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It's also what I have.
I replaced my 128 GB SanDisk SSD with a Crucial MX100 512 GB (really 480) SSD, because the OS and drivers were pretty much filling it up. I had to turn off virtual memory to keep the drive from getting too close to its max storage capacity.
tax time is coming up, and in looking at gtx970 for a upgrade to my 760. good idea? or should i look at a processor first, from my i5 4670
Not a good idea. A great idea.
Going to a 970 would be the better choice to do first. I have one paired with a slightly lower i5 than you and it's fucking glorious.
I went from an i5 3570k with a 670 to a 970.
It was a great idea.
ty for the the feedback. looks like im getting a 970. is there any particular brand i should get or do i just compare specs for each brand and make my decision from there. they are only about a 5$ different between any of the brands
I like EVGA, personally, but a buddy of mine has gone with Gigabyte and hasn't had any issues with his 970.
I was thinking of upgrading my GPU as well, but after comparing what I have (EVGA 780 SC ACX) with the 970, I couldn't see a big enough difference to make the switch.
I've used EVGA for years, but all these cards are basically identical.Quote:
Originally Posted by JBNagis
Looking into either buying a good gaming PC or even building one for the first time (I hear it's easier than ever these days and I have people that may be able to assist when the time comes) and I'm hoping you darlings can offer some advice. Pls bear in mind that I know very little about hardware but I've been doing research and am learning the basics, but at the moment I know just enough to know that I don't know nearly enough. Hold my hand, sweethearts...I'm tender.
Here's a PC I'm kinda looking at: http://www.microcenter.com/product/4...sktop_Computer
I know the graphics card is sorta crap and eventually plan on swapping it for the above-mentioned 970 (it would fit, right?), but with the loadout I'm looking for in a system (a good i7, at least a 2TB HD, probably 16GB DDR4 RAM) and the price of that PC (whose GPU I would have to swap), would it be more economical to just build a PC with everything I'm looking for instead? Could I do a lot better?
Note: I don't really care about having a SSD, unless someone feels passionately that I should have one and that it will provide a drastic improvement overall. If so, please explain why.
Currently I'm using an i3 laptop with integrated graphics that is surprisingly decent on all but the most demanding games (for example, it runs BioShock Infinite smoothly, albeit on lowest settings, although I understand that's not the most demanding game in the universe). I'm really not interested in gaming above 1920 x 1080 (hell, 1366 x 768 still looks pretty good to me), so I don't need something that can run Crysis 3 at 4K at 400 fps or something. But I want to be able to play pretty much any modern game at 1080 smoothly, and have some small degree of future proofing for at least a week or two.
My overall budget is around $1000 or so, more or less (not including a monitor). Please take a gander at the specs of the PC I linked to above and tell me if I'm on the right track or out of my mind, and/or if there's a better processor or whatever I should be looking for.
By all accounts in the reviews that I've read, however, the 970 will probably give me the best bang for my buck in terms of a GPU within my price range, but there's so much to account for when selecting the right parts for everything and, as I already stated, I'm pretty new to this.
Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, kids.