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 [OFFICIAL]Rig Suggestion Q&A Thread V10!

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Vcys86
post Oct 30 2015, 08:15 PM

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Hi All,

I'm looking to upgrade my current old rig.

Intel Core i7 860 @ 2.80GHz
MSI P55-GD65 (MS-7583)
2 x 2.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 5770 Series (ASUStek Computer Inc)
SAMSUNG HD103SJ (SATA)
SilverStone Strider Essential 500W

Which one do you guys recommend to upgrade?
Basically, I'm looking possibility of adding SSD (bottleneck by MB?) & maybe increase my DDR3 RAM ?
Or any best bang of buck GPU?

Any recommendation is welcomed! Thanks in advance!
Vcys86
post Oct 30 2015, 09:01 PM

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QUOTE(terence_nwb @ Oct 30 2015, 08:57 PM)
Max is SATA 2 speed (300MB/s) but you will still notice the huge speed improvement if compared to HDD even with the cheapest SSD in the market.

Actually which part of the system that makes you want to upgrade? Poor gaming performance? Or system is slow?

And do you have a specific budget for this upgrade?
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Hi, thanks for the quick feedback.

Hmm.. Yeah, I am thinking whether worthy to give the old rig some best bang of buck upgrade at the same time, don't want to invest too much as it might be more worthy to get a whole new rig in total laugh.gif

Sometimes do hit the error (system running low of memory) when open too many tabs in Chrome.
I might do some light gaming...like Fallout 4..

Below 1k maybe?

Vcys86
post Oct 30 2015, 09:59 PM

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QUOTE(terence_nwb @ Oct 30 2015, 09:11 PM)
Chrome is a memory hog, 4GB isn't enough already for 2015, 8GB is the new minimum.

Fallout 4 minimum requirements for the GPU is a HD7870 and your GPU is way too far from achieving the minimum requirements, with 1k budget I will suggest you to get another 4/8GB RAM + GTX960 first, SSD can be added later as SSD will only speed up the PC boot time, app opening time etc.

8GB Value RAM - RM 200
Cheapest GTX960 - RM 799
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I see.
Appreciate your detailed explanation! notworthy.gif
I scroll back few pages to get some recommendations

RAM
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM - RM 220
Kingston HyperX Fury 8GB DDR4 2400MHz RAM - RM 289

Can my rig support both of them? My MB have 4 memory slots and i used 2 of them already.
I still can get 1 can slot it in right? unsure.gif

GPU
Gainward GTX960 2GB GDDR5 Reference - RM 799
Leadtek GTX750 2GB GDDR5 OC - RM 485

Is there any other model that you would recommend please?

Finally, do I need to upgrade my PSU to support both of this upgrade?

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