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Upgrading the PC... Need your Help
« on: October 27, 2011, 12:16:41 PM »
Ok Boys and Girls! I am thinking about upgrading my pc because I am having lag problems and I want to spend some money...But I need your help on what you would do. Please keep in mind I want to spend as little money as possible but get what I need.

Here is what I have: (My PC should be kicking this games ass)
Motherboard - ASUS Crosshair nForce 590 SLI MCP, Chipset DDR2/800
Video - GTX 460 1GB. (I have an old 9800GTX/GTX+ that I could install if need be. I would just need a SLI Connector)
Power - 750w
Ram - 4GB DDR2

With all that I think I am running the game on Med setting and only getting about 20fps on 1920x1020
WTF! I should be pulling 50-60fps

BTW my pc is OC and doing great with other games
What I am thinking is getting 8GB of ram, because the load is piss poor & maybe that would help the FPS. Also I was thinking about putting the 9800 GTX/GTX+ back in and seeing how that works.

What kind and type of RAM should I get?
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Re: Upgrading the PC... Need your Help
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2011, 12:38:18 PM »
I am looking to completely start over on a new computer soon to play BF3, my computer is like 7 years old.

Sorry can't help. But didn't want to make a new topic.
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Re: Upgrading the PC... Need your Help
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2011, 01:15:12 PM »
have you checked for newer video drivers for the vid card??

have you cleared up memory?  closed not needed programs?

You forgot to include your processor...
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Re: Upgrading the PC... Need your Help
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2011, 01:30:36 PM »
you should offload the physx to your 9800gtx...no clue if that will make a difference, but hey...some things you do because you CAN!!!
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Re: Upgrading the PC... Need your Help
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2011, 04:12:24 PM »
Yeap I have updated my vid card with the newest driver.

My processor is AMD Phenom X4 9500 Quad-Core and this is OC just a bit...


On a side note, I did a full whip (/format) and installed Win7 64x
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Re: Upgrading the PC... Need your Help
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2011, 05:06:16 PM »
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Re: Upgrading the PC... Need your Help
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2011, 07:01:43 PM »
I am building a computer and want your guys' opinion/help.

Case: Thermaltake V9 Black Edition ATX Computer Gaming Chassis with Dual Oversized 230mm fans
Harddrive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5
Graphics Card x2: EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 560 Ti  1GB 256-bit SLI Support Video Card
Power Supply: COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series 800W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.92
RAM: CORSAIR Vengeance 12GB (3 x 4GB)
Mother Board: ASUS SABERTOOTH P67LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX
Processor: Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost) 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB

Any thing I should replace/add?

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« Last Edit: October 28, 2011, 12:19:43 AM by [IAM] Krovean »
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Re: Upgrading the PC... Need your Help
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2011, 08:53:16 PM »
Quote from: [IAM] Krovean on October 27, 2011, 07:01:43 PM
So like I stated before, instead of making my own thread.

I'm going to be building a computer. Does this look like it could handle BF3 very well?

PROCESSOR   Intel® Core™ i5-2300 (6MB Cache) Overclocked Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz

OPERATING SYSTEM   Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English

MEMORY   16GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz

VIDEO CARD   1.25GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 Ti   

HARD DRIVE   1TB SATA 3Gb/s (7,200RPM) 32MB Cache

SOUND CARD   Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio

I need help on a motherboard though.

This looks pretty close to my computer, though no OC-ing the processor for me (i5-first gen) and only 8 GB ram (at 16000)  I'm using crossfired Radeon HD 5770's, so that's probably the biggest difference, but I'm not sure about how the video card differences will change performance.  If you can manage, I'd just say grab another 560 and SLI that thing (for good measure, and if the mobo/power supply can handle it)
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Re: Upgrading the PC... Need your Help
« Reply #8 on: October 27, 2011, 09:08:11 PM »
Quote from: [IAM] squishy on October 27, 2011, 01:30:36 PM
you should offload the physx to your 9800gtx...no clue if that will make a difference, but hey...some things you do because you CAN!!!

thats what my plan is, the 9800 is still an amazing card I mean I knew a guy who had 2x gtx285's in SLI running BC2 on medium and he was getting 50 fps I had a single 9800 with LESS ram a worse processor and was getting 50fps on medium in BC2, soon enough I will be upgrading my rig switching to intel and getting a new psu and mobo that will support 2 gpu's im not sure if I can run the 560 and the 9800 off of my 700w
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Re: Upgrading the PC... Need your Help
« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2011, 09:27:58 PM »
Quote from: [IAM] White Rice on October 27, 2011, 08:53:16 PM
Quote from: [IAM] Krovean on October 27, 2011, 07:01:43 PM
So like I stated before, instead of making my own thread.

