Looking to Upgrade with BF4 and CoD: Ghosts in mind.

balky12 · Oct 11, 2013

Hey all,

With the two new FPS's coming out I am looking to upgrade/ update my rig.

Currently I have.

Intel i3 540 O/C @ 3.4ghz
Asus P7P55D E - EVO motherboard.
4gb RAM
GTX 460
Power supply i think is 550w.

I have a budget of around the £400/£500 mark. I am not interested in super duper ultra settings, but a rig where i can run it on high without fps lag.

Are there any upgrades I could make, or am I better off biting the bullet and getting a new rig? The latter is my gut feeling.

If this is the case what do you people suggest, again with that budget in mind!

Many thanks.

tiny voices · Oct 11, 2013

Definitely build a new rig for sure.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£131.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.93 @ Dabs)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.23 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.38 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card (£137.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.24 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£11.10 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £511.51
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-11 12:58 BST+0100)

This will easily run them at a mix of high and max settings.

balky12 · Oct 11, 2013

tiny voices :

Definitely build a new rig for sure.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor (£131.99 @ Aria PC)
Motherboard: ASRock H87 Pro4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£64.93 @ Dabs)
Memory: GeIL Enhance CORSA 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£30.23 @ CCL Computers)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.38 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card (£137.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Elite (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case (£38.65 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£49.24 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHDS118-04 DVD/CD Drive (£11.10 @ Scan.co.uk)
Total: £511.51
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-11 12:58 BST+0100)

This will easily run them at a mix of high and max settings.

Star, thanks a lot. Would I be better with an older generation processor but more ghz? Say i5 3470 3.2ghz?

And would you say Radeon over GeForce?

tiny voices · Oct 11, 2013

No, stick with the 4430.

No, I would not say AMD over nvidia or the other way. It makes no difference. It all depends on the budget. The 7950 is the best card that fits your budget, so that's what it will be. One is not better than the other.

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