Ok first of all let me say I am very new to high end PC gaming.
I know gw2 is having some performance bugs. But I don’t only play gw2….
I now have a job that allows me to upgrade my pc and do more than settle with what I have.
I have spent the last few days looking and learning about PC gaming and what all the numbers and specs relate to.
I have many years in Lotro and a few other games on the PC.
My friends say my system is good enough and I shouldn’t mess with it. but wtf I got some cash and want to have a smooth high end experience.
I mostly like to play Skyrim, GW2 and a few other performance taxing games.
I’ve spent the last week cleaning my system and clearing up memory and such.
Here are my specs….. im super confused on how to get my system able to run the best without buying a new pre-made gaming pc.
ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
Intel® Core™ i3 CPU 530 @ 2.93GHz
4 gb of ram.
I don’t know what power supply I have or if it matters.
I live in Hawaii and purchased the system with a 32inch monitor for $400 so I don’t mind throwing another $300 – $400 into this rig.
Please help me comrades…. your my only hope….
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What motherboard are you using? and power supply(it matters)?
An upgrade would be :
i5 processor probably i5 3570k ($200~) (check your motherboard first)
+4-8gb additional ram (40$ ish)
Nvidia 660 GTX ($239) – check newegg
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wow thanx for the quick replies!
how do I find out what my power supply is?
will I need to re-install windows 7 and all that if I upgrade my processor? or is that my motherboard? lol still confused.
I see memory like the CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB ….. would that be good to add to my current rig? or should my current 4gb be fine?
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wow thanx for the quick replies!
how do I find out what my power supply is?
will I need to re-install windows 7 and all that if I upgrade my processor? or is that my motherboard? lol still confused.
I see memory like the CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB ….. would that be good to add to my current rig? or should my current 4gb be fine?
You need to open up the case and see it. Afaik you dont need to reformat. The memory is good but you have to see what motherboard you have you can check it with either cpu-z or hwinfo.
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Motherboard = GIGABYTE H55-USB3
my power supply only says thermaltake w0121rua0907000844
hwinfo is a great program btw thanx!
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Was this your PSU?
If your motherboard says rev.1 then you can check the CPU list here http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3455#
if you’re dying for an upgrade you might want to check i5 35xx(pick 3570k if you’re overclocking) and z75 or z77 boards.
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installing a new processor and a motherboard…. is this something I can do by myself with a youtube video? or should I go find a tech savy friend?
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Within which is (S.S.C.U.), within which is the Earth Coincidence Control Office (E.C.C.O.)
installing a new processor and a motherboard…. is this something I can do by myself with a youtube video? or should I go find a tech savy friend?
Sure can, may as well get it out of the way this time. Then, next time you upgrade, you don’t need to ask anyone
i7 3770k@4.8Ghz / AIR
GTX 6GB Titan@1160Mhz
3007WFP@2560x16000
installing a new processor and a motherboard…. is this something I can do by myself with a youtube video? or should I go find a tech savy friend?
If you can find a friend who can why not? and then ask him if he can teach you.
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Thanks guys….. purchased this…. I also got a free copy of Borderlands 2!!!!
what you think?
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Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 4000 BX80637I53570K
$229.99
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G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 16GB (2 × 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-1600C9D-16GXM
$94.99
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NVIDIA Gift – Borderlands2 Free Game Coupon
- $59.99
MSI N660 Ti PE 2GD5/OC GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB 192-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
$309.99
Newegg Promotional Gift Card(The total amount of Gift Cards: $15.00)
Order Total $661.27 after shipping and taxes and such!
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Within which is (S.S.C.U.), within which is the Earth Coincidence Control Office (E.C.C.O.)
Grats on your new purchase :P btw I think your H55 mobo doesn’t support the new i5 3570k. You can either look for asrock z75 Pro 3 board (80$) or Asus z77 (100$+)
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omg are you serious?
excuse me while I ctrl+tab back to newegg…. :’(
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Yeah :P. I’ve also replied it back if you haven’t seen it
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this work?
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newegg
GIGABYTE GA-Z77-D3H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard = $119
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btw thanx for the help
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ugggg they charged me $24 for shipping just the board…. customer service told me they can’t combine an order after i purchase…. even though it was 15min apart.
well im off to go play at 15fps till later this week
thank you for the help!
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Within which is (S.S.C.U.), within which is the Earth Coincidence Control Office (E.C.C.O.)
Nice parts there Ecco, your going to be in heaven when you see it running
Make sure you post your overclocking results heheh. If your having downclocking issues in heavy WvW or Zergs with the 660Ti let me know & I’ll send you a batch file to fix the mhz. I use it with my 2 & it’s awesome.
i7 3770k@4.8Ghz / AIR
GTX 6GB Titan@1160Mhz
3007WFP@2560x16000
ugggg they charged me $24 for shipping just the board…. customer service told me they can’t combine an order after i purchase…. even though it was 15min apart.
well im off to go play at 15fps till later this week
thank you for the help!
Really? I thought they’re the easiest to talked about or request something since they haven’t shipped it yet. Think they have a forum as well you might wanna try sending some admins a message and try to request it to group the order as one?
Anyway have fun with your new purchase.
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