Thought we had a thread on running & assembling gaming rigs, but seems not.
I'm a noob at this, but will have many a question over coming months, so thought I'd slap em here for the knowledgeable.
Here's some ongoing tittle tattle...
(About whether I can get some decent mileage out of a straight GPU upgrade)
Oo, that is much more in my budget range . I was looking at the 970 and it looks like a beast - that's a whole next gen price tag in one go though pretty much. Would also have to up my power source by the looks, I'm on 450W
I've mainly got an eye on Battlefront as the next AAA I want to run, so might just nurse GTA for now (see how the patches go etc) and then see how prices are on 970s, maybe get a tie-in giveaway there?
And Tatty.... didn't you just buy a new case recently?
I'm a noob at this, but will have many a question over coming months, so thought I'd slap em here for the knowledgeable.
Here's some ongoing tittle tattle...
(About whether I can get some decent mileage out of a straight GPU upgrade)
Yoda's got a similar CPU doesn't he [A8-5500]? Confirm or deny, boss!
If so then I'd say try a GTX 960 like he has. You'll pay between £160 and £190 depending on flavour and might even be able to swing a free game if you buy from official Nvidia suppliers. They're giving away Witcher 3 right now, but that game might just be with 970s and 980s.
EDIT - The stupid end of the PC building community goes something like this: One out of four front USB ports fails on your case, do you -
A) Make do with three, seeing as you rarely have any more than one thing plugged into the front of the PC at a time?
Or
2) Spend £70 on a new case?
Some people really are too daft for words...
The case arrives tomorrow, by the way.
If so then I'd say try a GTX 960 like he has. You'll pay between £160 and £190 depending on flavour and might even be able to swing a free game if you buy from official Nvidia suppliers. They're giving away Witcher 3 right now, but that game might just be with 970s and 980s.
EDIT - The stupid end of the PC building community goes something like this: One out of four front USB ports fails on your case, do you -
A) Make do with three, seeing as you rarely have any more than one thing plugged into the front of the PC at a time?
Or
2) Spend £70 on a new case?
Some people really are too daft for words...
The case arrives tomorrow, by the way.
I've mainly got an eye on Battlefront as the next AAA I want to run, so might just nurse GTA for now (see how the patches go etc) and then see how prices are on 970s, maybe get a tie-in giveaway there?
And Tatty.... didn't you just buy a new case recently?
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Last edited by Golgot; 04-21-15 at 01:36 PM.