khaledbinhamdan Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 (edited) Hello everyone, I am trying to upgrade my pc for the purpose of gaming my budget is $400 to $500, I play at 1080p. I want to play the new games at decent fps. I would like to have a full ATX motherboard and preferably overclockable. I want to try two SSDs in RAID 0 in the future. My current rig: CPU: E8600 GPU: HD 6790 RAM: HyperX T1 Series 4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 Motherboard: Biostar G41D3 PSU: Antec TPQ-1200 1200W HDD 1: Western Digital Black 750GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s HDD 2: Western Digital WD Green 1TB 5400 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s I have different options for CPU + Motherboard that I came up with: Option 1: AMD FX-8320 Vishera 8-Core 3.5GHz (4.0GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 125W - $150 ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX -$130 Total: $280 Option 2: Intel Core i5-4690K Devil's Canyon Quad-Core 3.5GHz LGA 1150-$235 ASRock Z97 Extreme6 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA -$165 Total: $400 These are the GPUs I am considring: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB GDDR5-$283 Sapphire Radeon R9 290 4GB GDDR5-$311 SAPPHIRE TRI-X OC 100361-2SR Radeon R9 290X 4GB 512-Bit GDDR5 -$360 The main thing for me is gaming performance and reliability. I don't have any problem with power consumption or heat. I play games like Total War series, The Witcher 2, Arma 3 and Battlefield 4. Also, I do multitasking. My thoughts: Cheaper CPU+Mobo and better GPU or more expensive CPU+Mobo and cheaper GPU? My main question is what do i choose to be in the $400 to $450 budget or even $500. After this upgrade I am planing to upgrade to SSD and a 16GB but that will happen after a while. I took the prices from Newegg and Amazon. Is it worth it to wait until AMD release their 300 series as i think it will make the prices of gpus drop? Thanks Guys Edited February 26, 2015 by khaledbinhamdan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bp9801 Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 So the total budget is $500, correct? If you don't mind shopping around and using rebates, something like this would get you a touch over the $500 max. If you want to drop down to a different CPU and bump up to a more powerful video card, then this is something to consider. Little bit more over that $500, but not terrible. Dropping to a R9 290 would get you under $500, like so. For Intel, you would probably best be served getting just the CPU and mobo for now, and then a video card later on, provided you don't have easy access to a Micro Center. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOriginalAce Posted February 25, 2015 Posted February 25, 2015 Man, For $440 I picked this up about a month ago and it's the best thing I've ever done. I did, however, already have a GTX660Ti though so that shaved a little cost off. Hell, the Intel built in GPU is decent though. Intel i5 4690K: $199.99 AsRock Z87 Extreme4: $89.99 Corsair 2x4gb 1600 DDR3: $79.99 Thermaltake Water3.0: $59.99 All at Micro Center. Hell, if you want to use the stock cooler that comes with the i5, shave that cost off and buy a GTX660Ti for $149 and you're all set under $500. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaledbinhamdan Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) So the total budget is $500, correct? If you don't mind shopping around and using rebates, something like this would get you a touch over the $500 max. If you want to drop down to a different CPU and bump up to a more powerful video card, then this is something to consider. Little bit more over that $500, but not terrible. Dropping to a R9 290 would get you under $500, like so. For Intel, you would probably best be served getting just the CPU and mobo for now, and then a video card later on, provided you don't have easy access to a Micro Center. Thanks I am considering this as you suggested. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jcXLK8 I need people opinion on the fx6300 (from the owners of it). Edited February 26, 2015 by khaledbinhamdan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaledbinhamdan Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 Man, For $440 I picked this up about a month ago and it's the best thing I've ever done. I did, however, already have a GTX660Ti though so that shaved a little cost off. Hell, the Intel built in GPU is decent though. Intel i5 4690K: $199.99 AsRock Z87 Extreme4: $89.99 Corsair 2x4gb 1600 DDR3: $79.99 Thermaltake Water3.0: $59.99 All at Micro Center. Hell, if you want to use the stock cooler that comes with the i5, shave that cost off and buy a GTX660Ti for $149 and you're all set under $500. Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately i don't have access to micro centre. Isn't the GTX 660Ti a bit outdated? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarWeeny Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 Man, For $440 I picked this up about a month ago and it's the best thing I've ever done. I did, however, already have a GTX660Ti though so that shaved a little cost off. Hell, the Intel built in GPU is decent though. Intel i5 4690K: $199.99 AsRock Z87 Extreme4: $89.99 Corsair 2x4gb 1600 DDR3: $79.99 Thermaltake Water3.0: $59.99 All at Micro Center. Hell, if you want to use the stock cooler that comes with the i5, shave that cost off and buy a GTX660Ti for $149 and you're all set under $500. Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately i don't have access to micro centre. Isn't the GTX 660Ti a bit outdated? considering the gtx 770 (680 rebrand with better memory) is a mid to low-end card, it is quite outdated, yes. Unless you like low settings of course xD Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
