Limits for upgrading my Dell Inspiron 570, hopfully to ARMA 3 standards
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Bigj73nsb
September 10, 2014 3:14:21 PM
Ok I have a Dell Inspiron 570 which I would like to upgrade the power supply, gpu and cpu for a game I'm interested in that uses alot of resourses, but having issues finding out what this mobo can carry. If it helps , the game is ARMA 3
System profile is
Dell Inc. Inspiron 570 00
2.90 gigahertz AMD Athlon II X2 245
500.00 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
Slot 'DIMM0' has 2048 MB
Board: Dell Inc. 04GJJT
ATI Radeon HD 4200
Now what i want to do is, install a Quad core cpu, preferably an intel, since the game seems to prefer intell cpu. I'm still browsing for a good gpu at the moment, it depends what cpu I end up with or on what I can do with this mobo. Oh yes I already got a 650 watt power supply and plan to install more RAM
Any info anybody can share on the limits of this mobo would be much appreciated....
System profile is
Dell Inc. Inspiron 570 00
2.90 gigahertz AMD Athlon II X2 245
500.00 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
Slot 'DIMM0' has 2048 MB
Board: Dell Inc. 04GJJT
ATI Radeon HD 4200
Now what i want to do is, install a Quad core cpu, preferably an intel, since the game seems to prefer intell cpu. I'm still browsing for a good gpu at the moment, it depends what cpu I end up with or on what I can do with this mobo. Oh yes I already got a 650 watt power supply and plan to install more RAM
Any info anybody can share on the limits of this mobo would be much appreciated....
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the above link has all of the info and a great writeup. if you follow it you should be able to get a Phenom II x4 965 BE and pair that up with a gtx760 or r9 280 as your upper limit
a new power supply and you will be gaming.
the price may be prohibitive as compared to just building a new rig you will have to price things out and the article i linked has good links for finding prices
a new power supply and you will be gaming.
the price may be prohibitive as compared to just building a new rig you will have to price things out and the article i linked has good links for finding prices
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Bigj73nsb
September 10, 2014 3:45:18 PM
fkr said:
the above link has all of the info and a great writeup. if you follow it you should be able to get a Phenom II x4 965 BE and pair that up with a gtx760 or r9 280 as your upper limita new power supply and you will be gaming.
the price may be prohibitive as compared to just building a new rig you will have to price things out and the article i linked has good links for finding prices
Thank you for that link, it helps alot. kind of wanted to go a little farther on the cpu because Arma 3 is very resource hungry, especially on the cpu, but this is what i got to work with lol
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you may want to go used for the GPU also. a 7950 or 660 would work. the only manufacturer that I know honors used warranty is MSI. I have bought used and they will honor the warranty according to the serial number on the back. the MSI website tells you what to look for so you can check when the warranty ends
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September 10, 2014 4:28:24 PM
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September 10, 2014 5:14:56 PM
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Only Phenom would work, possibly Phenom x6, just my guess.
Oveclocked Phenom 965 BE is stronger than Athlon 760 by far, look at DEll forum my reply http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3...
Oveclocked Phenom 965 BE is stronger than Athlon 760 by far, look at DEll forum my reply http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3...
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Bigj73nsb
September 12, 2014 12:07:47 AM
Bigj73nsb
September 12, 2014 12:27:13 AM
asus is my favorite motherboard. now for cpu you should look into an i5, and a k edition if you want to overclock. the asus board should have some auto-overclocking software on it that works really well.
then just get a good power supply xfx and seasonic are the go to and then some evga are really good. here are some links to good reviewers, if they like it then buy it.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/?category=Power+Supp...
http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/psu_power_supplies/
http://www.jonnyguru.com/
lastly spend all you can on that GPU, toms hardware does a good article on what the best GPU is at every price point everymonth I would check that and personally i think that AMD is the value leader right now eventho I like nvidia better (I run AMD).
then just get a good power supply xfx and seasonic are the go to and then some evga are really good. here are some links to good reviewers, if they like it then buy it.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/?category=Power+Supp...
http://www.hardocp.com/reviews/psu_power_supplies/
http://www.jonnyguru.com/
lastly spend all you can on that GPU, toms hardware does a good article on what the best GPU is at every price point everymonth I would check that and personally i think that AMD is the value leader right now eventho I like nvidia better (I run AMD).
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September 12, 2014 9:53:05 AM
Already got a refurbished 650 watt power supply from dell. I'll probably end up getting another one, simply because it only cost $16 lol and usually you get what you payed for lol. I,m still poking at cpu and gpu that will pair nicely. Kinda looking at a Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3 GHz Quad-Core. After I get a cpu, I'll see what gpu pairs best with it
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Bigj73nsb
September 12, 2014 9:54:01 AM
keep me posted. i am usually on here at least once a day just to check posts and such
Intel Core i5-4690K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
this the correct CPU, the 2500k is an lga 1155 chipset and will not work with your motherboard
with the Intel Core i5-4670K you can buy any graphics card you want. I run 2x 7950's (exact same as r9 280) and my cpu is that i5 2500k
Intel Core i5-4690K
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
this the correct CPU, the 2500k is an lga 1155 chipset and will not work with your motherboard
with the Intel Core i5-4670K you can buy any graphics card you want. I run 2x 7950's (exact same as r9 280) and my cpu is that i5 2500k
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Bigj73nsb
September 12, 2014 10:12:45 AM
this is the cheapest i5 you can get
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
not sure if you are in the states or not but the price difference is $55 and they are the same chip but the core clock goes from 3.0 not overclockable to 4.2 with overclock (pretty much a guarantee you can get this overclock or a little better)
with overclocking you will have to spend another $25-35 for a CPU cooler.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
above is my rec. it the one i use and i overclock to 4.8 core clock
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
not sure if you are in the states or not but the price difference is $55 and they are the same chip but the core clock goes from 3.0 not overclockable to 4.2 with overclock (pretty much a guarantee you can get this overclock or a little better)
with overclocking you will have to spend another $25-35 for a CPU cooler.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
above is my rec. it the one i use and i overclock to 4.8 core clock
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September 12, 2014 11:31:41 AM
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Bigj73nsb
September 12, 2014 2:44:15 PM
you cannot beat that cooler unless you spend at least twice as much, then you have the noctua that really are the pinnacle of air cooling.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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Bigj73nsb
September 12, 2014 5:36:16 PM
I opened a new thread, jut to get out of this Dell upgrade thread
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2296825/affordab...
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2296825/affordab...
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