Hello All,
I'm wondering if it’s worth doing some upgrades to my PC, I don’t really want to buy a new motherboard and processor as my current kit is strong. What do you think, would I end up with too much of a bottle neck on my old proc and mobo?
Current PC Setup:
Core 2 Quad Extreme QX6800 SKT775 (never been overclocked, just never got round to it)
Water Cooled 1x120mm & 1x240mm rads
8GB DDR2 (mish-mash of different modules)
DFI LANParty LT X48-T2RS Board (upgraded a few years ago from a ASUS Striker Extreme which was rubbish from day one)
Nv GTX 260 (used to be an ATI 4870x2 dual-core thingy which died, and before that a watercooled Nv 8800GTX)
Creative X-Fi Sound
Various HDDs, Samsung F1 & WD Raptors
Custom built Lian-Li chassis
Enermax Galaxy 850w (the really huge PSU, very good current over 5 rails if memory serves)(has four 6pin graphics card connectors)
Proposed minor upgrade:
Asus GTX 670 Direct CU II Top 2GB GDDR5
240GB SanDisk Extreme SSD
HighPoint Rocket 620 SATA-III PCI-E card
Total = £560 give or take
Or the complete strip:
SanDisk 240GB Extreme SSD - 2.5" SATA-III - Read 550MB/s Write 520MB/s
Gigabyte GA-Z77-D3H Socket 1155 VGA DVI HDMI 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
Intel Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz Socket 1155 6MB Cache OEM Processor
G-Skill 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX Memory Kit CL9 (9-9-9-24) 1.5V
ASUS GeForce GTX 670 DirectCU II TOP 2048MB GDDR5
Total = £850 roughly
If it helps, here’s a list of my current CPU specs as I can't post links yet:
# of Cores 4
# of Threads 4
Clock Speed 2.66 GHz
L2 Cache 8 MB
Bus/Core Ratio 10
FSB Speed 1066 MHz
FSB Parity No
Instruction Set 64-bit
Embedded Options Available No
Supplemental SKU No
Lithography 65 nm
Max TDP 130 W
VID Voltage Range 0.8500V-1.5V
Reason for upgrade:
I can feel my machine getting a bit slower and abysmal FPS in BF3 makes it barely playable (shot in the face) even with all graphics settings turned to minimum and low resolution but that’s not how the game was meant to be played.
Thanks.