Recommendations.

[.Tony]

I' might upgrade my PC next month. So i'm looking for good parts.

What's worth buying and not?


Note: I'm upgrading almost everything, except HDD and screens etc.

Everything i'm looking for now is, good PC parts which will make my PC good for games, and so on.

[Ted]

What's worth buying depends on how far you are willing to go with your budget. What is your current system?

[.Tony]

Max budget is 6-7k.


System. (I don't really remember everything.)

CPU: AMD Athlon II 250 on 3.0ghz (Not over-clocked)

RAM: I don't know, it's on 2GB.

Power Supply: http://boulevard.se/komponenter/N%C3%A4taggregat/5342

GPU: ATI Radeon HD 5450 1024mb.

Motherboard:http://boulevard.se/komponenter/Moderkort/5524

Well, I don't know if I have to post more.

[Clone]

Max budget is 6-7k.

He's referring to swedish kroner here.

[.Tony]

True Toxic. I don't know what currency you guys have, so.. :p

[Clone]

I just said incase people thought you were super rich :banana:

[.Tony]

I just said incase people thought you were super rich :banana:

i has 3k only :c but since my dad is willing to pay a bit, he can helpz

[Ted]

He's referring to swedish kroner here.

Ah that's great makes it much easier, it equates to 655.09 pounds (Pound sign character doesn't work...). Would you like to stick with AMD or move over to Intel Tony?

[.Tony]

Well I would like to try out Intel for now, as I've been using AMD for a long time.

[Exterminator]

Intel I7-best version
Nvidia GTX-latest version

I doubt there is a game you cant run with max settings with that combo..

[.Tony]

I still need more RAM tho, 4-6GB should be enough.

[Ted]

Intel I7-best version
Nvidia GTX-latest version

I doubt there is a game you cant run with max settings with that combo..

Both well over budget.


Asrock Z68 Extreme4 Gen3

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz

MSI N560GTX-Ti Twin Frozr II/OC Graphics card  1 GB  GDDR5

8GB G.Skill RipJawsX (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz

750W OCZ ZS Series

[.Tony]

Intel I7-best version
Nvidia GTX-latest version

I doubt there is a game you cant run with max settings with that combo..

I'm not a richass dude, and I guess I'd find a quite good card, for a bit cheaper price tho.

[Trey_Johnson]

I'm not a richass dude, and I guess I'd find a quite good card, for a bit cheaper price tho.

I'd go ( and I accutally am buying this rig ) for this:

i5 2500k

nvidia gefore 560 GTX ( the 560 GTX ti just doesnt worth the price difference ).

8 GB ram

That's in general, not going to be super spesific, you get the idea.

[.Tony]

I'd go ( and I accutally am buying this rig ) for this:

i5 2500k

nvidia gefore 560 GTX ( the 560 GTX ti just doesnt worth the price difference ).

8 GB ram

That's in general, not going to be super spesific, you get the idea.

True, but I don't wanna buy some crap which will break in a week or so.. So I'm still not too sure about what to buy. But after looking at all these parts you and Ted posted, they are indeed quite good. The CPU and Gcard is going to be bought for sure.


Also, the RAM is still worth buying, as 2GB won't be too good.