PC Upgrades Help Please

[Midgetised]

I am hoping that someone could help with my issue; I want my pc to be fit for running games on the highest/ one of the highest of the settings available. I can run Tomb Raider on ultra with a few lag spikes and Battlefield 4 on high but when I put it on ultra is crashes a few times. I try running borderlands 2 on the highest, it lags and seems not too smooth. I am hoping someone could suggest a new part to resolve this or tell me to tweak a setting or that two items aren’t compatable. My current build is:

Motherboard: ASRock 990FX Extreme3
Processor: AMD FX Processor black edition AM3+ 3.5GHz
PSU: OCZ ZS series power supply
Graphics card: MSi R7870 twin frozr 2GD5
Case: Corsair carbide series 200R
Hard Drive: 1TB
Monitor (not sure if this is necessary but I’ll put it to be sure) : BenQ GW2260
RAM: 2 x Kingston 4GB

If anyone knows of anything that could help please reply, I will try to check every day or so.

 

[Chris Bradshaw]

Which model Processor is it? There are many AMD FX cpus...

 

[Midgetised]

fx 6300

 

[cin19]

Here is the reviews for BF4 and borderlands 2.
http://www.techspot.com/review/734-battlefield-4-benchmarks/page6.html
http://www.techspot.com/review/577-borderlands-2-performance/page6.html

From what I see, BF4 is gpu intensive games, and the borderlands 2 is the cpu intensive games.

So depends on what is your budget, if you have the $$ then get the intel PC and the better GPU, then you may have the bettter fps on both games. otherwise, get the MB like GA-970A-UD3P http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4717#ov because you have the fx8 serie cpu and the ASRock 990FX Extreme3 is not good for the fx8 cpu OCing. The info for ASRock 990FX Extreme3 http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/990FX%20Extreme3/?cat=Specifications it has the 4 + 1 Power Phase and GA-970A-UD3P has 8+2 phase CPU VRM power that is very good for the AMD high-TDP CPU like the fx8320.

And you don't list the PSU wattage, is it 500W, 600W?

So the best way, 1) get the new MB ( if you don't have the aftermarket cpu cooler, and get one too), ocing the cpu. 2) If the PSU can support more powerful GPU, that is next target to upgrading. 3) If you have butget, then get the intel PC and better GPU.
POWER SUPPLY REQUIREMENT FOR GRAPHICS CARDS http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm
Best Graphics Cards For The Money http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107.html

Sorry, I just saw you new post. So upgrade the cpu too.

 

[Midgetised]

my psu is 650

 

[Midgetised]

so i upgrade my ram and processor?

 

[Midgetised]

i mean motherboard

 

[Midgetised]

And my budget at the moment is around £200

 

[Midgetised]

For the upgrades could you suggest some so i don't make the same mistake again?
And also is the graphics card fine to stay and wont need upgrading?

 

[cin19]

Depends on what game you play more, if you play BF4 more, and upgrade the GPU first, or ocing it with MSI afterburner, if play the borderlands 2 more, then get the fx8320 + GA-970A-UD3P ( £160).
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00F5R9O46/?tag=pcp0f-21
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009O7YU56/?tag=pcp0f-21

MSI afterburner http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

 

[Midgetised]

Thankyou a load for your help! now i may game smoothly!

 

[sora]

Depends on what game you play more, if you play BF4 more, and upgrade the GPU first, or ocing it with MSI afterburner, if play the borderlands 2 more, then get the fx8320 + GA-970A-UD3P ( £160).
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00F5R9O46/?tag=pcp0f-21
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B009O7YU56/?tag=pcp0f-21

MSI afterburner http://event.msi.com/vga/afterburner/download.htm

If he was playing Battlefield 4 or Borderlands 2 I would suggest updating the CPU first so it doesn't bottleneck the newer GPU later on.

 

[Midgetised]

sorry whats the difference between a GPU and CPU? (I am new to all these terms).