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- Feb 7, 2013
A friend of mine asked if I could upgrade her computer. She wants to play games like the witcher 3, diablo 3, ... She doesnt need to play it maxed out but wants to be able to keep up with games of this genre in the future. 1 Monitor, 1080p.
The components she currently has are
She's not really on a fixed budget but it should be as cheap as possible.
I thought throwing in a GTX 960 or a AMD R9 280X. I'm not sure about the different Feature Layers of these two cards. Feature Level and energy would speak for the GTX 960, the benchmarks I saw would make me prefer the R9 280X. A GTX 970 was considered overkill by me due to the CPU and the overall premise to stay cheap. If needed she could go for it though.
The PSU has to be replaced in any case. I was thinking either the http://www.mindfactory.de/product_i...e-Power-L8-Non-Modular-80--Bronze_857814.html or the http://www.mindfactory.de/product_i...wer-7-Bulk-Non-Modular-80--Bronze_822193.html depending on which GPU to get.
It's a pre built PC shipped to enterprises for office use. Will I encounter some problems or can all the parts be swapped without any hassle? I did not see the PC yet, however the case is too small for said GPUs. So we will either have to buy a 20 € that fits everything or I have to get my dremel and get rid of the HDD cage.
Any input would be greatly appreciated
The components she currently has are
- Intel 4130
- Intel DB85FL
- 8 GB RAM (E1)
- Chieftec 350W
- Samsung 840 Evo 120GB
She's not really on a fixed budget but it should be as cheap as possible.
I thought throwing in a GTX 960 or a AMD R9 280X. I'm not sure about the different Feature Layers of these two cards. Feature Level and energy would speak for the GTX 960, the benchmarks I saw would make me prefer the R9 280X. A GTX 970 was considered overkill by me due to the CPU and the overall premise to stay cheap. If needed she could go for it though.
The PSU has to be replaced in any case. I was thinking either the http://www.mindfactory.de/product_i...e-Power-L8-Non-Modular-80--Bronze_857814.html or the http://www.mindfactory.de/product_i...wer-7-Bulk-Non-Modular-80--Bronze_822193.html depending on which GPU to get.
It's a pre built PC shipped to enterprises for office use. Will I encounter some problems or can all the parts be swapped without any hassle? I did not see the PC yet, however the case is too small for said GPUs. So we will either have to buy a 20 € that fits everything or I have to get my dremel and get rid of the HDD cage.
Any input would be greatly appreciated
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