- Jul 5, 2011
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Hey guys. Gonna write this off copied and pasted from the "How to ask for new build or upgrade advice" thread.
I built this computer about 2 years ago. And now it's just starting to see some issues with higher-end settings on current games at 1920x1080.
Thanks for your help!
Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: Very soon.
Budget Range: Not including the monitor (no clue what it will retail for, yet), I nearly bought an EVGA GTX 780 3gb card from Amazon (prime baby) for $509.99 with a $10 rebate card. I could squeeze a bit more out of my budget if I had to.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, surfing the web about games, hah.
Are you buying a monitor: In the very near future I'll be purchasing a 2560x1440 Asus IPS gsync (April release date supposedly).
Parts to Upgrade: I'm wanting a new video card, but don't want my CPU/Ram/Mobo to bottleneck it. I don't have a dedicated sound card, so I was looking at the Radeon video cards that have some new sound capability. It doesn't seem to be used that often (if at all, yet), though.
Do you need to buy OS: No.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: (e.g.: newegg.com, amazon.com. Anywhere else I don't already know about? tigerdirect.com always seems higher priced, but I haven't been there in a while.
Location: Nashville, TN
Parts Preferences: Intel/Nvidia. But I'm not opposed to buying an ATI video card.
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Probably not, but my system board and case should be able to handle it.
Wanting to play the latest games at ultra 1920x1080, and have an easy upgrade to the new Asus low latency gsync IPS 2560x1440 screen thats coming out in April with no other out of pocket costs.
I'm experiencing some kernel crashes in my GTX 580 (I've tried volting it higher, but no bueno)
My current specs are:
Mobo: MSI-7681
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1.5gb vram
Ram: 8gb DDR3 (cpu-z says 800mhz single channel)
I built this computer about 2 years ago. And now it's just starting to see some issues with higher-end settings on current games at 1920x1080.
Thanks for your help!
Approximate Purchase Date: e.g.: Very soon.
Budget Range: Not including the monitor (no clue what it will retail for, yet), I nearly bought an EVGA GTX 780 3gb card from Amazon (prime baby) for $509.99 with a $10 rebate card. I could squeeze a bit more out of my budget if I had to.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, surfing the web about games, hah.
Are you buying a monitor: In the very near future I'll be purchasing a 2560x1440 Asus IPS gsync (April release date supposedly).
Parts to Upgrade: I'm wanting a new video card, but don't want my CPU/Ram/Mobo to bottleneck it. I don't have a dedicated sound card, so I was looking at the Radeon video cards that have some new sound capability. It doesn't seem to be used that often (if at all, yet), though.
Do you need to buy OS: No.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: (e.g.: newegg.com, amazon.com. Anywhere else I don't already know about? tigerdirect.com always seems higher priced, but I haven't been there in a while.
Location: Nashville, TN
Parts Preferences: Intel/Nvidia. But I'm not opposed to buying an ATI video card.
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Probably not, but my system board and case should be able to handle it.
Wanting to play the latest games at ultra 1920x1080, and have an easy upgrade to the new Asus low latency gsync IPS 2560x1440 screen thats coming out in April with no other out of pocket costs.
I'm experiencing some kernel crashes in my GTX 580 (I've tried volting it higher, but no bueno)
My current specs are:
Mobo: MSI-7681
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 1.5gb vram
Ram: 8gb DDR3 (cpu-z says 800mhz single channel)
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