- Apr 8, 2011
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Hello, I'll try and be ...concise
I'm looking to upgrade my "gaming" machine, you may laugh when you see the current hardware.
My rig:
Motherboard: Socket AM3+ - AMD 760G - GA-78LMT-S2PT (rev. 3.1)
http://www.gigabyte.co.nz/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4129&dl=1#dl
Ram: 8gig (2x4gig of G.Skill) of DDR3 (Part# F3-10666CL9-4GBXL)
CPU: AMD FX-4100 (Socket AM3+ 942)
GPU: AMD Radeon R9 270 (200 series), 2gig onboard
What I have seems to be getting frame rates I find acceptable at full settings on 1080p (40-60fps surprisingly), with games released 2+ years ago. But my steam backlog won't last forever and I'm still very much looking forward to playing the newer games like Witcher 3, Dragon age Inquisition and Fallout 4, I have tried but playing at 30fps or less is distracting and I don't really want to lower the settings.
What I'd like to do is just squeeze what little I can out of the motherboard (if possible) by upgrading to the BEST CPU and RAM to the maximum of what the motherboard will allow, purely for gaming purposes.
A newer Graphics card may be optional if it won't be bottlenecked by the other components but I can't justify spending $500NZD+ on one part. I hear the Radeon RX480 is a new, cheap alternative to the Nvidia cards for 1080p gaming but I'm open to suggestions.
Speaking of cost, money is tight, I'm prepared to expect spending between $300-$700NZD give or take a few hundred, it all depends on what components are suggested, keep in mind I'm in New Zealand, so prices for pc components here are a little more I think.
I appreciate your expert advice! Thanks in advance.
Joe
I'm looking to upgrade my "gaming" machine, you may laugh when you see the current hardware.
My rig:
Motherboard: Socket AM3+ - AMD 760G - GA-78LMT-S2PT (rev. 3.1)
http://www.gigabyte.co.nz/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4129&dl=1#dl
Ram: 8gig (2x4gig of G.Skill) of DDR3 (Part# F3-10666CL9-4GBXL)
CPU: AMD FX-4100 (Socket AM3+ 942)
GPU: AMD Radeon R9 270 (200 series), 2gig onboard
What I have seems to be getting frame rates I find acceptable at full settings on 1080p (40-60fps surprisingly), with games released 2+ years ago. But my steam backlog won't last forever and I'm still very much looking forward to playing the newer games like Witcher 3, Dragon age Inquisition and Fallout 4, I have tried but playing at 30fps or less is distracting and I don't really want to lower the settings.
What I'd like to do is just squeeze what little I can out of the motherboard (if possible) by upgrading to the BEST CPU and RAM to the maximum of what the motherboard will allow, purely for gaming purposes.
A newer Graphics card may be optional if it won't be bottlenecked by the other components but I can't justify spending $500NZD+ on one part. I hear the Radeon RX480 is a new, cheap alternative to the Nvidia cards for 1080p gaming but I'm open to suggestions.
Speaking of cost, money is tight, I'm prepared to expect spending between $300-$700NZD give or take a few hundred, it all depends on what components are suggested, keep in mind I'm in New Zealand, so prices for pc components here are a little more I think.
I appreciate your expert advice! Thanks in advance.
Joe
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