Upgrading my PC...

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mikef

4,826 posts

250 months

Saturday 26th July 2014
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I'd go for both over a new system, there's a few years life in this one

Randomthoughts

917 posts

132 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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anonymous said:
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It's unlikely. 2.8GHz Quad Core is still plenty capable of the majority of tasks.

defblade

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212 months

Monday 28th July 2014
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anonymous said:
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Covered that already - Passmark suggests similar GPU scores regardless of CPU and RAM (within the current and top available spec of CPU, and 4GB vs 8GB RAM) - so the GPU will be the best and probably only upgrade for now.

defblade

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212 months

Tuesday 29th July 2014
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anonymous said:
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I didn't quote figures... I've checked and it's an Antec TP-650 with 4 12v rails, rated at 22A, 22A (264W each), 25A, 25A (300W each), so should be no trouble for a 760 or 770.

defblade

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212 months

Thursday 29th January 2015
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Well, one thing after another came up all through the second half of last year (including new motorbike and then new car, so not all bad wink ), but I've done a couple of extra days work this month, so finally got around to ordering a new card. Happily, Nvidia have just released their new series of cards and I've ordered an MSI 960 for £163.

Reviews say it's only marginally quicker than a 760 (which is what I had settled on before) and also that it'll likely be memory limited in 2 or 3 years time, but it should do me very nicely for the meantime - turns the fans off when it's cool; will cope with DX12 apparently (and run DX11 properly for now); everyone's saying they're great if you're "only" 1080p gamaing, and my monitor's not even that (1680x1050)... and the reviews say it'll be great upgrade for people with a 660 or even 560. As I'm swapping out a 460, I expect it to make me tea and take the dog for a walk smile

kieranbennett

304 posts

209 months

Friday 30th January 2015
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Sorry for the thread hijack but reading through got me thinking about my own system.

Its currently a Asrock Z68 motherboard with an i5 2600K CPU and 8gb of RAM. Its got a big aftermarket CPU cooler and it runs nicely overclocked at 4.2Ghz. I've just upgraded the GPU to a GTX970 from a 660 but its not been giving me quite the performance boost I was expecting and I'm wondering if the CPU is a bottle neck. Games like Assetto Corsa and Far Cry 4 run on max settings at over 40 fps but I get stuttering when there's a lot of other cars/action.

I've considered trying to find a socket 1155 second gen i7 chip but don't really think it would add much over what I've got.

I've priced up a new motherboard (Z97 chipset) with i7 2790k and 16gb ram with an online retailer and it comes to a few pennies under £500 but wondering if I'm still going to see much benefit from a large outlay after recently buying the 970


defblade

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7,395 posts

212 months

Sunday 8th February 2015
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defblade said:
Efbe said:
man maths = plan to sell the old kit on ebay. will add a bit more to your budget, even if you never get round to selling on ebay smile
Amazingly, I hadn't thought of that. So about an extra £40 in the kitty, looking at completed listings beer
Prices have dropped a little bit - just sold for 335 on ebay tonight smile