I've got a little bit I've been thinking of adding/changing about my computer. I wanted your input on the stuff I have listed.
Current setup: (motherboards max CPU wattage is 95w)
AMD Athlon II X4 645 3.1GHz
8GB DDR3 1333MHz
EVGA GTX 460 1GB (256bit edition)
1TB Hitachi Deskstar 7200RPM 3Gbps
Upgrades:
AMD Phenom II X6 1045t 2.7GHz
EVGA GTX 660
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB
(New case possibly? What would you reccomend?)
I've got a bit of leeway, what else would you add? No peripherals/cooling items please.
Thanks!
1. What's your maximum budget?
2. OCZ isn't known for reliability with their SSDs. I'd recommend swapping it out for a Crucial M4 or a Samsung 830.
3. What's your current case?
1. We're working with ehhh less than $500.
2. Note taken
3. Shitty HP case which came with the stock PC I built on. I'll figure out form factor and whatnot tomorrow. I do believe it is just atx though.
[editline]15th November 2012[/editline]
I should add some of these are going to be bought by myself, and some will be gifts from relatives. I have about $250 for myself right now. What I can't accomplish myself will be asked for.
I would get a new MOBO and i5-3570K cpu.
Its better, and recent rumor has it that AMD is looking for a buyer for the company.
That sounds quite nice, but I want to squeeze a nice new GPU in there too. Any ideas?
DO NOT GET AN OCZ SSD
Holly fuck the whole company infrastructure is a joke.
I just had my OCZ SSD die on me after like a year of use, extremely pissed me off, returned for warranty though. Get an Intel, they seem to be highly recommended, plus its just what I bought.
I would probably make the Intel upgrade more important than anything else, maybe graphics second, you tend not to worry about an SSD till your hard drive is a real bottleneck in the system, but you have pretty low end stuff.
What about the Samsung 830 for a SSD? On another note, my graphics and processor are both balanced and maxing out. Theoretically a new processor wont improve games if I still have the bottleneck video card right? Currently I get about 30-45 fps on BF3 at high/ultra settings, 1920x1080, 2xmsaa, and medium post aa. I want to max this game out @ 40+ fps
Btw, I kinda want a SSD because of recording I do. I dont like the drop in FPS, and I want to record straight to the ssd to avoid that.
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