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PS4 or Upgrade?

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friendlygamer

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I bought an HP a couple years ago (bad mistake, I know this lol) But im thinking it might not be good enough to upgrade the GPU and PSU because of bottlenecking and what not.

Take a look at what I got

http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/kb/docDisplay/?sp4ts.oid=5080764&spf_p.tpst=kbDocDisplay&spf_p.prp_kbDocDisplay=wsrp-navigationalState%3DdocId%253Demr_na-c02866215-16%257CdocLocale%253D%257CcalledBy%253D&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken [h20566.www2.hp.com]

Motherboard IPISB-CH2 (Chicago)

Processor Intel Core i7 2600

Memory 16GBs of DDR3-1333

Video graphics AMD Radeon HD 6770

Hard drive2 TB

Power Supply Internal 460W

Monitor Samsung SyncMaster P2370

I was told to get a Radeon R9 280X Toxic Edition or http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130939

But I don't want to get a high end GPU and have problems.

Let me know what you think and if those were good GPU picks for MY computer!

And if those will work suggest a good PSU too.... Thanks
 
if you are worried about power usage, the 270x is pretty fast and uses a lot less power than the 280x....

the rest of your PC is good, the VGA is by far the biggest problem for gaming.
 
a i2600 is still a great processor and with 16 gigs of ram you are ready for a better videocard.

IMO I'd probably jump on an AMD 79XX card right now because of all the great deals, and then still get the PS4 😀

at 1080p you should be fine 🙂
 
Your CPU and RAM are still much better than the slow cores in the PS4. Upgrade the GPU and you'll have a better system than the PS4.

Also, are there any launch PS4 titles that are must-play for you and that aren't coming to PC? If not, waiting to buy one may be the best idea. I considered getting one, but with no PS3/PS2 backwards compatibility and no launch titles I must play I'll probably wait until xmas 2014. I'll just work through my backlog of unplayed PS2, PS3, 360 and PC games until then 🙂
 
friendlygamer said:
I bought an HP a couple years ago (bad mistake, I know this lol) But im thinking it might not be good enough to upgrade the GPU and PSU because of bottlenecking and what not.

Take a look at what I got

http://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/template.PAGE/public/kb/docDisplay/?sp4ts.oid=5080764&spf_p.tpst=kbDocDisplay&spf_p.prp_kbDocDisplay=wsrp-navigationalState%3DdocId%253Demr_na-c02866215-16%257CdocLocale%253D%257CcalledBy%253D&javax.portlet.begCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken&javax.portlet.endCacheTok=com.vignette.cachetoken [h20566.www2.hp.com]

Motherboard IPISB-CH2 (Chicago)

Processor Intel Core i7 2600

Memory 16GBs of DDR3-1333

Video graphics AMD Radeon HD 6770

Hard drive2 TB

Power Supply Internal 460W

Monitor Samsung SyncMaster P2370

I was told to get a Radeon R9 280X Toxic Edition or http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130939

But I don't want to get a high end GPU and have problems.

Let me know what you think and if those were good GPU picks for MY computer!

And if those will work suggest a good PSU too.... Thanks
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Actually that is pretty nice for an OEM system. You could probably get by with a 7850 or gtx 660 even on that psu. But a better power supply and a 79xx gpu is probably the best choice.
 
Get a 7950 if you can find one of the deals for less than $200. That's still a fairly decent PC and a 7950 would be a good match for the price.

You can check if you can overclock it a couple of bins, although I doubt it with a cut back motherboard (in prebuilt PCs).
 
Your CPU is still a beast. You can upgrade that GPU no problem with that PSU I think. Something along the lines of the 7850-x280 for AMD and 650Ti-760 for Nvidia, heck maybe even a 770 just don't OC.
 
JBT said:
Your CPU is still a beast. You can upgrade that GPU no problem with that PSU I think. Something along the lines of the 7850-x280 for AMD and 650Ti-760 for Nvidia, heck maybe even a 770 just don't OC.
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What he said except that with your stock PSU I wouldn't go 770.

If you upgrade PSU then you can pick virtually any single GPU and not have to worry about CPU bottleneck. The 7950's seem to be the price/performance king right now.
 
I'm torn between the PS4 and a new GPU as well. Lots of good suggestions here for your setup.

I don't think PS4 is going to be impressive graphically for what it costs relative to a new GPU in your rig. I'd grab a 7870 for 130-150 after rebate bux with 2 free games and then get a new GPU again when 20nm stuff lands. Don't worry about the PSU at this point.

I was looking at video of PS4 launch titles, instant boner crusher. Nothing looks good.
 
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