New system upgrade or upgrade current system??

Willyksu

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I have a AMD phenom ii 1100t black edition 6 core cpu, 8GB of of g.skill 1333 DDR3 ram, XFX 7950 ati video card. Not sure what other info would need. But I am trying to figure out if I should upgrade entire system or upgrade parts on current computer? I was thinking of getting another 7950 and crossfire them, but if it won't help that much I won't. Thanks
 
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A 7950 should already be able to play BF4 on high settings unless it's being bottlenecked by something (i.e. the CPU). The processor seems to be the bottleneck since BF4 is a fairly cpu intensive game.
Honestly, I would say to upgrade to an i5 as that will show a good performance increase across the board in all games.

Willyksu

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Case is a antec case not sure model, but can find it, PSU is a gigabyte 24epg-s80ad1 17r 800watt, Mobo I think is maxed on on the CPU? Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P. Forgot to mention why I am upgrading, I play Battlefield 4 and play on low to medium settings.
 
So your gpu and ram are still good right now. I would first upgrade the motherboard and processor. You can get an i5-4570 for $180 and a H87 board for ~$90. Or you can go for a FX-8320 for ~$150, 990FX chipset board for ~$100, and then add a cpu cooler to overclock.
 

Jerad Woody

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I wouldnt really upgrade anything the old pehnom IIs are more than capable of running the lastest games, and will even outrun most FX series CPUs when it comes to gaming core-per-core, Upgrading the RAM wouldnt be a bad idea though since you can never really have too much.

Im Running a Phenom II X6 BE @ 4.2Ghz With 16GB Of RAM, Dual-SSDs + 1.5TB HDD and A Geforce GTX680 And Can Run BF4 @ 1920x1200, Near-MAX settings at a solid 30 - 40FPS.
 

Willyksu

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What about another 7950 in crossfire?
 
A 7950 should already be able to play BF4 on high settings unless it's being bottlenecked by something (i.e. the CPU). The processor seems to be the bottleneck since BF4 is a fairly cpu intensive game.
Honestly, I would say to upgrade to an i5 as that will show a good performance increase across the board in all games.
 
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