Any advice please
I really want to get PC able to run Star Citizen by release date. My current system wont cut it, and I desperately want to get it on a budget of £300 IF POSSIBLE. I know I wont get high settings, just 30fps and looking OK will do for now.
Current system -
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2P
CPU - AMD athlon X2 250, 3GHZ dual core
GPU - Asus 6670
4gb RAM
PSU - Casecom ATX 500W
So the weak links are.... well all of it..... (I know the PSU sucks, but as I understand this shouldnt cause any damage/serious issues, so this I plan to sort last?)
Planned system -
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2P
CPU - AMD FX6300 (clocked a little to perhaps 3.8/4ghz)
GPU - R9 270x
8gb RAM (corsair maybe? does it make huge difference??)
PSU - Casecom ATX 500W
This should cost almost exactly £300.....
The FX6300 is NOT on the supported CPU list for my motherboard, however I have read it SHOULD work, but I have then also since read it could have performance issues, 'bottlenecking' is that the right term? Especially if clocked?
If this is the case is there any other CPU's on this list that would be a reasonable improvement over what I have?
http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-Gigabyte/GA-M68MT-S2P(rev._3.0).html
I know new motherboard and i5 is the way to go, but I just dont see me being able to afford that this year WITH a new GPU.....
To save cash would an R7 260 be OK? Then I could prob afford the motherboard as well......
Or any alternatives entirely?
Thanks in advance guys
P.S. Oh and I run monitor on 1600x900
I really want to get PC able to run Star Citizen by release date. My current system wont cut it, and I desperately want to get it on a budget of £300 IF POSSIBLE. I know I wont get high settings, just 30fps and looking OK will do for now.
Current system -
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2P
CPU - AMD athlon X2 250, 3GHZ dual core
GPU - Asus 6670
4gb RAM
PSU - Casecom ATX 500W
So the weak links are.... well all of it..... (I know the PSU sucks, but as I understand this shouldnt cause any damage/serious issues, so this I plan to sort last?)
Planned system -
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-M68MT-S2P
CPU - AMD FX6300 (clocked a little to perhaps 3.8/4ghz)
GPU - R9 270x
8gb RAM (corsair maybe? does it make huge difference??)
PSU - Casecom ATX 500W
This should cost almost exactly £300.....
The FX6300 is NOT on the supported CPU list for my motherboard, however I have read it SHOULD work, but I have then also since read it could have performance issues, 'bottlenecking' is that the right term? Especially if clocked?
If this is the case is there any other CPU's on this list that would be a reasonable improvement over what I have?
http://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-Gigabyte/GA-M68MT-S2P(rev._3.0).html
I know new motherboard and i5 is the way to go, but I just dont see me being able to afford that this year WITH a new GPU.....
To save cash would an R7 260 be OK? Then I could prob afford the motherboard as well......
Or any alternatives entirely?
Thanks in advance guys
P.S. Oh and I run monitor on 1600x900