Help me with my build upgrade

[Kerozen]

Hey.

I need help and advice for a more updated gaming build. I have a budget of around 1000€

Current build:

Case: CoolerMaster Elite 430
CPU: Intel Core I5 2500K
MotherBoard: Asus P8P67 -M
Memory: 4Gb HyperX
Graphics Card: ATI Powercolor 6870 1Gb
Power Supply: Corsair Gaming Series 600W

Somethings i want:

I want an Intel CPU and Nvidia Graphics card (600 series)

I'm not that good at choosing Hardware for myself that is why i'm asking for a little help

 

[Cru]

well i don't think you need to change that much tbh
the 2500k will be fine for gaming, so maybe just get another 4gb of hyperx and a 670 + h100i?

no need to spend 1000€ imo

 

[SeekaX]

get a 670, some more RAM and then get a z87 board with a haswell cpu in summer if you feel like it. but then get a 4770k.

 

[AverageNinja]

Also, a new case will do
GTX 670 with a new PSU and maybe a Z77 motherboard (Sandy Bridge will work fine with Z77).
If you're going to do that, the Z77 MPower seems like the best choice at the moment.
EDIT: Maybe some new RAM?

 

[Feronix]

Maybe a case upgrade?

 

[alienware]

Yup gonna be a bit of a parrot on this one and just repeat what others have said.

No need in a new board or CPU IMO just upgrade your case ram and GPU

 

[NeverBackDown]

A 7950 is better than a 670 in most cases. From the recent benchmarks i have seen in games it wins almost every time and the new 13.3 beta drivers basically are on par with nvidias now. But it is up to you, i would just pick it over a 670 for being cheaper and more bang for the buck!

 

[SeekaX]

A 7950 is better than a 670 in most cases. From the recent benchmarks i have seen in games it wins almost every time and the new 13.3 beta drivers basically are on par with nvidias now. But it is up to you, i would just pick it over a 670 for being cheaper and more bang for the buck!

i had both, the 670 does better usually.

 

[Spiderz]

You got an SSD in that machine just now? If not, I'd recommend putting one in. Other than that, new GPU and a bump up to 8GB RAM is all that I can really think of.

 

[NeverBackDown]

i had both, the 670 does better usually.

New drivers fix that and the frame latency issue which would make it seem less smooth.

 

[Cru]

New drivers fix that and the frame latency issue which would make it seem less smooth.

he had the 7950 like one week ago
did they release said drivers this week?
if not, 670 still better

 

[SeekaX]

New drivers fix that and the frame latency issue which would make it seem less smooth.

used it for 8 weeks until i gave up because the card would get arftifacting and very poor performance in all the games i care about (mainly older ones), even after RMAing twice. so yea, amd said it's a unique case and it wouldnt be fixed anytime soon. but benchmarks ran just fine and the 670 was on average 15% better.

 

[NeverBackDown]

They were released not that long ago, plus they are releasing newer drivers that improve crossfire latency soon as well. 7950 is faster than a 670 with these 13.x beta drivers. Before then they were equal and mainly game dependent.

7970ghz>7970>680>7950>670>7870>660ti>7850>660 though this is just from what i have seen. Plus amd is cheaper

And no i am not a fanboy so please don't say i'm biased. Thanks

edit: older games are more of the problem than drivers. When the game is made they do not support all these new technologies that newer cards offer and therefore mainly a game issue. Kepler is a better Fermi card and still not entirely acrhitechually different so this creates less of a problem, where as the 6xxx cards are far more different than GCN cards.

 

[SeekaX]

They were released not that long ago, plus they are releasing newer drivers that improve crossfire latency soon as well. 7950 is faster than a 670 with these 13.x beta drivers. Before then they were equal and mainly game dependent.

7970ghz>7970>680>7950>670>7870>660ti>7850>660 though this is just from what i have seen. Plus amd is cheaper

And no i am not a fanboy so please don't say i'm biased. Thanks

edit: older games are more of the problem than drivers. When the game is made they do not support all these new technologies they newer cards offer and therefore mainly a game issue. Kepler is a better Fermi card and still not entirely acrhitechually different where as the 6xxx cards are for more different than GCN cards.

more like 7970 ghz > 680/7970 > 670 > 7950 > 7870 > 660ti > idk
i'm not a fanboy of either camp, but i had both cards recently and those were my impressions.
also a 3 years old game should still perform well on a recent card, that's no excuse. and artifacting in quake is completely unreasonable as well. + the 670 doesn't have those problems.

 

[NeverBackDown]

Not really dude

I'm telling you amd is kicking some serious ass with these new drivers

 

[Cru]

Not really dude

I'm telling you amd is kicking some serious ass with these new drivers

he had a 7950 one or two weeks ago and now he got a 670
i guess he can say that a 670 is better right now

 

[SeekaX]

Not really dude

I'm telling you amd is kicking some serious ass with these new drivers

mate i had them both not even 2 weeks ago. i'm telling you, the 670 does on average 15% better in benchmarks. in games it all depends on optimization, and i know that AMD is great for what you pay, but i had some very bad experiences with the 7950.

 

[NeverBackDown]

he had a 7950 one or two weeks ago and now he got a 670
i guess he can say that a 670 is better right now

Thats because his older games were not performing well, which is weird because if they are older i would say frame rate is less of an issue than say optimization for the new cards.

 

[SeekaX]

Thats because his older games were not performing well, which is weird because if they are older i would say frame rate is less of an issue than say optimization for the new cards.

i tested everything. new games, old games, benchmarks. the 670 does usually better.

 

[alienware]

Thats because his older games were not performing well, which is weird because if they are older i would say frame rate is less of an issue than say optimization for the new cards.

There's a serious problem with Direct X 9 in all of the latest AMD drivers.

Ed. It's pretty much because AMD suck at making drivers so only seem to be able to get one thing working whilst breaking another.