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Off-Topic => General discussions => Topic started by: worf105 on October 18, 2014, 11:09:05 am

Title: Looking to upgrade system.
Post by: worf105 on October 18, 2014, 11:09:05 am

Hey all,

It's time to upgrade my system now and would really appreciate some advice from my fellow Gigabyte users.

I am not a hard-core gamer but I do buy such games as "Call of duty" and the like and play the single player missions. I would like the best eye candy I could get from my system while playing the above mentioned game(s).  

I am using a BenQ GL2460HM 24-inch Widescreen LED Multimedia Monitor at a resolution of 1920 x 1080 to play games via HDMI.

I was thinking of Two upgrade paths, Just the Graphics card or the whole system.

If just the graphics card needs to be upgraded then I was thinking of the R9 280 or the R9 290 or any other suggestions. (AMD or NVidia)

If it was the whole system I was thinking about I need advice..... (AMD or Intel)

Kind Regards,

Andrew

Title: Re: Looking to upgrade system.
Post by: worf105 on October 18, 2014, 03:32:37 pm

I would like your opinion on the following for a possible upgrade:

GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AMD 990FX (Socket AM3+) ATX Motherboard
AMD (Piledriver) FX-8370 4.00GHz (4.30GHz Turbo) Socket AM3+ 8-Core Processor
Corsair Vengeance Pro Silver 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-14900C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit
Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Thanks,

Andrew