Hi there.
I've discovered to my dismay that my PC is physically incapable of running Dragon Age: Inquisition, and struggles badly with Shadow of Mordor, so it is time to upgrade. Could I please have your advice?
My budget is £300-500.
Current system:
CPU: Intel® Core™2 Duo E6850 (2 X 3.00 GHz) 1333 MHz FSB/4 MB L2 Cache
Motherboard: Gigabyte P43-ES3G
RAM: 8 GB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz (4x2GB)
GPU: NVidia GeForce GTX 560 SE
PSU: 600 W Quiet Quad Rail PSU
Cooling: ASUS SILENT KNIGHT II PURE COPPER ULTRA COOLER
Based on a small amount of research, the upgrade parts I'm currently looking at are the following:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 Haswell Quad-Core 3.2 GHz @ £125.58
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6 @ £109.05
GPU: Radeon R9 290X @ £171.85
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) @ £50.89
Total: £457.37 + shipping
Is there any way I can improve on this? I should mention that I have no overclocking experience.
I've discovered to my dismay that my PC is physically incapable of running Dragon Age: Inquisition, and struggles badly with Shadow of Mordor, so it is time to upgrade. Could I please have your advice?
My budget is £300-500.
Current system:
CPU: Intel® Core™2 Duo E6850 (2 X 3.00 GHz) 1333 MHz FSB/4 MB L2 Cache
Motherboard: Gigabyte P43-ES3G
RAM: 8 GB CORSAIR DDR2 667MHz (4x2GB)
GPU: NVidia GeForce GTX 560 SE
PSU: 600 W Quiet Quad Rail PSU
Cooling: ASUS SILENT KNIGHT II PURE COPPER ULTRA COOLER
Based on a small amount of research, the upgrade parts I'm currently looking at are the following:
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 Haswell Quad-Core 3.2 GHz @ £125.58
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 Extreme6 @ £109.05
GPU: Radeon R9 290X @ £171.85
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2133 (PC3 17000) @ £50.89
Total: £457.37 + shipping
Is there any way I can improve on this? I should mention that I have no overclocking experience.