PC gaming upgrade for a budget

[BlackmistZA]

CPU AMD Athlon II x4 640
Motherboard Asus m4a88td
GPU XFX radeon HD6450 1GBl
RAM 2GB apacer(two of em)

Ive got a case and a 450W PSU and a 500gb SATA, so what i want to know is what do you think of it i dont mean i want to go play crysis on full i just want it to look good closer to very good the total is about R3017 worth it? And is a quad core worth it? i mean i want the pc to past me atleast 5ish years would ofcourse upgrade the GPU when i have the cash.

 

[Dohc-WP]

i'll say thats an ok system

my advice is change that very cripple gfx card with a 6670

 

[BlackmistZA]

Thanks but do you know of a nvida gfx on par with that because im more of a nvida fan then ati

 

[simon]

Thanks but do you know of a nvida gfx on par with that because im more of a nvida fan then ati

The 440 or 450 is more or less on par with the 6670.
if DDR3, very unadvisable then its more the 440.
Up that budget on the gpu otherwise you will be needing to upgrade very soon.

 

[The Joker]

I think you would be better off spending you're money on a second hand setup.
Thinking of letting my lan rig go.

Amd Phenom II x6 1055T
Coolermaster v6
ECS A880GM-AD3
Kingston hyperX DDRIII 1600 2x4GB

That im thinking of selling for R2500

 

[BlackmistZA]

So DDR3 is going out of date? what if its a 512Mb DDR5? will it function better than the 1GB DDR3 like this one? or ill just save up a bit more and get a 1gb ddr5?

 

[simon]

So DDR3 is going out of date? what if its a 512Mb DDR5? will it function better than the 1GB DDR3 like this one? or ill just save up a bit more and get a 1gb ddr5?

1gb ddr5 is best then 512mb ddr5 then 1gig ddr3 then 512 mb ddr3. Save up as much as you can then spend a lil extra. Helps down the line.
That rig that Joker is advertising is a good one, I would go for that if I were you.

 

[The Joker]

1gb ddr5 is best then 512mb ddr5 then 1gig ddr3 then 512 mb ddr3. Save up as much as you can then spend a lil extra. Helps down the line.
That rig that Joker is advertising is a good one, I would go for that if I were you.

What simon is saying save us much cash as you can and try investing in a 6870. I know of one that retails for R1750 inc vat and although its a bit high for you're budget, at least you will be future proofed, and I know a 6870 can run Crysis 2 on max settings.

 

[Dohc-WP]

What simon is saying save us much cash as you can and try investing in a 6870. I know of one that retails for R1750 inc vat and although its a bit high for you're budget, at least you will be future proofed, and I know a 6870 can run Crysis 2 on max settings.

he's also going to need a new psu if he's gonna get the 6870

 

[BlackmistZA]

Ill save up working this holidays so id think id have bout 5K ish at the end and id be able to buy those things

 

[BlackmistZA]

With hyper memoryl
With out

I found these 2 so the one has hyper memory anyone care to explain this for me cause i googled and cant find it and one doesnt so which one is better and why?

 

[Sillicur]

i'll say thats an ok system

my advice is change that very cripple gfx card with a 6670

Best piece of advice here, the 6670 is pretty decent and a big upgrade in itself.