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hchami1

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I have a custom built PC, these are my specs:

Motherboard : Intel DH67BLB3
CPU : Intel Core i3-2120 (3.30 GhHz)
GPU : NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GS
RAM : 8 GB DDR3

It has a SSD for booting and a HDD for storing.

The problem is, when I play games, it seems that they don't run very well. I have a lenovo laptop that runs the games smoother and better than my desktop.

What would you recommend I should upgrade to make it run games smoother?

The games I'm playing are CS:GO, SWToR, Civ 5

I'm thinking I need to upgrade the graphics card but I'm not sure that's my only problem. The i3 is a 2 core (4 core virtual) so could that be the problem?

Any help is appreciated!
 
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Mr Dobing
7900GS... is ancient! I'm not suprised your laptop can run things better.

All you need to do is buy a new graphics card and your performance would increase 200%.

A few options depending on budget:

For those games I'd get at least a HD 7850 or GTX 660 if you want smooth gameplay at a high quality if not then get a GT630 they're less than $100 and can manage your games at least medium.

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7900GS... is ancient! I'm not suprised your laptop can run things better.

All you need to do is buy a new graphics card and your performance would increase 200%.

A few options depending on budget:

For those games I'd get at least a HD 7850 or GTX 660 if you want smooth gameplay at a high quality if not then get a GT630 they're less than $100 and can manage your games at least medium.

 
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hchami1

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I have a Cooler Master Elite Power - 460W Power Supply
 
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it has one 6 pin connector , so it will work with R9 270 .( for R9 270 , 450W psu is recommended.)
http://www.coolermaster.com/powersupply/elite-power/elite-power-460w/

GTX 760 needs one 6 and one 8 pin power connectors and 600W psu , so for GTX 760 , you ll need a new psu.

R9 270 is an awesome video card.
 
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hchami1

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It seems that the R9 270 requires a PCI Express 3.0 while my mother board only has:

One PCI Express* 2.0 x 16 discrete graphics card connector
Two PCI Express 2.0 x 1 connectors

 
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It seems that the R9 270 requires a PCI Express 3.0 while my mother board only has:

One PCI Express* 2.0 x 16 discrete graphics card connector
Two PCI Express 2.0 x 1 connectors
 
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no problem , pci-e 3 cards work in pci-e 2 slots-backward compatibility ,(needed just to be of the same lenght x16)
 
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I didn't know that! Thanks for the info! Looks like I know what I'm telling everyone to get me for my birthday... :)
 
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i think you dont need to get a new psu .
R9 270 needs only one 6 pin connector and draws up to 150W .
http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

this should work
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127769
 
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Thanks for all your help!
 
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Btw , your cpu i3 2120 is 65W . Compare it to 125W of FX 8350 . Difference -60W . if the card works with FX 8350 and 500W psu , then R9 270 will work on i3 2120 with 440W psu (500W-60W)
 
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