I'm going to be building a computer. Does this look like it could handle BF3 very well?

PROCESSOR   Intel® Core™ i5-2300 (6MB Cache) Overclocked Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz

OPERATING SYSTEM   Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English

MEMORY   16GB Dual Channel DDR3 at 1333MHz

VIDEO CARD   1.25GB GDDR5 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 Ti   

HARD DRIVE   1TB SATA 3Gb/s (7,200RPM) 32MB Cache

SOUND CARD   Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio

I need help on a motherboard though.

This looks pretty close to my computer, though no OC-ing the processor for me (i5-first gen) and only 8 GB ram (at 16000)  I'm using crossfired Radeon HD 5770's, so that's probably the biggest difference, but I'm not sure about how the video card differences will change performance.  If you can manage, I'd just say grab another 560 and SLI that thing (for good measure, and if the mobo/power supply can handle it)

I changed it up a bit, went on new egg and added/replaced some stuff.
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Re: Upgrading the PC... Need your Help
« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2011, 10:14:56 PM »
I would reccomend going all the way with the processor and shooting for a 2700k, if you can get a case that supports it get a corsair h100 or h80. either or works its whatever you get a case that can handle but anyways you can shoot the 2700k up to like 5ghz easy.

As far as a sound, if you want premo audio. get a card, Onboard isn't on that level yet. I mean they're getting there. its alot better then how it used to be. but I use a Creative X-FI Titanium now. And its amazing.

As for memory G.Skill Ripjaw is some good stuff to get.

Case: Thermaltake V9 Black Edition ATX Computer Gaming Chassis with Dual Oversized 230mm fans
Harddrive: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5
Graphics Card x2: EVGA SuperClocked GeForce GTX 560 Ti  1GB 256-bit SLI Support Video Card
Power Supply: COOLER MASTER Silent Pro Gold Series 800W ATX 12V v2.3 / EPS 12V v2.92
RAM: g.skill ripjaw X series 16gb
Mother Board: ASRock Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Processor: Intel Core i7-2700K
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Re: Upgrading the PC... Need your Help
« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2011, 10:31:53 PM »
Well $1650 is right around my price range for the computer I can get and im sitting on $1700 with monitor, Plus i'm not to tech suave.
So your whole processor thing kind of went over my head, and the ripjaw ram I don't know.

I got all that stuff off of newegg. With some help from a friend.

Do you mean this Processor?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115095

And this memory?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231356
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Re: Upgrading the PC... Need your Help
« Reply #12 on: October 27, 2011, 10:45:41 PM »
PM me with links to all of your stuff, and yes that memory that processor. I'll see if I can't knock down the price some. I just bought a new sweet ass 24 inch monitor for 208.00 mann its massive its amazing I love it.

I don't know what you have in your setup but 1700?. damn.

Mobo, HDD, Case, Ram, PSU, GPU,Monitor what else are you getting?  FYI go with a samsung spinpoint and not a seagate. Spinpoints have AMAZING reviews. fantastic drives.
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Re: Upgrading the PC... Need your Help
« Reply #13 on: October 27, 2011, 10:56:15 PM »
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811133074
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236102
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130661 x2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371050
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157264
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115095
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

im still under 1700.00

What else do you have on your shopping list?

even if I had win7 x64 it hits 1679.00 but then you gotta calculate shipping, nonetheless.

I'd throw this in... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181016&Tpk=corsair%20h80 you can do some serious overclocking on a 2700k with watercooling. I mean I'd just push it to 5ghz and leave it. I know companies that are selling 2600k's on air cooling at 5ghz so obviously it must run at a decent temp. water cooling it just makes it easier to go higher.
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Re: Upgrading the PC... Need your Help
« Reply #14 on: October 27, 2011, 11:01:51 PM »
Sorry to take this Thread from you AHP, if you guys have any suggestions for me. Please PM me :)

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