I think it's time for PC upgrades

PorkChop

PorkChop

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Ey y'all

My PC is giving uphills nowadays so I think it's time for an upgrade but I'll list my specs and let you guys decide

Intel I3-2120 Dual core

nVidia GTX 650

4gb (forgot the make and model) Ram

Hitachi 500gb HDD

Asrock H51(I think) motherboard

Power supply: totally hit a blank here

So tell me what you guys think. thanks in advance

PS: I'll check and fill in the specs that are missing when I'm at home. On a trip At the moment
 
PorkChop said:
Ey y'all

My PC is giving uphills nowadays so I think it's time for an upgrade but I'll list my specs and let you guys decide

Intel I3-2120 Dual core

nVidia GTX 650

4gb (forgot the make and model) Ram

Hitachi 500gb HDD

Asrock H51(I think) motherboard

Power supply: totally hit a blank here

So tell me what you guys think. thanks in advance

PS: I'll check and fill in the specs that are missing when I'm at home. On a trip At the moment
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I would go find a nice deal on an i7 that is supported on your motherboard (Ivy and Sandy bridge)...or if you have the capital get a new system and salvage the old parts XD

What is your budget, needs and hopes for the build?
 
rootworm41 said:
I would go find a nice deal on an i7 that is supported on your motherboard (Ivy and Sandy bridge)...or if you have the capital get a new system and salvage the old parts XD

What is your budget, needs and hopes for the build?
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Was planning on putting in 8gb ram. buying another 500gb HDD, I5 ivy bridge maybe and Xfiring the GTX 650

Budget is about R5000
 
PorkChop said:
Was planning on putting in 8gb ram. buying another 500gb HDD, I5 ivy bridge maybe and Xfiring the GTX 650

Budget is about R5000
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The GTX650 can't be SLI'd, it lacks both the hardware bridge and the software capability in the Nvidia drivers. You'd be better off moving up to a bigger single GPU, possibly keeping the GTX650 as a dedicated Physx card for games.

Intel Core i5 3470 @ R2290
MSI Geforce GTX650 Ti Boost 2GB GDDR5 @ R2221
Corsair ValueSelect 4GB DDR3-1600 CL11 @ R422
Total: R4933

Alternatively, you can ditch the processor upgrade because the Core i3 will run well enough for most games and find yourself a nice 256GB SSD.
 
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Wesley said:
The GTX650 can't be SLI'd, it lacks both the hardware bridge and the software capability in the Nvidia drivers. You'd be better off moving up to a bigger single GPU, keeping the GTX650 as a dedicated Physx card for games.

Intel Core i5 3470 @ R2290
MSI Geforce GTX650 Ti Boost 2GB GDDR5 @ R2221
Corsair ValueSelect 4GB DDR3-1600 CL11 @ R422
Total: R4933

Alternatively, you can ditch the processor upgrade because the Core i3 will run well enough for most games and find yourself a nice 256GB SSD.
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Why not spend more on a better GPU as the 650 Ti won't be a huge increase? Or will the i3 bottleneck with a higher powered GPU?
 
Drop the ram, leave it at 4gb and get a 7850 / 7870 (if wootware still have their special) instead of that nvidia gpu.
 
rootworm41 said:
Why not spend more on a better GPU as the 650 Ti won't be a huge increase? Or will the i3 bottleneck with a higher powered GPU?
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Its the GTX650 Ti Boost, it's quite a bit more powerful than a regular GTX650. On average, the GTX650 Ti Boost is 35% faster in gaming scenarios than the GTX650 Ti, which itself is an average of 35% faster than the GTX650. The Boost is currently faster than the Radeon HD7850 at resolutions up to 1920 x 1200.

And beyond a GTX660/HD7870, I think the Core i3 would be a major bottleneck at that point.

Kwaai said:
How does this compete with the Sandisk Extreme?
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Pretty similarly, actually. Sandisk makes their own memory and controller firmware, whereas Samsung makes the memory, the controller and the firmware. The end products are very, very close together in benchmarks. I would go with the Samsung, personally.
 
Wesley said:
Its the GTX650 Ti Boost, it's quite a bit more powerful than a regular GTX650. On average, the GTX650 Ti Boost is 35% faster in gaming scenarios than the GTX650 Ti, which itself is an average of 35% faster than the GTX650. The Boost is currently faster than the Radeon HD7850 at resolutions up to 1920 x 1200.

And beyond a GTX660/HD7870, I think the Core i3 would be a major bottleneck at that point.



Pretty similarly, actually. Sandisk makes their own memory and controller firmware, whereas Samsung makes the memory, the controller and the firmware. The end products are very, very close together in benchmarks. I would go with the Samsung, personally.
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Okay thanks for that, will hopefully be getting another SSD shortly :)
 
Wesley said:
Its the GTX650 Ti Boost, it's quite a bit more powerful than a regular GTX650. On average, the GTX650 Ti Boost is 35% faster in gaming scenarios than the GTX650 Ti, which itself is an average of 35% faster than the GTX650. The Boost is currently faster than the Radeon HD7850 at resolutions up to 1920 x 1200.

And beyond a GTX660/HD7870, I think the Core i3 would be a major bottleneck at that point.



Pretty similarly, actually. Sandisk makes their own memory and controller firmware, whereas Samsung makes the memory, the controller and the firmware. The end products are very, very close together in benchmarks. I would go with the Samsung, personally.
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What I meant to say is, what is he going to do with the 650? If it still runs games why not use it until it is useless?
 
Unless he is really going to go all out with his gaming then why would he spend the extra money on a feature that will just be a useless extra?
 
rootworm41 said:
What I meant to say is, what is he going to do with the 650? If it still runs games why not use it until it is useless?
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Uh, well, because at 1920 x 1080 the GTX650 Ti Boost would just about double his frame rates in most games.

And I suggested using the GTX650 as a dedicated Physx card, but I realised just now that his H61-series board might not have another PCI-E 16x slot. He could sell it? If its in good condition he'll be able to get R600 for it, no problem.

xGREAPER said:
Unless he is really going to go all out with his gaming then why would he spend the extra money on a feature that will just be a useless extra? The 35% faster in gaming situations
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Noted, OP never really detailed what he/she does with his PC, but I thought that almost doubling performance would be a welcome thing. OP hasn't even replied in this thread since three days ago.
 
Wesley said:
Uh, well, because at 1920 x 1080 the GTX650 Ti Boost would just about double his frame rates in most games.

And I suggested using the GTX650 as a dedicated Physx card, but I realised just now that his H61-series board might not have another PCI-E 16x slot. He could sell it? If its in good condition he'll be able to get R600 for it, no problem.



Noted, OP never really detailed what he/she does with his PC, but I thought that almost doubling performance would be a welcome thing. OP hasn't even replied in this thread since three days ago.
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I wonder if he has even read the posts...guess he doesn't really want the help ;)
 
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