5635713

Building a computer

April 27th, 2012 01:40 PM

I already have a good video card the EVGA Geforce GTX 560 ti
but can I get help getting good parts and my budget is anything around $1000.
The computer I have right now I spent over 2K back in 2007 now I need somthing new since new games are coming out.

My specs are:
Core 2 Duo E6600
3 GB OCZ
1.5 TB Harddrive
700 Watt OCZ power supply
Geforce GTX 560 ti upgraded from a 8800 GTX and thought video cards do all the gaming magic but when I tried Skyrim I am lucky to get 25 FPS in a battle.

5635719

Re: Building a computer

April 27th, 2012 02:00 PM

Keep your power supply, it's more than adequate for a good number of things today. So far I've really liked my 8Gb kit of G. Skill Snipers for RAM. Definitely recommend a processor that runs at least 3Ghz normally, aaaand get a motherboard that can run all these, personally I love my ASRock P67 Extreme4 Gen 3. Most of this is preference though, I'm sure there's better.

5635740

Re: Building a computer

April 27th, 2012 03:51 PM

That was $2k in 2007? Did you buy prebuilt? That seems like way too much.

Unfortunately I don't really know much about Intel, not enough to recommend a gaming build. I'll second the G.Skill though, I have 8 GB of G.Skill Ripjaws, my second set of Ripjaws, and they rock, not to mention dirt cheap and with sweet-looking heat spreaders.

5635742

Re: Building a computer

April 27th, 2012 03:55 PM

Yeah almost 800 dollars on that 8800 GTX that served me well but I was a bit disapointed I couldn't max out crysis but bioshock was slikly smooth.

5635748

Re: Building a computer

April 27th, 2012 04:24 PM

With a 560 Ti and the rest of that spec mentioned the only reason you'd be getting such low FPS is if you're running very high res and/or lots of mods, including the high res texture ones.

I run vanilla Skyrim on a mere GTS 250 1GB and average 60 FPS at 1600x900 with High textures, Med shadows, and Max draw distance. I don't run AA because I feel it's not needed, nor reflections, which rarely show anything since most water is not flat surfaced.

5635778

Re: Building a computer

April 27th, 2012 05:24 PM

I run games at 1920x1200 native monitor resoultion I know today is all about 1080p.

5635780

Re: Building a computer

April 27th, 2012 05:57 PM

As I figured you probably did. The thing is though, despite 1920x1080 being roughly 44% more pixels than 1600x900, you're talking a GPU that performs roughly 48% better than even a 450, and that's at the same res, and the 450 outperforms mine. You have to keep it in perspective. It's relative to what you're using.

5635783

Re: Building a computer

April 27th, 2012 06:15 PM

You have a newer computer then I do mines old so the video card isn't going to perfrom the best called a bottleneck so I need a new system.

5635786

Re: Building a computer

April 27th, 2012 06:39 PM

Any AsRock/EVGA/MSI LGA 1155 socket motherboard. (Beware EVGA/MSI rebates if you get them on sale, they take decades to process)
i5-2500/i5-2500k/Wait for Ivy Bridge i5's.
8GB RAM, any brand.

Those are the important parts. I'd also think about replacing that power supply, keeping it as a backup and picking up a Corsair or SeaSonic power supply. You would probably have enough to buy a new case and an SSD (SSD's are getting so cheap nowadays, it's almost a steal if you find a good deal on one).

5635789

Re: Building a computer

April 27th, 2012 07:20 PM

Well of course there's going to be at least some amount of bottleneck with that old a CPU, but it's impossible to tell how much that's affecting performance without knowing what speed you have it clocked to, what in-game settings you're using, and whether or not you have any mods installed.