I don't like AMD's line of GPUs given the bad experiences I've had with them in the past, same goes with their CPUs, same deal, I've had one of them fry on me before. Intel+nVidia all the way That being said, I don't need anything super high-end, 200-300 dollars is a good range for me to focus I dunno why I mentioned CPU update, mostly because some games, like AC: Unity, my CPU doesn't even meet the minimum specs, yeah, the game is that piss porr in optimization.
So many responses from you guys, thank you
Qtis SSD is still quite a ways off, I currently have two HDDs in my case, both Western Digital 1 TB drives at 7200 RPM, would an SSD still be the way to go for an OS partition? I'm still on the fence, but SSDs don't even take up power at all, and I do have a 2.5" drive bay, so I can fit one.
Sicklyboy How good is your rig for Dolphin, PCSX2, etc? Do games like The Last Story still struggle even with the improvements the emulator has seen this year so far? I don't know why I suggested CPU upgrade since, well, the differential would be negligible, right?
Actually, if you look at the OP, my CPU is the 3750 non-K version, so because of that, I can't overclock. I got the non-K version because I never had the intent to do so. Judging from the posts, it sounds like that GPU is the best thing to upgrade, given the general consensus of the thread thus far.
Sorry for not quoting everyone's post, I don't want to clog the thread with a huge post, you know, so far, I'll keep my eye on sales for GPUs as 300-330 dollars might be, well, a tad steep. I never have, nor will I ever overclock since it cuts the lifespan and voids the warranty.
That's wrong
K just means the multiplier is unlocked, you can still OC, it's somewhat tricky to do because you have to adjust the base FSB which will overclock some other things on your mobo as well (like RAM) instead of just changing the CPU multiplier, but the end result is mostly the same. It's just a bit easier to achieve a stable overclock if you can adjust the CPU multiplier itself, which might let you overclock slightly more.