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Sup Guys,

 

I have an old LGA 775 system that I would like to give to my brother for gaming. What upgrades are necessary?

 

ASUS P5K WS LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard

Intel core 2 quad Q9550, 2.83 GHz

4gb RAM

stock cooling

3x SAPPHIRE HD 3650

535W power supply

 

My rig:
CPU: i7 4790k @4.5ghz (1.165v) COOLER: Hyper 212 Evo  MOBO: Asus Maximus VI EXTREME   RAM: 8GB Kingston FURY @1866 Mhz   GPU: ASUS STRIX GTX 970 DUAL SLI   PSU: Corsair HX750   CASE: NZXT Phantom 830 HDD: WD Black 3TB SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 256Gb

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I'd say a single graphics card.  What is your budget?  Then I can help more.

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I mean I dont want to spend too much maybe like 300. Was thinking of adding an ssd would probably help...

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CPU: i7 4790k @4.5ghz (1.165v) COOLER: Hyper 212 Evo  MOBO: Asus Maximus VI EXTREME   RAM: 8GB Kingston FURY @1866 Mhz   GPU: ASUS STRIX GTX 970 DUAL SLI   PSU: Corsair HX750   CASE: NZXT Phantom 830 HDD: WD Black 3TB SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 256Gb

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I mean I dont want to spend too much maybe like 300. Was thinking of adding an ssd would probably help...

Here. This will become a huge boost.

 

You can upgrade your mobo and CPU later, when Intel launches Broadwell / Skylake.

 

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/apotop-internal-hard-drive-mass3c128gbr

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/sapphire-video-card-100363vx3l

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That ssd does not seem to be good idk...

My rig:
CPU: i7 4790k @4.5ghz (1.165v) COOLER: Hyper 212 Evo  MOBO: Asus Maximus VI EXTREME   RAM: 8GB Kingston FURY @1866 Mhz   GPU: ASUS STRIX GTX 970 DUAL SLI   PSU: Corsair HX750   CASE: NZXT Phantom 830 HDD: WD Black 3TB SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 256Gb

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That ssd does not seem to be good idk...

Yup, neither does your system  B)

 

But anyway, it's not the V300, so you are perfectly fine with it.

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Yup, neither does your system B)

But anyway, it's not the V300, so you are perfectly fine with it.

Whats so bad with the v300 series ssd's many people hate on them whats the problem with them? How are they compared to the one you sent me?

My rig:
CPU: i7 4790k @4.5ghz (1.165v) COOLER: Hyper 212 Evo  MOBO: Asus Maximus VI EXTREME   RAM: 8GB Kingston FURY @1866 Mhz   GPU: ASUS STRIX GTX 970 DUAL SLI   PSU: Corsair HX750   CASE: NZXT Phantom 830 HDD: WD Black 3TB SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 256Gb

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Whats so bad with the v300 series ssd's many people hate on them whats the problem with them? How are they compared to the one you sent me?

Basically, the V300 started out as a very good SSD. But then, Kingston changed the components inside it without warning anyone; as time went by, more and more people started complaining about low speeds with that SSD. Turns out that the new interior of the SSD was utter garbage; it was so bad that by "low speeds", I mean almost HD level. But paying for the price of the HD.

 

And that's where the comparison comes. The one I recommended you is NOT the v300, so it's a good SSD.

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   You have $300 right?  Get something like a 750ti and a 256GB SSD.

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You have $300 right? Get something like a 750ti and a 256GB SSD.

Is an option. I will consider the 750ti but i am not sure weather its performance can handle gta 5 when it goes out

My rig:
CPU: i7 4790k @4.5ghz (1.165v) COOLER: Hyper 212 Evo  MOBO: Asus Maximus VI EXTREME   RAM: 8GB Kingston FURY @1866 Mhz   GPU: ASUS STRIX GTX 970 DUAL SLI   PSU: Corsair HX750   CASE: NZXT Phantom 830 HDD: WD Black 3TB SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 256Gb

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Is an option. I will consider the 750ti but i am not sure weather its performance can handle gta 5 when it goes out

No, it cannot. Trust me, you have no need for a 256gb SSD. Get a 128 SSD, and use that money on the GPU.

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