- Oct 7, 2014
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Hi.
Thanks for your time.
I was wondering if you'd be able to advise me on updating/upgrading my machine.
Basically I have a pretty old (6 years) dell pc which was bought in a 'slim' tower (530s). I've upgraded the GPU a couple of times to an acceptable low-profile card when I've fancied playing a few games. More recently I also changed the case and PSU and thus no longer need low profile components.
Current specs
*****************
intel core 2 duo 2.33 ghz
2gb ram
hd 6670 low profile 1gb
I use PC for occasional gaming. (buy 1-2 modern games per year). I am looking to upgrade or
start again in order to play alien isolation and call of duty: advanced warfare.
I have been looking to upgrade my GPU to an R7 265 or r9270x and upgrade RAM to 4gb.
My question is, with this new GPU and upgraded RAM, will my processor be sorely bottlenecking performance? is it time to get a new mobo and gpu?
Despite its age it hasnt really given me any significant problems, most recently I ran battlefield 3 with the
existing specs.
I also use the PC for producing music but again havn't found the processor limiting unless absolutely
driven to the extremes.
thanks for your help
Thanks for your time.
I was wondering if you'd be able to advise me on updating/upgrading my machine.
Basically I have a pretty old (6 years) dell pc which was bought in a 'slim' tower (530s). I've upgraded the GPU a couple of times to an acceptable low-profile card when I've fancied playing a few games. More recently I also changed the case and PSU and thus no longer need low profile components.
Current specs
*****************
intel core 2 duo 2.33 ghz
2gb ram
hd 6670 low profile 1gb
I use PC for occasional gaming. (buy 1-2 modern games per year). I am looking to upgrade or
start again in order to play alien isolation and call of duty: advanced warfare.
I have been looking to upgrade my GPU to an R7 265 or r9270x and upgrade RAM to 4gb.
My question is, with this new GPU and upgraded RAM, will my processor be sorely bottlenecking performance? is it time to get a new mobo and gpu?
Despite its age it hasnt really given me any significant problems, most recently I ran battlefield 3 with the
existing specs.
I also use the PC for producing music but again havn't found the processor limiting unless absolutely
driven to the extremes.
thanks for your help
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