Build Advice Whats holding me back?

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  1. Vier86

    Vier86 What's a Dremel?

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    I'm looking to upgrade my pc soon and I'm looking for advice on what to keep/upgrade/sell.

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    I mainly use the pc for gaming wow/tf2/minecraft and would like to be able to keep a constant 60+ fps.

    Any advice?
     
  2. WhiteKnight226

    WhiteKnight226 Minimodder

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    GeForce GTX 460's are pretty nice. With a 3.0ghz processor and 4gb of RAM for a game like wow you really shouldn't have a problem.

    My current PC has the AMD 64 X2 5600+ with 2 old GeForce 8500GT's and only 2GB DDR2 ram, I can manage wow pretty well on medium settings. You should be easily besting me.

    Our ram is kinda out of date now and quad cores have become the new thing.

    My 2 cents on your question is, new CPU, MoBo, and RAM. Sandy Bridge seem to be all the rage now for fast stock speeds and insane overclock potential. MoBo to go with that and as I have been told by members on here, 8gb RAM is the new 4GB, so some DDR3 for that. I'm sure others will go into more detail but like I said, my 2 cents on it.
     
  3. favst89

    favst89 What's a Dremel?

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    It says your memory is in single channel mode, do you only have 1 stick of ddr2? If not and you have 2x2gb sticks you should check the slots they are in, you should be able to get dual channel mode running which will give a slight improvement.
    The 460 is a pretty good card, so I would say next to swap will be the processor really, though for what you've listed it should be fine as is.
     
  4. Vier86

    Vier86 What's a Dremel?

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    Thanks for the replys the mobo is a first generation crosshair not one of the later versions

    on max settings tf2 drops down to 20 fps same for WOW :(
    Oh and my budget is around 300 could that get me a new mobo/cpu/ram combo?
     
  5. Guest-16

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    6000+ by a huge margin. That's original K8 tech - some four gens old this year.

    New P8P67 Pro+2500K+4GB DDR3 should sort you out, unless you wanted another ROG board.

    Is your boot drive the 1TB EAVS? That should be fast, but you'll see a boost from an SSD too - but you'll need the latest chipsets to get the best ACHI support.
     
  6. Marine-RX179

    Marine-RX179 What's a Dremel?

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    ^This

    The Athlon 64 X2 6000 would most likely make the GTX460 running at no faster than 4850/GTS250 level.

    For WOW and TF2, you won't regret going SandyBridge 2500K etc, as those games love the extra CPU power and will deliver much higher frame rate.
     
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    What's your upgrade budget, Vier?
     
  8. Vier86

    Vier86 What's a Dremel?

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    £300 is my budget and I would rather go over to Intel than stay with AMD
    Thanks.
     
  9. mucgoo

    mucgoo Minimodder

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    A 2500k + £100 mobo and £40 of RAM come in and nearly exactly £300
     
  10. Guest-16

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    He'll need to drop a little more on the mobo to get two PCI-E 8x slots so he can have SLI on those 460s :)

    http://www.scan.co.uk/products/asus...5-pci-e-20-ddr3-2200-2133-sata6gb-s-raid-matx

    mATX but nearly £40 cheaper than the full ATX P8P67 Pro. Motherboard prices are going up across the board due to costs of components: PCB, copper, etc. That price for the -M is very good and you still get the UEFI BIOS and auto overclocking functions too.

    4GB kit of memory, under £40: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/240501 or http://www.scan.co.uk/products/4gb-...600)-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-xmp-150v

    CPU: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/inte...-quad-core-33ghz-gpu-850mhz-6mb-cache-95w-oem

    and pro (truly silent) cooler for your overclock: http://www.scan.co.uk/products/geli...5-1366-1156-1155-and-amd-754-939-940-am2-am2p

    £337.
     
  11. Vier86

    Vier86 What's a Dremel?

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    Thanks for all the replys

    I would also like to throw in a SSD just for the OS and one or two games
    And a new case I can add an extra £100 to my budget if there is anything worth getting in that range.
     
  12. 3lusive

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    Wow I just made him a basket with exactly those items in but I had the ATX p8p67 pro in it (£40 more).

    Bindibadgi is right, though, get the mATX one and youve got a really strong build there - better than anything amd can offer at that price.
     
  13. Guest-16

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    The only thing you miss on the mATX vs ATX is the DIGI+ VRM, but I don't think OP needs it given his current skill level :)
     

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