650TI Boost is the best card you can get within your budget.

But actually, those games you stated is find to play with 7790 also. But getting a more powerful card just in case you are going to play more modern game can be a good choice too.

Try reinstall the cards and drivers.

If non help, then try install your card in your friend's rig and see if it works. If not, you may had get a faulty unit.

The bigger the numbers/price tags, the better it is.

If you no particular reason to stick with AMD, Intel can be more efficient/powerful in most case.

260x is a little too weak in today's standard if you plan to play next gen's game (and under 3k budget, it is really too weak and you deserve something better).

8GB ram is more welcome than 4gb

get a proper psu

Just noticed that those are your currently available specs...

Upgrade list:
i5 + new mobo (include an aftermart cooler also if you are going to get an overclock CPU)
GTX760 and above
SSD
More RAM
A proper and better PSU (seasonic 620W and above)

As mentioned above, if you sell your current parts, you can opt for better parts.

This post has been edited by Human10: Feb 15 2014, 04:22 PM

Sell your current graphic card and get a 280x (start at RM1k++), that will certainly helps.


P/S: That will mean a PSU upgrade too...

If really can't stretch that much, then can consider a GTX760 or R9 270, not the best but still ok for BF4 if you are willing to lower down the details and AA.

This post has been edited by Human10: Feb 15 2014, 06:40 PM

Erm ok.

If not valid, then opt for Sapphire one at RM449.

If I am you, I won't be getting 4670, for which it is RM100 pricier over the 4440. I will either stick with 4440 or top up another RM100 to get a Xeon at RM780, even better multi task/thread performance.

A B85M is also pretty fine if you plan to cut a little budget and not really utilizing the Intel SRT of H87.

Corsair/Kingston RAM should be cheaper

As for 3rd party cooler, generally if you are not OC, the Intel stock cooler is enough.

Actually, for those non-tech savvy, get a 1k+ Dell prebuilt and extend the warranty long long can be more suitable option for them.

1.5k budget is too tight for all of that. And getting aftermarket cooler will not improve the performance but rather further decreasing your budget.

If I am you, and really must done within 1.5k, I will get an i5 rig w/o GPU as below.

i5 4440 (579)
4GB RAM (129)
B85 mobo (239)
Generic/CM case (1xx)
WD Blue 1TB (189)
FSP Hexa 500W (149)

Total = 1.4k++

I will live with the iGPU of Haswell for the time being till I get a separate budget for a decent GPU.

Cause if you insist on getting a GPU within the 1.5k budget, you will had to downgrade lots of part (i3, H81, HDD size and so on) and the end result is neither spectacular for gaming nor powerful for your multimedia editing needs.

This post has been edited by Human10: Feb 21 2014, 01:44 AM

If push his budget to the limit, he should be able to get a r9 270.

I5 4440 can save you a few bucks.

H81M mobo is what you are to look at, though it don't have pcie 3.0 and may be less ram slots too.

Corsair vengeance 4GB now minimumly RM155 per stick...

Your price list is actually very wrong. Add up the lists using Viewnet price show me over rm3.4k...

Even if I swap out the 4570, vengeance ram, mobo, 280x to cheaper parts, it still require rm3.2k for a i5 +280x rig.

So, if you insist on getting 280x, you gonna downgrade i5 to i3. If you insist on i5, gonna downgrade 280x to 760. If you stay on 2.5k budget, gonna downgrade ram to 4gb.

This post has been edited by Human10: Feb 21 2014, 07:21 PM

I think it is as always, MY's Nvidia card are being price jacked, which resulting a the price getting close to next tier card of red camp.

It's RRP (in US) is still quite reasonable.
http://www.lowyat.net/2014/02/nvidia-offic...-in-the-market/

akib_mullen

1. Try get minimumly an i3 for a gaming rig. Though if the i3 there is relatively pricier than AMD FX series, then you can consider FX6350 also, it is relatively cheaper compared to i3 in US, not sure bout UK though.

2. The mobo is for 2nd/3rd gen Intel's processor. Nowadays ppl is using 4th gen processor - Haswell, so get a LGA1150 mobo instead.

3. Squeezing a SSD in a 2k budget can compromise your budget and resulting lower end parts for the remaining parts. If possible, raise up your budget or dump the SSD for the time being.

4. For small parts such as RAM and so on, you may consider buying from online. This is a pretty good Taiwan's online store (some parts is often cheaper in Taiwan) and their shipping is relatively cheaper. Though, I not too sure how the import/tax system in UK works, so do your own homework first before pulling the trigger.
http://global.pchome.com.tw/sign/3c.htm

This post has been edited by Human10: Feb 24 2014, 10:55 AM

+1 for this, as i3 is more than enough for office/daily works, and iGPU of i3 is also capable for playing videos, +SSD will be quite helpful for office/daily rigs.