!Need advise on old RIG<

[Airplane]

Hi bros here,
I have an old rig & my purpose is to build a moderate gaming rig eg: BF3 game & movie online streaming.
I just need to change my motherboard & ram, any advise to fit in on my remaining hardware to get my purpose?

My $ range : $100 - $500
My remaining hardware : GPU: Asus NVIDIA® GeForce 8600GT/HTDP/256M
HDD: Seagate 500GB
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit [OEM]
PSU: Aerocool 500HP EN53075

The mouse,monitor and speaker need not buy.

 

[nipp0n]

CPU & Mobo: i3-3220 & Asrock B75M-DGS @ $213 (Tradepac)
Ram: Kingston 1600mhz value ram 4GB @ $27 (Tradepac)
GPU & PSU: Powercolor 7850 1GB & Silverstone 500W @ $280 (PC Themes bundle promo)

Total: $520

Should be good enough to handle BF3 at mid-high settings.

 

[Airplane]

Thanks bro.
I think it will be ok that i get CPU & Mobo & Ram as mentioned by you and skip off GPU & PSU.

CPU & Mobo: i3-3220 & Asrock B75M-DGS @ $213 (Tradepac)
Ram: Kingston 1600mhz value ram 4GB @ $27 (Tradepac)
GPU & PSU: Powercolor 7850 1GB & Silverstone 500W @ $280 (PC Themes bundle promo)

Total: $520

Should be good enough to handle BF3 at mid-high settings.

 

[terence52]

I would consider getting the 7850 IMHO. The 8600GT is too weak to run BF3 at low iirc..

 

[nipp0n]

Thanks bro.
I think it will be ok that i get CPU & Mobo & Ram as mentioned by you and skip off GPU & PSU.

I don't think your gpu is good enough to handle BF3 in mid setting smoothly. You might want to consider changing it..

 

[Airplane]

Ok i will change it.
Just to ask, is there any cheaper gpu to run BF3?

I would consider getting the 7850 IMHO. The 8600GT is too weak to run BF3 at low iirc..

I don't think your gpu is good enough to handle BF3 in mid setting smoothly. You might want to consider changing it..

 

[nipp0n]

Ok i will change it.
Just to ask, is there any cheaper gpu to run BF3?

EVGA GTX 560 @ $199 (if still available in PC Themes) or Powercolor 7770 @ $159.

 

[gladiusgg]

get a 7750 in the 2nd hand market for 105. shld be good enough to run bf3 at med settings

 

[Airplane]

Thanks to nipp0n,terence52,gladiusgg bros, I have build the recommended rig. It is working fine, game BF3 is running good.
I bought CPU+Mobo 2in1 bundle,GPU,Ram all in PC Themes, total $510.

 

[nipp0n]

Thanks to nipp0n,terence52,gladiusgg bros, I have build the recommended rig. It is working fine, game BF3 is running good.
I bought CPU+Mobo 2in1 bundle,GPU,Ram all in PC Themes, total $510.

So what did you get in the end?

 

[Airplane]

CPU & Mobo: i3-3220 & Asrock B75M-DGS @ $213 (Tradepac)
Ram: Kingston 1600mhz value ram 4GB @ $27 (Tradepac)
GPU & PSU: Powercolor 7850 1GB & Silverstone 500W @ $280 (PC Themes bundle promo)

Total: $520

Should be good enough to handle BF3 at mid-high settings.

So what did you get in the end?

I got all the things as you have recommended above quote list but all buy from PC themes.

 

[Airplane]

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Price : 1-5 stars

 

[Airplane]

CPU & Mobo: i3-3220 & Asrock B75M-DGS @ $213 (Tradepac)
Ram: Kingston 1600mhz value ram 4GB @ $27 (Tradepac)
GPU & PSU: Powercolor 7850 1GB & Silverstone 500W @ $280 (PC Themes bundle promo)

Total: $520

Should be good enough to handle BF3 at mid-high settings.

Update after 3 years of using this setup , only my GPU breakdown and the rest are working good.

 

[ZrE0_Cha0s]

Update after 3 years of using this setup , only my GPU breakdown and the rest are working good.

Maybe u can state your budget for this upgrade?

Next if u want a similar performance upgrade is GTX 1050 or RX 460.

 

[Koenig168]

Update after 3 years of using this setup , only my GPU breakdown and the rest are working good.

Time for a GTX 1060

 

[Airplane]

Maybe u can state your budget for this upgrade?

Next if u want a similar performance upgrade is GTX 1050 or RX 460.

Forgot to mention, got a gigabyte GTX 1050 oredi.

 

[MianBaoFren]

Forgot to mention, got a gigabyte GTX 1050 oredi.

Bad choice imo. How much?

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