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October 1, 2014 7:52:17 AM


I have the following system that is used for gaming. It seems the video card is locking up a lot with the latest Battlefield game. Should I consider a new build or upgrade video card? I really need to move to an SSD drive also. I am not concerned about price as I want the best I can get.


-LG Black 8X Blu-ray Burner SATA WH08LS20

-Microsoft Windows 7 Ultimate

-ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard

-OCZ Platinum 6GB (3 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Low Voltage Desktop Memory Model OCZ3P1600LV6GK

-SAPPHIRE 100281SR Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video ...

-Intel Core i7-920 Bloomfield 2.66GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor BX80601920

-CORSAIR Enthusiast Series CMPSU-850TX 850W ATX12V v2.2 / EPS12V v2.91 SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active ...

-Antec Twelve Hundred Black Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case

-SAMSUNG EcoGreen F2 HD154UI 1.5TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

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October 1, 2014 7:57:47 AM

i'd personally upgrade the whole system
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October 1, 2014 8:05:27 AM

I'd just upgrade the GPU and hard drive.
The PSU, RAM and CPU look good to me.

GTX 970 + Samsung 840 EVO
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October 1, 2014 9:09:44 AM

The CPU/MB/RAM are decent, although the CPU will give a fair bit more performance if it's overclocked.
I'd look at the R9 280 as a decent upgrade or GTX770/R9 280X as maximum, anything stronger will be held back by the CPU, even if it's overclocked.
If money's no great problem: i5 4690K+Z97MB of choice+8Gb DDR3 1600 RAM as the new core build with a GTX970 for graphics.
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October 11, 2014 7:23:48 AM

coozie7 said:
The CPU/MB/RAM are decent, although the CPU will give a fair bit more performance if it's overclocked.
I'd look at the R9 280 as a decent upgrade or GTX770/R9 280X as maximum, anything stronger will be held back by the CPU, even if it's overclocked.
If money's no great problem: i5 4690K+Z97MB of choice+8Gb DDR3 1600 RAM as the new core build with a GTX970 for graphics.


Any recommendations on overclocking for dummies?
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October 11, 2014 7:29:00 AM

Hello , if you never overclock before, I suggest you watch a vedio on how to overclock. Basically, you just need to change the CPU multiplier in the AI Tweeker section in the bios. mordern motherboards normally support for easy OC, meaning you only need to change the multiplier setting, and the bios will adjust the voltage for you. I suggest you use this if this is your first time. You will need to tweek and restart your PC quite a few times to get it to the result you wanted.
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