Hi sifus

Im thinking of upgrading my pc in the middle/end of next month with a budget of RM1400.
Will be mainly be used for playing Guild Wars 2 at 1920x1200 or 1680x1050

My current rig:
C2D E8400 3.0 Ghz
Some Intel Board
3GB of RAM
CM 500w Extreme Power
ATI HD4870



Harddisk will be reused as well as casing, while i know my Power Supply isnt recommendable but it hasnt been giving me problems for years so i am not really keen on changing the power supply atm.



Thx for helping me out

Edit: accidentally hit post without finish typing

This post has been edited by Tupperwarez: Aug 30 2012, 11:06 PM

Care to provide more details of ur current rig?

eg. what mobo, ram, hdd, gpu, sdd and etc.

Better sell off ur current rig n get a new rig.u could earn around RM1k for selling that rig..better n future proof

[Budget]
>Around 2.2k include monitor

[Purpose]
>Gaming , Surfing , Watching Movie

[Hardware that will be reuse from old rig]
>None

[Monitor resolution]
>dont know

[Game or software that use frequently]
>latest game

[Personal Preference Brand]
>None

Intel Core i3 3220 RM389
MSI B75MA-P45 RM229
Kingston 1333 ram 4GB RM65
Sapphire HD6950 1GB DDR5 RM599(boonykun)
FSP Hexa 500W PSU RM149
CM Elite 343 Black Edition(3.0) case RM109(idealtech)
WD Caviar Blue 500GB HDD RM193
Lite-On 22x DVDRW RM59
Viewsonic VX2250WM 21.5" monitor RM389

Total - RM2181.00

Edited the total price

This post has been edited by Cable707: Aug 31 2012, 12:43 PM

if i spend more RM200 for HD7850 OC is it worth.

This post has been edited by redsonja: Aug 31 2012, 07:53 PM

I think 6950 wins by a fraction, but depends on game and resolution i guess. 7850 consumes lesser power.

BF3 : http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon...ark,3148-6.html

Power: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon...rk,3148-19.html

okay thX!

This post has been edited by tarbana90: Aug 31 2012, 12:06 PM

thanks
but which item should i upgrade 1st?
if gc,i might looking for used gtx460
1 more,isit AOC is a good brand? any AOC user here?

should go for the GPU 1st...


im AOC user... very good Brand

Shifu... suggest 1 Ivy i5 built vf MSI 7850 twin frozr with monitor

2.8k budget here~

Intel i5-3470 RM579
MSI B75MA-P45 RM224
MSI R7850 Power Edition 2GD5/OC RM849 / Msi R7850 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC RM819
Kingston Value Ram 4GB x2 RM128
WD Caviar Blue 500GB HDD RM184
FSP Hexa 500W RM149
Xigmatek Asgard Pro RM170
Any DVD rom/writer RM60
Viewsonic VX2250WM 21.5" monitor RM389

Total: RM2732 / RM 2702

Both MSI GC from Idealtech

Guys.. Does the ivy bridge system need a motherboard with integrated graphics? For systems without discrete gpu.

No, the integrated graphics are in the processor

edited.

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Aug 31 2012, 07:16 PM

so if i want spend more 200. for what i should spend? proc or gpu?

aftermarket CPU cooler

RM200 cant do much, so save up

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Added on August 31, 2012, 8:17 pmaftermarket cooler is a waste since he is not overclocking

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Added on August 31, 2012, 8:20 pm7850 has more VRAM so it helps in some games

This post has been edited by AssToast: Aug 31 2012, 08:20 PM

hey sifus, can u suggest 2 me,thx

[Budget]
>4.5k
[Purpose]
>gaming n work
[Hardware that will be reuse from old rig]
>none
[Monitor resolution]
>1920x1080
[Game or software that use frequently]
>latest fps n action games, photoshop n sony vegas
[Personal Preference Brand]
>wanna try intel n nvidia, got bored with amd..hehe

Try this?
i7 3770-RM939
Gigabyte GA-H77M-D3H-RM299
WD Caviar Green 2TB-RM324
Leadtek GTX670 2GB GDDR5-RM1120 (boonykun@Garage Sales)
Kingston 2x4GB Value RAM-RM132
Enermax NAXN 550W PSU-RM215 (lingloong@Garage Sales)
Silverstone TJ08-E mATX Casing-RM339 (lingloong@Garage Sales)
LiteOn DVD Writer-RM60
Crucial M4 128GB SSD-RM329 (beetle_larvae@Garage Sales)
Dell U2312HM IPS monitor-RM589 (Dell Online)
Total: RM4346
Prices from Viewnet.
This is mATX build yo....