It was actually pretty decent about four years ago... but nowadays, it's weaker than even the most basic modern dual-core processors.
For instance,
That one is more powerful than yours, and it's reasonably priced $96. You should probably check the label on your power supply; I don't think you can run an AMD Radeon R7 260X on a 400W unit or something similar.
I don't think that graphics card is really worth the money. You might be better off grabbing an AMD Radeon R7 260X 1GB for $297 instead; it feels noticeably more powerful than the GeForce GTX 650. I guess you'd want a Corsair CX430W Bronze power supply to go with it.
There’s about a 30-$13 difference between grabbing two separate 1600MHz sticks versus just picking up a matched 2x2GB 1333MHz kit. It would probably work, I guess, but everything would just default to the slower speed, so you'd be stuck at 1333 across the board.
The Samsung SH-224DB sat Bulk Black optical drive. Transcend DDR3 4GB 1333MHz, JM1333KLH-4G, bulk The ASRock FM2A88M EXTREME4 + Chicony Active 400 w ATX motherboard. The Chicony Active 400W ATX PSU, specifically the CHI-HPA-400W model. Toshiba DT01ACA050 500 The MS PLUTOS case, just the chassis without the power supply. The XFX AMD Radeon R7 260 x Graphic card with 1GB of DDR5—specifically the XFX-R7-260X-ZNF4 model. I guess I'm looking at the AMD Athlon ii x4 760 k sveukupno.
Total: $2,999.81 center.com
+$27 Shipping... I guess.
If your CPU cooler starts getting a bit too noisy, you might want to pick this up at Links:
Found this cooler over at Links. It looks like it might work, I guess.
Like my buddy mentioned, you really need to give us the specific model names for your motherboard and power supply. If your board actually supports something like an Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400, then you might have to shell out $433 if you want to play newer games. Plus, if your PSU is a total dud, you're looking at maybe ~$533 . So, we're talking an AMD R7 260X 1GB (GPU $297)+Q8400 (around 400-$167)+an MS FSP 460W or a Chicony Hipro 400W (roughly 200-$83)
By the way, I'm not entirely sure if that i5 can actually keep up with an NVIDIA GTX 760. He might need to push the clock speeds up to maybe 3.1 or 3.2GHz to make it work.
James Castillo8 said:I've been digging through these benchmarks and my takeaway is that the 5850 is basically hovering near the 7850... though the 5770 in CF acts more like a 5870. Which would mean the 5870 actually edges out the 7850—purely on paper, anyway. In theory, the 5770 CF should perform like a 7850, but obviously, it won't even inside CF... unless you want to pay that extra $133 premium for the 3.8 GHz overclock. Honestly, the smartest move is probably just upgrading to hit maybe 50-60 FPS on medium settings in BF 4—if you're willing to ditch the ultra effects and AA...
The HD 7850 actually holds about a 20% lead.
I guess I’d probably just grab an R7 260X 1GB for under $300: