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Helloooo from South Africa :D

I think it's time to upgrade my pc as I feel I'm not getting all the juice out of my pc (playing Arma 2/3 and some other FPS's), but I want to see if I'm mistaken and want to hear what you think.

 

Specs of current pc:

 

Gigabyte H67MA B3

Gigabyte ODIN 475W PSU (meh)

i5 2400 3.1 GHz

8 GB DDR3 office RAM (works fine)

Gigabyte GTX 560

Few fans, decent case, nothing special

 

So I'm looking at a new PSU, motherboard and CPU as I feel that that will increase the performance of my pc a bit without getting low fps and lag spikes, though I'm just a stupid African so I might be wrong :P My budget is around 3000 - 4000 ZAR (around 300-400 USD). Parts are a bit more expensive here due to the taxes and everything.

 

What do you suggest?

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Get an AMD 7950.

Desktop: Intel Core i7-5820K, Corsair H115i, Asus X99-Deluxe/USB 3.1, G.Skill Ripjaws4 32GB 2800MHz CL16, Zotac RTX 3070, Samsung 950 Pro 512GB in Angelbird Wings PX1, Samsung 850 EVO 1TB, 5*Seagate 12TB, Cooler Master V1200, Phanteks Enthoo Luxe, Windows 10 Pro. Phillips 328P6VUBREB, Corsair Vengeance K95 RGB Cherry MX Brown, Logitech G502 X Plus, Sennheiser HD700.

 

AYANEO 2S: AMD 7800U, 32GB 7500MHz, 2TB WD SN850X. Windows 11.

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Hello fellow African! 

 

I would recommend a GPU upgrade (I don't think your cpu is a bottleneck) have a look at the AMD 7870 . It can be had for a really good price locally http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=20&products_id=9063

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Hello fellow African! 

 

I would recommend a GPU upgrade (I don't think your cpu is a bottleneck) have a look at the AMD 7870 . It can be had for a really good price locally http://www.rebeltech.co.za/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=20&products_id=9063

Pretty much this^

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