Playing borderlands 2 and black ops 2 with amd fx6100 any problem?

so i3 is good enuf ? btw whats the diff between h77 and b75? hahaha i dont know much about monitors , so i picked that cos its cheap for its size. whats ips bro?

thanks btw!

You can pick i5 but you will need to downgrade few item. B75 and H77 link. IPS give user more vivid colour & wide viewing angle.

Any cheaper alternative to the dell u2312 RM589?

If 23" LG IPS234V & Viewsonic VX2336S.

approx how much?

from Viewnet pricelist LG RM539 while Viewsonic RM479.

For Borderlands 2, you can refer to this review: Borderlands 2 GPU & CPU Performance Test: CPU Performance. If you want maximum quality and smooth gameplay plus best visuals, both the CPU (preferably Core i5) and GPU (preferably most powerful graphics card you can afford) must be adequate.

My little brother rig:

Possessor : AMD athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5400+ (2 CPUs), ~ 2.8GHz with Hyper 212 Plus cooler.

Memory : 4GB Ram DDR2 (Brought DDR3 1600 4GBx2 G.SKILL RAM)

MotherBoard : GA-MA770-DS3

Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce 9600GT

Power Supply : Huntkey AFPC 700W. (Reuse if possible, but review says this brand is problematic)

Casing: (Reuse)


- 1920xs1080p Monitor
- play all modern at High/Medium setting games.
- No OC
- Only gaming purpose.


With maximum budget RM800, how should I upgrade this old rig ?

What I planed is change a new MOBO and CPU 1st. But I am afraid of bottleneck by GT9600.

This post has been edited by WiLeKiyO: Nov 28 2012, 09:09 PM

Looks like you would need an overhaul... considering the board only supports a Phenom I.., and doesn't support a Phenom II....
Sell the CPU and GPU and go for this...
Pentium G620-RM174
MSI H61M-P31-RM149
Sapphire HD7850 1GB-RM599
Total: RM922...
Overbudget already.... unless you sell the CPU and the GPU...
I'd recommend you to get the 2GB version of the card considering some games may require more than 1GB VRAM in 1080p...

This post has been edited by chocobo7779: Nov 28 2012, 08:52 PM

Very unlikely to sell these 2 junk . It's that ok to to upgrade the MOBO and CPU 1st ?

Kesian my brother, play assassin creed at 20fps all low setting.

This post has been edited by WiLeKiyO: Nov 28 2012, 08:55 PM

9600GT won't be sufficient for full HD resolution unless you go for very low settings...

Yes but with your graphic card modern high setting not really possible.

Save up more budget cause changing your CPU and mobo + the RAM wont make significant FPS gain without a good graphic card to pair it with.

This post has been edited by siles1991: Nov 28 2012, 08:58 PM

Actually RM800 is only for MOBO and GPU, I'll change the GPU a month after

Now targeting i5-3470 and any MOBO below RM200.

But I doubt the is not noticeable improvement in gaming.

This post has been edited by WiLeKiyO: Nov 28 2012, 09:08 PM

Then this mobo should be fine ASROCK H71M-DGS RM189 Viewnet

gaming rig that i gonna buy... budget 3k only...

i5 3470
MSI H77MA-G43/Gigabyte H77M-D3H
Kingston value ram DDR3 4gb
MSI GTX 660 2gb GDDR5 Twin Frozr III/HD7870
WD blue 1tb
LiteOn DVD-RW
Xigmatek Asgard casing
Enermax NAXN82 + 650w PSU/FPS hexa 500w
Bitfenix Spectre Pro/Enermax silence TB fan
Monitor Dell u2312hm
Logitech Generic Keyboard

im still confuse with MSI GTX 660 2gb GDDR5 Twin Frozr III and HD7870... which is better? and also the PSU should i take the 650w or 500w? purpose for this rig is gaming only... thanks in advance...

GPU Comparison http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/548?vs=647

IF budget allows, add 60GB SSD.

This post has been edited by WiLeKiyO: Nov 28 2012, 10:19 PM

i see there is not so much diffrent between gtx660 and HD7870... which one will u recommend me?
and how about the PSU? should i take 650w or 500w?
i will buy SSD when i have enough $$ later... hehehe..

SAPPHIRE HD 7870 FLEX GHz Edition 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E = RM1055 RM875
SAPPHIRE HD 7870 GHz Edition OC 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E = RM1025 RM875
SAPPHIRE HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E = RM839

MSI N660 Twin Frozr 2GD5/OC 2048MB GDDR5 = RM835
(From lingloong)

Well, your choice.

im biased to ATI now so i'd have to pick the sapphire 7870 OC good card! and it has beter OC capabilities iirc.

This post has been edited by siles1991: Nov 28 2012, 10:38 PM