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bigshootr8   12-03-2011 at 01:31:47 AM
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Below is my current configuration I just upgraded my motherboard cpu and cooler but I'm thinking I want to upgrade my graphics card, or maybe upgrade to a blu ray burner. What do you guys think?

 

Intel Core i5 2500k
ASRock Z68 EXTREME4 GEN3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68
Corsair 2x4 GB's DDR3 1600
Corsair TX650W Power Supply
Corsair Hydro H100 (pre-filled water cooling)
OCZ Vertex 2 SSD 90 GB Boot Drive+Game Drive
Seagate Barracuda 500 GB Sata II HDD
ATi Radeon 5770
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Sound Card
Coolermaster Sniper Case
LG HD-DVD/Blu-Ray player


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Pyree   12-04-2011 at 01:06:17 AM
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Definitely the GPU. What game do you play and at what res?

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bigshootr8   12-04-2011 at 02:22:46 AM
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I play WoW, SC2, picked up Arkham city haven't been to pleased with the dx11 stuff there fixing that apparently. unsure if i should just wait for pci-e 3.0 even though I wont be getting a ivy bridge right away would be a decent card since there backwards compad.

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Pyree   12-04-2011 at 03:17:01 AM
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Get a 6870 or GTX 560ti and you are good. 5770 is weak compare with the rest of your system.

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bigshootr8   12-04-2011 at 04:30:32 AM
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Which would you choose over the two you suggested.

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Pyree   12-04-2011 at 10:15:57 AM
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The one you can get for cheaper.

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