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Hello everyone!

 

    I recently got a rig, basically for free. Its got an i7 950, 6gb ddr3 ram, a 1tb hdd and a gt 430. Its definitely a decent computer, the gt 430 is REALLY good, it can even play bf4 at low settings!

So, here are my options: 1, upgrade this current machine. This means putting 8/16gb ram, a ssd, a new psu and a new gpu. Together, this would cost somewhere around $500.

Option 2: I could build an entirely new pc. This would cost about $1300, but have newer and maybe a little better parts.

I am a competitive tf2 player, which means the only game I really play is tf2, a pretty easy game to run. The gt 430 runs it fine. The only intensive thing I need to do is record and do some streaming.

So, which one should go with? Thanks!

 

EDIT: Also, I forgot to mention that the pc already has a closed loop water cooler. So I can do some ocing.

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Hullo 

id get a new rig and save some parts from the older on like the hard drives 

Specs

CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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If your computer does what you need, I'd just leave it.

Save the money and upgrade next year when there are new processors, video cards, and DDR4.

CPU: Ryzen 9 5900 Cooler: EVGA CLC280 Motherboard: Gigabyte B550i Pro AX RAM: Kingston Hyper X 32GB 3200mhz

Storage: WD 750 SE 500GB, WD 730 SE 1TB GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1050 PSU: Corsair SF750 Case: Streacom DA2

Monitor: LG 27GL83B Mouse: Razer Basilisk V2 Keyboard: G.Skill KM780 Cherry MX Red Speakers: Mackie CR5BT

 

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I'd just add in a ssd. The rest looks fine.

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When I had a GT 430 It struggled to play Counter Strike Source if there where too many people shooting at once...

It was especially problematic when trying to play 50-60 player Zombie Escape servers.

 

As for the upgrades maybe a Low to Mid ranged Gpu (AMD preferably for Mantle) would give a nice performance boost and a cheap 120gb SSD.

 

 

 

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You're telling us, that a GT 430 looks fine? Whatever you're on I want a puff of :P

He said it runs what he needs fine. No need to upgrade just because we would personally appreciate the extra power for our uses.

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the gt 430 is REALLY good, it can even play bf4 at low settings!

 

 

He said it runs what he needs fine. No need to upgrade just because we would personally appreciate the extra power for our uses.

I get the feeling that it was sarcasm...

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I get the feeling that it was sarcasm...

I had a GT 440 myself and it runs TF2 fine. I didn't read sarcasm from the OP.

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You could spend a Little bit of money on the Graphics card so that you could get something like Shadowplay that way you can record your game. As for streaming I'm not sure how much that affects your games performance if it did it quite a bit would probably be worth upgrading RAM as well.

 

As for an SSD I'd recommend the Kingston V300 or the HyperX, depending on your budget and a Bronze Plus PSU (modular if its in budget)

mudgee - Jedi System Builder

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