khaledbinhamdan Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 Man, For $440 I picked this up about a month ago and it's the best thing I've ever done. I did, however, already have a GTX660Ti though so that shaved a little cost off. Hell, the Intel built in GPU is decent though. Intel i5 4690K: $199.99 AsRock Z87 Extreme4: $89.99 Corsair 2x4gb 1600 DDR3: $79.99 Thermaltake Water3.0: $59.99 All at Micro Center. Hell, if you want to use the stock cooler that comes with the i5, shave that cost off and buy a GTX660Ti for $149 and you're all set under $500. Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately i don't have access to micro centre. Isn't the GTX 660Ti a bit outdated? considering the gtx 770 (680 rebrand with better memory) is a mid to low-end card, it is quite outdated, yes. Unless you like low settings of course xD I guess it is better to buy the cpu and mobo now and use my GPU for a bit more card until i see a drop in the prices as AMD will soon release the 300 series. what do you think guys? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOriginalAce Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 Bahaha, normally I would troll the ever-loving fack out of you guys right now but I won't... The GTX660Ti is only out-dated in the sense that it was made a long time ago. I recently overclocked to 133% of normal specs (Via ASUS Smart-Clock software), and my temps never go above 55c. I play everything on 1920 x 1080 with highest settings possible and have never gone below 60fps, usually hover between 90-120. Archeage Online: All max, clouds @ shadows on, all post-effects on, 60-90 fps Battlefield 4: All max settings, all post-effects on: 60-100 depending on the map (Which honestly is bad for gameplay because of the ungodly particle effects in the game, but im more for playing a pretty game than being amazing) H1Z1: About as "max" as you can get with the current graphics options, never go below 70. Planetside 2: As max as you can get, with shadows, and sometimes I get into the 50's but that's a CPU hitch, not a GPU hitch. I'm sure other cards like a 770 or the 9-series look amazeballs better on paper, and they certainly achieve better benchmark scores, but I've played Battlefield 4 on my friend's system after he spent $800+ on the newest titanium GTX card and honestly I didn't see a difference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarWeeny Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 Bahaha, normally I would troll the ever-loving fack out of you guys right now but I won't... The GTX660Ti is only out-dated in the sense that it was made a long time ago. I recently overclocked to 133% of normal specs (Via ASUS Smart-Clock software), and my temps never go above 55c. I play everything on 1920 x 1080 with highest settings possible and have never gone below 60fps, usually hover between 90-120. Archeage Online: All max, clouds @ shadows on, all post-effects on, 60-90 fps Battlefield 4: All max settings, all post-effects on: 60-100 depending on the map (Which honestly is bad for gameplay because of the ungodly particle effects in the game, but im more for playing a pretty game than being amazing) H1Z1: About as "max" as you can get with the current graphics options, never go below 70. Planetside 2: As max as you can get, with shadows, and sometimes I get into the 50's but that's a CPU hitch, not a GPU hitch. I'm sure other cards like a 770 or the 9-series look amazeballs better on paper, and they certainly achieve better benchmark scores, but I've played Battlefield 4 on my friend's system after he spent $800+ on the newest titanium GTX card and honestly I didn't see a difference. The gtx 660 ti IS low-end / outdated lol GTX 960 = mid-tier and that card is at least twice as fast as the gtx 660. Try to run demanding games, you will soon see it is not s good as you think it is lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOriginalAce Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 What's more demanding than BF4 or PS2 on max? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fight Game Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) http://www.techspot.com/review/734-battlefield-4-benchmarks/page3.html that must be one special 660ti you have, this one benched 27 on ultra with that resolution Edited February 26, 2015 by Fight Game Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarWeeny Posted February 26, 2015 Posted February 26, 2015 What's more demanding than BF4 or PS2 on max? games out now: ryse dragon age inquisition evolve crysis 3 assassins creed unity call of duty ghosts / advanced warfare far cry 4 and many more planetside 2 is really light, even my moms laptop can run that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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