Hi
Purchased this PC in 2010 and it has served me well. Have since increased RAM to 12GB and replaced the Graphics card with a 3gb Radeon 7950 hd card.
PC is used almost entirely for gaming and I'm noticing Im having to turn down some settings on some games now. I was considering upgrading the graphics card again, possibly an 8gb radeon r9 390 card but am wondering whether I need to consider changing the Power supply also as on the pc specialist upgrade options it is prompting me to consider more power. Preference is not to spend more money on a PSU if possible.
Question is, if I am changing power and graphics at circa £400 am I moving into the realms of changing the whole system or would the remainder of the parts (processor/motherboard etc) still be sufficient with a new card?
Any feedback would be appreciated
Case COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE (£82)**SPECIAL**
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-930 (2.80GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM) 6GB CORSAIR XMS3 TRI-DDR3 1600MHz (3 X 2GB)
Graphics Card 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card NONE
3rd Graphics Card NONE
1st Hard Disk 1.5TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)
Change to: 80GB INTEL® X25-M SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 250MB/sR | 70MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
Change to: 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking WIRELESS N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
Purchased this PC in 2010 and it has served me well. Have since increased RAM to 12GB and replaced the Graphics card with a 3gb Radeon 7950 hd card.
PC is used almost entirely for gaming and I'm noticing Im having to turn down some settings on some games now. I was considering upgrading the graphics card again, possibly an 8gb radeon r9 390 card but am wondering whether I need to consider changing the Power supply also as on the pc specialist upgrade options it is prompting me to consider more power. Preference is not to spend more money on a PSU if possible.
Question is, if I am changing power and graphics at circa £400 am I moving into the realms of changing the whole system or would the remainder of the parts (processor/motherboard etc) still be sufficient with a new card?
Any feedback would be appreciated
Case COOLERMASTER HAF 922 MID TOWER GAMING CASE (£82)**SPECIAL**
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-930 (2.80GHz) 4.8GTs/8MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® P6X58D-E: DDR3, USB 3.0, SATA 6.0GB/s, 3-Way SLI
Memory (RAM) 6GB CORSAIR XMS3 TRI-DDR3 1600MHz (3 X 2GB)
Graphics Card 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
2nd Graphics Card NONE
3rd Graphics Card NONE
1st Hard Disk 1.5TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7200rpm)
Change to: 80GB INTEL® X25-M SERIES SSD, SATA 3 Gb/s (upto 250MB/sR | 70MB/sW)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
Change to: 1TB WD CAVIAR BLACK WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (7200rpm)
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Power Supply CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)
Processor Cooling SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking WIRELESS N 300Mbps PCI CARD (£16)
USB Options 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL (MIN 2 FRONT PORTS) AS STANDARD
