Best & Cheapest Way to upgrade my PC

SuB-Zero_Ire · 04-12-2018 12:02AM #1

Looking to upgrade my PC. Something simple and easy to do. PC is mainly for gaming. Fifa, Battlefield series (will be picking up Battlefield V), PUBG, etc.

Don't really have a budget but don't want to spend too much. Put an initial budget of €200 but there if it's justified would increase the budget.

Was thinking of just doubling the ram and adding a second 250gb SSD.

See the below list of components I currently have.

Ram - 8GB-Kit Corsair Vengeance Low Profile schwarz PC3-12800U

SSD - Crucial M4 128GB SSD

Harddrive - Seagate Barracuda 7200 1000GB, SATA 6Gb/s

CPU - Intel Core i5-3570K Box, LGA1155

Graphics card - MSI R7850 TwinFrozr 2GD5/OC, 2048MB DDR5, PCI-Express

Motherboard - MSI Z77 Mpower, Intel Z77, ATX, DDR3

PSU - Super-Flower Amazon 80Plus 550W

Tower - Thermaltake Chaser MK-I, ohne Netzteil

Thanks for any advice you can give.

K.O.Kiki · 04-12-2018 12:10AM

GPU & RAM imho

Get an RX 570 8Gb for 190 euro
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071R7BTJL/?tag=pcp0f-21

And another 8Gb RAM stick for 41 euro
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00H6Z6BMS/?tag=pcp0f-21

For Battlefield specifically, an i7-3770 / 3770K would help but you can get by without.

SuB-Zero_Ire · 05-12-2018 03:37PM

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

GPU & RAM imho

Get an RX 570 8Gb for 190 euro
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B071R7BTJL/?tag=pcp0f-21

And another 8Gb RAM stick for 41 euro
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00H6Z6BMS/?tag=pcp0f-21

For Battlefield specifically, an i7-3770 / 3770K would help but you can get by without.

Thanks Kiki. Will definitely upgrade my ram, will look into more on the graphics card.

TerrorFirmer · 05-12-2018 04:32PM

Get a good overclock on that i5 as well, crucial for Battlefield. It doesn't run very well on those older i5's but a heavy overclock will help limit the frame drops and spikes.

If it's mainly for gaming I would forget about RAM for now and just get a 2nd hand i7-3770 for €100 and an RX570 for €180 or whatever it is, it's well worth it. 8GB ram is still fine for gaming as it is, as long as it's 2x4GB sticks and not a single stick you'll be grand for now.

Obviously PUBG and Fifa will run fine on the 3570K though.

K.O.Kiki · 05-12-2018 04:41PM

RX 570 would be the cheapest "good" graphics card, and should help with performance in general & 1% lows in particular.
Plus it has oodles more VRAM which would be a boon in large maps like Battlefield's.

Gerrymandering reborn · 05-12-2018 05:00PM

just a suggestion https://www.awd-it.co.uk/powercolor-radeon-rx-580-red-dragon-v2-8gb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card.html?wgu=13527_109047_15440255974286_617668cccc&wgexpiry=1551801597&source=webgains&siteid=109047

Inquitus · 07-12-2018 07:22PM

This offer from the bargain thread is a goodun, 190 yoyos for an RX580, EDIT: I see the fella above thought the same, I'd defo pull the trigger on that, you'll see mahoosive performance boost!

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/powercolor-radeon-rx-580-red-dragon-v2-8192mb-gddr5-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-18l-pc.html

Best & Cheapest Way to upgrade my PC

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