. I've tried to find a decent comparison of a singe GTX770 vs my current 295X2 in SLI but cant work it out! Would just one GTX770 be faster?
5) Perhaps also a new higher res monitor such as the 27" Dell U2713H LED AH-IPS 2560x1440 (which I assume would need a better graphics card)
http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/27-dell-u2713h-led-ah-ips-2560x1440-dp-mini-dp-hdmi-dvi-2560x1440-350cdm2-10001-6ms-usb-30-led-monitor
6) Perhaps one solution would be to buy one GTX770, the monitor and the RAM (although this would MAX my budget) and then down the line add a further 770 (or two!) to keep up with games.
I would REALLY appreciate your help generally, and specifically on my 6
points above. Tell me if I'm way off - thank you!
Stephen
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