Hello guys,
I'm currently upgrading my 2009 dell xps 8100. Factory specs is standard xps case, which is pretty nice looking but kinda cramped inside, I5 750 2.6ghz and 4ddr 3 1066 ram.500gb 7200 hdd and gtx 260 dell underclocked version. PSU is a feeble 350w that came with the system. It ran fine games up until 2012, this year games are starting to lag. I prefer games such as civ 5, xcom, starcraft, skyrim but do enjoy BAttle field and some FPS now and then. Recently upgraded ram to 12gb (had 2x2gb, ended up buying 2x4gb more) since I love multitasking and use photoshop lightroom alot. Starting to use premiere as well. I also recently bought a dell u2713hm 2560x1400 monitor for photo editing and found out that games at that resolution takes a lot more to process. I also recently added a samsung 840 250gb evo ssd. Now I was looking foward upgrading the GPU for something a little more powerfull, but mid ranged priced. Would like to run games at monitor native 1400p but not too crazy for ultra or 50>fps. was playing sleeping dogs at 30 fps and was a-ok. Would not like to buy a whole new system since I live in Brazil and stuff is way overpriced here. What would be a reasonable gpu upgrade for games and maybe adobe suite performance without giving up my cpu and mobo? I dont think I can overclock cpu in my currrent dell bios. I was aiming something at the price of r9 270x or gtx 760 but afraid of bottlenecking from my cpu/ old mobo.a gtx650 ti is pretty cheap here but may not be an awesome upgrade for gaming. I am aware i'll probably have to upgrade PSU as well, just wondered if I could keep this mobo+cpu for a couple more years. A gtx 760 here costs about 450-470 usd. Sucks, huh? Athough I do have some dough to spend, I'm much too frugal to overspend when not needed, specially considering the country I live in, where evertyhing is so overpriced. Thanks in advance!
I'm currently upgrading my 2009 dell xps 8100. Factory specs is standard xps case, which is pretty nice looking but kinda cramped inside, I5 750 2.6ghz and 4ddr 3 1066 ram.500gb 7200 hdd and gtx 260 dell underclocked version. PSU is a feeble 350w that came with the system. It ran fine games up until 2012, this year games are starting to lag. I prefer games such as civ 5, xcom, starcraft, skyrim but do enjoy BAttle field and some FPS now and then. Recently upgraded ram to 12gb (had 2x2gb, ended up buying 2x4gb more) since I love multitasking and use photoshop lightroom alot. Starting to use premiere as well. I also recently bought a dell u2713hm 2560x1400 monitor for photo editing and found out that games at that resolution takes a lot more to process. I also recently added a samsung 840 250gb evo ssd. Now I was looking foward upgrading the GPU for something a little more powerfull, but mid ranged priced. Would like to run games at monitor native 1400p but not too crazy for ultra or 50>fps. was playing sleeping dogs at 30 fps and was a-ok. Would not like to buy a whole new system since I live in Brazil and stuff is way overpriced here. What would be a reasonable gpu upgrade for games and maybe adobe suite performance without giving up my cpu and mobo? I dont think I can overclock cpu in my currrent dell bios. I was aiming something at the price of r9 270x or gtx 760 but afraid of bottlenecking from my cpu/ old mobo.a gtx650 ti is pretty cheap here but may not be an awesome upgrade for gaming. I am aware i'll probably have to upgrade PSU as well, just wondered if I could keep this mobo+cpu for a couple more years. A gtx 760 here costs about 450-470 usd. Sucks, huh? Athough I do have some dough to spend, I'm much too frugal to overspend when not needed, specially considering the country I live in, where evertyhing is so overpriced. Thanks in advance!
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