- Dec 6, 2009
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Hello guys, I've been out of the computer building game for a long time now. I have a computer I built a while ago that I would like to upgrade so that it can handle games like Battlefield 4 and Titanfall on highest settings.
My current components are as follows:
CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 630 (overclocked, running at 2.8GHz)
Motherboard: BIOSTAR A785G3
Memory: 4GB DDR3
Graphics: GeForce 9800 GTX+
So clearly this is a dated system. I was thinking about upgrading to the XFX Radeon R9 280X Double D 3GB GDDR5 for my video card. Then I was thinking my CPU will probably bottleneck me and prevent me from running ultra on the newer games even with that video card. However, my motherboard is an old socket, AM3 I believe. So I can't really upgrade my CPU without upgrading my motherboard.
So it looks like I basically have to build a completely new computer instead of upgrading this one because my motherboard is holding me back.
Anyone have any suggestions?
My current components are as follows:
CPU: AMD Athlon II X4 630 (overclocked, running at 2.8GHz)
Motherboard: BIOSTAR A785G3
Memory: 4GB DDR3
Graphics: GeForce 9800 GTX+
So clearly this is a dated system. I was thinking about upgrading to the XFX Radeon R9 280X Double D 3GB GDDR5 for my video card. Then I was thinking my CPU will probably bottleneck me and prevent me from running ultra on the newer games even with that video card. However, my motherboard is an old socket, AM3 I believe. So I can't really upgrade my CPU without upgrading my motherboard.
So it looks like I basically have to build a completely new computer instead of upgrading this one because my motherboard is holding me back.
Anyone have any suggestions?