Hello, My PC is starting to age now and I'm worried about it being able to play some of the latest games this year, especially with some classics coming back such as Max Payne 3 and Far Cry 3. I'm even suspecting that the next Total War game will be Rome 2, as it's the only game Creative Assembly hasn't made a second game of as of yet. So my current system is: Chassis: Coolermaster Cosmos Motherboard: Asus P5B CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz RAM: 3GB (2x1GB and 2x512MB) Corsair XMS2 PC2-6400 DDR2 GPU: ATi Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 512MB TOXIC-X-Edition PSU: Coolermaster Silent Pro M700 (700W) I have about £400 to spend, so what would be the best thing to do to my current PC to turn it into a modern gaming system? Maximum Graphics settings. The latest game I have bought is Battlefield 3, and whilst being an absolute buggy mess for me, I can see I can't play it on anything past medium lag free. Shame as it's the first game I can't max out on the graphics. So please help me out people, any help is appreciated as I'm not all with it on what is the best hardware these days. Thanks.
A 2500K, 8gb or ram and a new motherboard should do alot. Maybe crossfire that 4870 or else buy a 560GTX ti
See I was thinking just buy a super duper GTX 580 but then I thought I've always bought GPU's I got a 6600GT when they first came out and then the 4870 when that came out and never paid enough attention to other components, until earlier this year I was still running a Pentium 4 3GHz so I upgraded to Core 2 Duo ready for Crysis 2. I think I should probably get a new CPU/Motherboard/RAM. I had a look into the pre-overclocked bundles on Scan but then saw that Ivy Bridge is coming out, is it worth waiting for that or will it be well out of my budget like the new X79?
I can't see it being much fatser. And even if it is the jump will be far bigger from a core 2 duo to a 2500K as a 2500K to ivy bridge. http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials...+Intel+i5-2500K+Gamer+Bundle+?productId=47140
Murraynt's Aria link looks pretty good value, add in 8GB Ram for £35-40 and you would still have £90 to look for a second 4870 to CF, or save towards a new GPU later.
