Next upgrade for pc

[brandono88]

System specs:
Intel Celeron G540 @ 2.5 GHZ
Asus HD 6670 1GB Graphics Card
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Motherboard
Power Station 400W PSU
Crucial M4 SSD 128GB
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600MHZ
Zalman Z9 Plus Case

I have a £200 budget and am looking to get a pc upgrade , but i dont know whether to get an i3 and a 7770 or just a 3570k.
Which option would increase my fps more in games like battlefield 3, gta iv, skyrim, crysis etc?
Also, will i have to upgrade my psu if i get the 7770?

 

[idroid]

i suggest you to get something like a 7850 and when you have more money get an i3.... hopefully ivy bridge i3s will be released soon.

 

[brandono88]

but wont my celeron bottleneck it badly?

 

[idroid]

but wont my celeron bottleneck it badly?

it might bottleneck it a bit but it will offer you a lot more performance than a i3 with a 7770

 

[Wolfshadw]

I'd disagree. If it were me, I'd go with the best processor I could afford right now to replace that Celeron. No, the HD6670 isn't the greatest card out there now, but it's no slouch either. I think a processor upgrade would give you a greater boost that a graphics card upgrade would.

Just my $0.02

-Wolf sends

 

[idroid]

I'd disagree. If it were me, I'd go with the best processor I could afford right now to replace that Celeron. No, the HD6670 isn't the greatest card out there now, but it's no slouch either. I think a processor upgrade would give you a greater boost that a graphics card upgrade would.

Just my $0.02

-Wolf sends

how is a better CPU gonna boost your gaming performance more than a better GPU???

 

[egilbe]

how is a better CPU gonna boost your gaming performance more than a better GPU???

CPU bound. A Celeron was never intended to be a gaming CPU. No matter what he gets for a GPU, it's always going to be limited by the amount of information the processor can process.

 

[stickg1]

Get a quad core CPU, then save up for a new GPU.

 

[idroid]

CPU bound. A Celeron was never intended to be a gaming CPU. No matter what he gets for a GPU, it's always going to be limited by the amount of information the processor can process.

so according to you a i3 with a 7770 will perform better in games than a G540 with a 7850????

 

[egilbe]

probably, yeah

 

[brandono88]

So you guys think i should get a 3570k now, then a few months later get something like a 7850.I guess a 3570k would be more future proof than an i3. I have a decent cpu cooler and good airflow in my case so i should be able to overclock in the future if i needed to.

 

[egilbe]

So you guys think i should get a 3570k now, then a few months later get something like a 7850.I guess a 3570k would be more future proof than an i3. I have a decent cpu cooler and good airflow in my case so i should be able to overclock in the future if i needed to.

Yes. That's your best path.

 

[idroid]

Yes. That's your best path.

not if he wants more performance now

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

Maybe, but then he can save up and get a really good card later. Even though I'm not an intel guy, the i5 should be good for a while.

 

[brandono88]

I'm not too fussy about detail levels right now, but I want to play games like battlefield 4 and gta 5 on fairly high settings.

 

[idroid]

I'm not too fussy about detail levels right now, but I want to play games like battlefield 4 and gta 5 on fairly high settings.

BF4??? that thing isn't coming until mid 2014... by them your pc will be more than outdated... the 7850 is a mid-range card, keep that in mind.

 

[brandono88]

The thing is, im playing with a 1280x1024 6 year old monitor, £5 mouse and £10 keyboard. Do you think i should upgrade those before upgrading my hardware? (bearing in mind that i can only save up about £200 every 6 months)

 

[Wolfshadw]

I still say go with the CPU upgrade. To me, a Core I3 processor isn't a large enough upgrade to make it worth the cost. You should go with a Core I5.

Since you are playing at such a low resolution, the HD6670 you currently have should be more than enough for your gaming needs. If it takes you six months to save that much, then a year from now, get a better monitor (1920x1080 or whatever the norm is then) and a better graphics card.

I don't think the Intel CPU landscape will change as much as the AMD/NVidia CPU landscape will.

-Wolf sends

 

[egilbe]

I still say go with the CPU upgrade. To me, a Core I3 processor isn't a large enough upgrade to make it worth the cost. You should go with a Core I5.

Since you are playing at such a low resolution, the HD6670 you currently have should be more than enough for your gaming needs. If it takes you six months to save that much, then a year from now, get a better monitor (1920x1080 or whatever the norm is then) and a better graphics card.

I don't think the Intel CPU landscape will change as much as the AMD/NVidia CPU landscape will.

-Wolf sends

^^^

This

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

Get the i5 for sure man, graphics card will let you do enough for now. If you go with a high power graphics card, your celeron is likely to be a huge bottleneck.

I want to upgrade my graphics card again, but when I upgraded to my current GTS 450, I had an athlon dual core running at 2.8 ghz, and on battlefield bad company 2 particularly I had a lot of stuttering going on in my game. When I upgraded to an Athlon 2 quad core, stuttering vanished. So imo, get the quad now, you've got a decent graphics card, when you have money later, sell your current card and get a card that's noy a compromise.