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I currently have an MSI GTX 560ti twin frozr edition, and I'm wanting to upgrade my graphics card.  I don't want to spend that much money as I'm currently in college, and I'm just starting to get back into gaming.  I'm not sure if my 560ti would handle GTAV (one of the biggest I want to play) that well, and I'm thinking of getting a 270x as an upgrade.  I can get one roughly $140 after rebate.  Should I wait until Christmas or should I spring now?

If it's any relevance, my current specs are:

i5-2500k at 4.0ghz

8gb ram

520W psu

Jersey has one of the highest population densities, which maybe why it's such a big deal?  

I'll be shocked if this isn't on a build log of the week when it's complete.

Just a little sad that I already bought natural selection 2 on the steam autumn sale, and here it is again.

they have a black switch as well.

I'm not sure if the quality of the keyboards warrant a purchase, I'm afraid of the finicky connector.

Best buy as a Cooler Master Brown set for $70 with a mouse included.

Update the BIOS from the site with the current Sandy bridge. Then implant the IvyB once done and see if it runs. SandyBs are pretty good in terms of gaming still so I might advise you with that.

Alright, thanks a lot.  I agree that SB's are still great, I myself am running a 2500k OC'd to 4.0ghz.  My brother's not too much of a gamer, or a power user, however, he's just irking for a stronger PC.  I'd buy another SB i5, but it's not easily avalable (from retailers I would trust).

You cannot use Ivybridge CPU on the previous chipset if you do not have a sandy at hand so you can do the BIOS upgrade. Z77 chipset can widely accept Sandy chips

My brother currently has an SB i3 in his system, and is considering upgrading to an i5, and the only ones easily available on the internet are ivy bridge CPU's.  I can just upgrade the BIOS, and the IB i5 will run fine? If so, how difficult would it be to upgrade the bios?

My brother's got an AsRock Z68 motherboard, the Pro3 Gen3 if i recall correctly.  Since, the two sockets are the same, 1155, is it hard to upgrade the bios so it can accept an Ivy Bridge CPU?  I've heard that you could do this, and I'm wondering the simplicity of it, before he goes off and orders a new CPU. 

~thanks.

I'm running a 1TB Samsung Spinpoint, along with a 160GB Maxtor i had laying around.  I need more space for videos and just general media.  Only reason I don't have an SSD is cause my budget has not allowed for one, and storage is one of my bigger concerns, not speed.

I hope pickin' you up is as easy as usin' a Q-connector.

babe, are you a 9590? cause you're hot as hell.

won't be too bad to try. c:.

He said he was going to be using the Onboard GPU