PC Long Term Upgrade.

[LordGabenSweg]

Hey guys, 

 

This is my first post and its about my pc upgrade, I live in South Africa, so things are a little more expensive, but I was woundering what you guys think off this I am planning on buying at xmas.

 

I currently have

 

CPU - Intel i5 2500 3.3Ghz

 

GPU - Asus Geforce GTX 760

 

Motherboard - Sorry dont know it as I am writing from my mac & currently away from my pc till monday.

 

PSU - 500 Watt 

 

RAM - 8GB of standard 1333.

 

HD'S - 1Tb 7200 RPM & 500Gb 7200 RPM

 

I am wondering what you guys think of this bundle, I am planning on purchasing it at Christmas.

 

> http://goo.gl/tzmgBl

 

In short what do you guys think? And then next I plan on purchasing a 256gb ssd, and then from there 8 more GB'S of ram and finally a water cooling system for the cpu.

 

Thanks

 

[MrTomnus]

@LordGabenSweg Welcome to the forum! Don't forget to use the quote button when you reply to somebody so they get a notification.

 

That bundle looks well priced to me considering you say parts are slightly more expensive. The MSI mobo is very highly acclaimed and the CPU is very popular too. That should be perfect. Also think about getting that SSD upgrade soon - you will notice a huge difference in OS performance!

 

Depending on what you do with your PC, you will likely not see a big increase in performance with another 8GB of RAM. Instead get yourself a more powerful GPU - a GTX 970 or R9 290X would be brilliant for gaming for a while.

[LordGabenSweg]

Thanks man , the pc will be used for Arma 3 Atlis life on ultra, but the only good one in my country has alot of addons so it eats fps then I will get a good SSD first instead of the extra ram, then i will sell my gpu to help upgrade to a 970. What will the frames be like on arma ultra because i get around 30 on low on my build, I really dont know why ether?

 

@LordGabenSweg Welcome to the forum! Don't forget to use the quote button when you reply to somebody so they get a notification.

 

That bundle looks well priced to me considering you say parts are slightly more expensive. The MSI mobo is very highly acclaimed and the CPU is very popular too. That should be perfect. Also think about getting that SSD upgrade soon - you will notice a huge difference in OS performance!

 

Depending on what you do with your PC, you will likely not see a big increase in performance with another 8GB of RAM. Instead get yourself a more powerful GPU - a GTX 970 or R9 290X would be brilliant for gaming for a while.

[MrTomnus]

Thanks man , the pc will be used for Arma 3 Atlis life on ultra, but the only good one in my country has alot of addons so it eats fps then I will get a good SSD first instead of the extra ram, then i will sell my gpu to help upgrade to a 970. What will the frames be like on arma ultra because i get around 30 on low on my build, I really dont know why ether?

Oh, that's unfortunate  

 

Sounds like you have a good plan there! Hm, as for your performance in Arma 3 I wouldn't know for sure. There are a lot of factors to consider. Looking on quickly for arma 3 benchamarks, that sounds like the kind of performance your GPU should be getting, I'm afraid. The 760 is showing its age now and arma 3 is known to be graphically intensive. That GPU upgrade will help out a lot with that! If you do have serious problems though, post in the troubleshooting section of the forum and somebody will try to help you

[Epic_Nex]

r9 280 would be better than an gtx 760 and its about the same price if not a bit cheaper

 

why are you going with two separate hard drives instead of just one with more capacity?

 

1600 is usually cheaper than 1333 ram and gives better performance

[LordGabenSweg]

Oh, that's unfortunate  

 

Sounds like you have a good plan there! Hm, as for your performance in Arma 3 I wouldn't know for sure. There are a lot of factors to consider. Looking on quickly for arma 3 benchamarks, that sounds like the kind of performance your GPU should be getting, I'm afraid. The 760 is showing its age now and arma 3 is known to be graphically intensive. That GPU upgrade will help out a lot with that! If you do have serious problems though, post in the troubleshooting section of the forum and somebody will try to help you

aghh, i just jumped on ts to speak to the owners before they got off, apprently it is they have alot of pluggins scripts etc, so i will defo get a nice GPU soon, its not serious i get 30 Frames by going low - mid settings VERRYYY far rendering but those settings are good with other servers about 50+ fps

[LordGabenSweg]

r9 280 would be better than an gtx 760 and its about the same price if not a bit cheaper

 

why are you going with two separate hard drives instead of just one with more capacity?

 

1600 is usually cheaper than 1333 ram and gives better performance

 

r9 280 would be better than an gtx 760 and its about the same price if not a bit cheaper

 

why are you going with two separate hard drives instead of just one with more capacity?

 

1600 is usually cheaper than 1333 ram and gives better performance

I got my pc on a budget of 600 pounds back when i lived in england, i used to only have the 1 500gb and that good full pretty quickly, so my uncle gave me one of his 1tb's that he had spare in his pc & i just moved all over to the 1tb , and now use the 500 gb for movies, music & steam backup

[BulkFish]

r9 280 would be better than an gtx 760 and its about the same price if not a bit cheaper

why are you going with two separate hard drives instead of just one with more capacity?

1600 is usually cheaper than 1333 ram and gives better performance

Those are components he already has, not what he is getting. The links provided are what he is considering buying.

[BulkFish]

Hey guys,

This is my first post and its about my pc upgrade, I live in South Africa, so things are a little more expensive, but I was woundering what you guys think off this I am planning on buying at xmas.

I currently have

CPU - Intel i5 2500 3.3Ghz

GPU - Asus Geforce GTX 760

Motherboard - Sorry dont know it as I am writing from my mac & currently away from my pc till monday.

PSU - 500 Watt

RAM - 8GB of standard 1333.

HD'S - 1Tb 7200 RPM & 500Gb 7200 RPM

I am wondering what you guys think of this bundle, I am planning on purchasing it at Christmas.

http://goo.gl/iMw57w - adding the extra R700 For the "K" model. And I plan on purchasing the NZXT H440 > http://goo.gl/tzmgBl

In short what do you guys think? And then next I plan on purchasing a 256gb ssd, and then from there 8 more GB'S of ram and finally a water cooling system for the cpu.

Thanks

Welcome to the forum

[LordGabenSweg]

Welcome to the forum

If you are only gaming on this system, perhaps an i5 4690k would be more suitable, you would save a few dollars and it would be more than enough. That bundle looks pretty good value, see if you can find one with a decent motherboard and the i5. The money saved will probably come close to getting you an SSD.

Also more ram is probably not needed at this point in time. Gather your moneys and try and get a 970 if you can, it will push games well, and won't require you to upgrade your psu.

Yea im defo gunna save up for a 980 & may get family to send over a SSD to save some money haha they are quite pricey over here, also defo getting a i7

[BulkFish]

Yea im defo gunna save up for a 980 & may get family to send over a SSD to save some money haha they are quite pricey over here, also defo getting a i7

Nice, going for the high end gear. Ain't nothin wrong with that!

[LordGabenSweg]

Nice, going for the high end gear. Ain't nothin wrong with that!

 this is going to be my last major upgrade :3 well bulk haha