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upgrading pc on a budget !

  • 17-08-2013 12:37am
    #1
    fergus1001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭


    hi yall first time in this section i have an older gaming rig that i would like to upgrade in terms of the motherboard cpu and ram i havent alot of money i was thinking of going the amd route with there fx 4100 and 8 gigs of ram (to start out with) i currently have a intel dual core 2.75 ghz (oc) and a 6850 gpu and 4 gigs of ram, i was hoping to do this before battlefield 4 and any other next gen games come out any idea if that would do it ? oh and i currently have a 550 watt psu with xfire/sli support

    regards
    fergus


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  • #2
    BloodBath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,299 ✭✭✭✭BloodBath


    What's your budget?


  • #3
    fergus1001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭fergus1001


    250 - 300 range ??


  • #4
    BloodBath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,299 ✭✭✭✭BloodBath


    How does this look? Good overclocking potential there too. You could probably get about €100 selling your old cpu, ram and board.

    Item|Price
    AMD FX-6300 Prozessor, Boxed, Sockel AM3+|€101.96
    Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - Intel/AMD|€29.68
    ASRock 970 Extreme3 R2.0, AM3+, ATX|€70.79
    8GB-Kit G-Skill RipJaws PC3-12800U CL9|€60.71
    Shipping|€18.99
    Total|€282.13


  • #5
    fergus1001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭fergus1001


    that looks pretty good thanks :) is that site reliable i remember i bought all my stuff off pixmania for my first build ha and another question would my current gpu hold whack at games for another while with these upgrades behind it i spent about 200 on it when it first came out (allot of money for a student)


  • #6
    BloodBath
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,299 ✭✭✭✭BloodBath


    Yep we all order from there. You could try amazon to see if it works out any cheaper with free delivery.

    Your gpu should hold up for a while. You could always overclock a bit if you haven't already.


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  • #7
    fergus1001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭fergus1001


    BloodBath wrote: »
    Yep we all order from there. You could try amazon to see if it works out any cheaper with free delivery.

    Your gpu should hold up for a while. You could always overclock a bit if you haven't already.

    i already put the 6870 bios in there to unlock it as amd just disable stuff instead of not putting it in there for some reason ha ;)

    thanks for the tips twill help me surely :)


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