Hello, long time no see for me. A new gen arrives and I come back to vgchartz
Well, I'm in need of your help or recommendations for upgrade my PC. I've been playing(and upgrading) mostly on my PC since I finished all my Wii games. First I my specs:
Case: Thermaltake Commander Mid Tower-----Cheap buy but a great case 25$(last one)
PSU: Sentey SolidPower 850W-----Cheap buy too but I'm very pleased
CPU: Intel i3 540------Needs upgrade but can play almost all games on Max except the CPU heavy games(Crysis 3, PlanetSide 2, Skyrim...)
Mobo: Foxconn H55-M------Needs upgrade too
RAM: Generic Kingston 4 GB 1066-1333(Cant remember)------Ok so far, maybe needs a kick too
HDD: 1 TB Western digital+500 gb Seagate(cant remember speed but its a cheap one)
GPU: ASUS 7950 DCUIITOP + Accelero Xtreme 7970------I trade my old 6950 for this card but it had bad contact on the heatsink(and overheated very easy) so I buyed the aftermarked cooler and now its runs like a charm, best trade of my life so far
Ok, so here's my upgrade plan. I play at 1080p and do bitcoin mining, so far CPU heavy games are the only weakness. I bought a second 7950(sapphire boost 300$) to do mining and hopefully crossfire with a good CPU.
Options so far:I have around 300$, mobo needs to be Xfire compatible(is 16x,16x or 8x,8x worth the extra $$$ over the 16x,4x Xfire?)
1)FX 6300 CPU+ 970 Mobo+ SSD 64 gb
2)I5 3330+ H77 or B75 Mobo+ Good RAM?(4 gb 1600 or 8 gb 1333 Mhz?)
3)I5 3570k+H77 or B75(Z77 maybe)+ Cooler
4) Buy 2 HD 7850(or 1 HD 7950) and put them to mine! or 1 HD 7850(for mining and sell it later)+ 128 SSD
Thanks in advance


PS Vita and PC gamer
CPU Intel i5 2500K at 4.5 Ghz / Gigabyte Z68 Mobo / 8 Gb Corsair Vengeance 1600 mhz / Sapphire HD 7970 Dual X Boost / Corsair Obsidian 550d












