Hello,
I recently built this:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/McGhZL
and I was wondering what my focus should be on if I decide to upgrade. I play a lot of Guild Wars 2 which is a very CPU-heavy game, sometimes going to 10-20 FPS on very crowded areas, which is understandable, but if I wanted to mitigate my framerate loss and make the overall performance better. I'm really unsure of which components I should upgrade (I'm not sure if the huge framerate loss from a pretty stable 60 FPS to 10-20 FPS is due to the CPU or another component). I was thinking of buying a new GPU, such as the R9 290/290x or if I should cross-fire using a new GPU and motherboard (the current motherboard's second PCI-e slot is blocked by my GPU) or upgrade my CPU. The reason I'm concerned with the case is because it's currently a bit short for space, the case side panel is pressing against the cables attached to the top of my GPU as seen in this album: http://imgur.com/a/RLzXN
Apologies for the horrible quality, I'll see if I can get a better picture tomorrow. It currently isn't an issue, but it may be for taller video cards unless I get a larger case. I'm also concerned with the airflow, though the temperatures right now are pretty good. Here's a picture of how my computer is currently positioned, in case I need to adjust it to assist airflow: http://i.imgur.com/YXq4T7o.jpg
Please tell me what you think, even if your thoughts are upgrading wouldn't be worth it. I'll be happy with any feedback.
Thank you for reading.
I recently built this:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/McGhZL
and I was wondering what my focus should be on if I decide to upgrade. I play a lot of Guild Wars 2 which is a very CPU-heavy game, sometimes going to 10-20 FPS on very crowded areas, which is understandable, but if I wanted to mitigate my framerate loss and make the overall performance better. I'm really unsure of which components I should upgrade (I'm not sure if the huge framerate loss from a pretty stable 60 FPS to 10-20 FPS is due to the CPU or another component). I was thinking of buying a new GPU, such as the R9 290/290x or if I should cross-fire using a new GPU and motherboard (the current motherboard's second PCI-e slot is blocked by my GPU) or upgrade my CPU. The reason I'm concerned with the case is because it's currently a bit short for space, the case side panel is pressing against the cables attached to the top of my GPU as seen in this album: http://imgur.com/a/RLzXN
Apologies for the horrible quality, I'll see if I can get a better picture tomorrow. It currently isn't an issue, but it may be for taller video cards unless I get a larger case. I'm also concerned with the airflow, though the temperatures right now are pretty good. Here's a picture of how my computer is currently positioned, in case I need to adjust it to assist airflow: http://i.imgur.com/YXq4T7o.jpg
Please tell me what you think, even if your thoughts are upgrading wouldn't be worth it. I'll be happy with any feedback.
Thank you for reading.
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