Hi All,
I'm jumping back in to the hardware arena after a long break... I just bought everything below and I'm trying to decide the best video card to use:
CPU: i5-3570k
Mobo: ASRock Z77 Extreme 4
RAM: Crucial 16GB DDR3 1600
Cooler: Hyper 212+
SSD : Samsung 840 120GB
HDD : Seagate 2TB 7200RPM
I plan on OC'ing the CPU (at least marginally, not extreme). I play games at 1920 x 1080 and have a lot of old ones to burn through still. But some of the games I plan to play are BF3, ARMA II (DayZ) and Borderlands 2. I currently have an XFX 6950 2GB from my current computer that I was planning on cannibalizing for this build, but I'm not sure... it's only about a year old and I'm not sure that anything out right now will be a big enough upgrade to justify the cost. I typically like to stay in the $200 range for a GPU, but I am willing to go higher. What is the best option? Stay with the 6950 for awhile? Try to find another one for X-fire? Go with something new? I like the idea of an nVidia card just for the Physx but I don't have a preference.
I'll be heading to MicroCenter tomorrow so I'll have a chance to pick up something there.
Thanks.
I'm jumping back in to the hardware arena after a long break... I just bought everything below and I'm trying to decide the best video card to use:
CPU: i5-3570k
Mobo: ASRock Z77 Extreme 4
RAM: Crucial 16GB DDR3 1600
Cooler: Hyper 212+
SSD : Samsung 840 120GB
HDD : Seagate 2TB 7200RPM
I plan on OC'ing the CPU (at least marginally, not extreme). I play games at 1920 x 1080 and have a lot of old ones to burn through still. But some of the games I plan to play are BF3, ARMA II (DayZ) and Borderlands 2. I currently have an XFX 6950 2GB from my current computer that I was planning on cannibalizing for this build, but I'm not sure... it's only about a year old and I'm not sure that anything out right now will be a big enough upgrade to justify the cost. I typically like to stay in the $200 range for a GPU, but I am willing to go higher. What is the best option? Stay with the 6950 for awhile? Try to find another one for X-fire? Go with something new? I like the idea of an nVidia card just for the Physx but I don't have a preference.
I'll be heading to MicroCenter tomorrow so I'll have a chance to pick up something there.
Thanks.