Computer Upgrade

[heedicalking]

alright, I am thinking of upgrading my PC to be able to get BF3 on high settings.
CPU: 860 i7 2.8ghz
GPU: Radeon HD 5770 1GB
RAM: 8GB DDR3 4 x 2048MB
PSU: 500w
Hard drive: 1TB SATA

i want to see what i can get for around $500 total in upgrades. i dont know much about nvidia vs ati, good PSU companies, compatibility. I still think i have expanding room by the looks of it, especially for GPU.

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[Winner2]

That's a very neat computer you have there

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Surprising you're running that with such a low power psu.

[heedicalking]

also, i dont need to buy it all right away. if newegg or whatever does deals come christmas time that would be cool.

[Jenxas]

also, i dont need to buy it all right away. if newegg or whatever does deals come christmas time that would be cool.

I feel like newegg is like steam
they have usually overpriced stuff but they go on sale some times.

[heedicalking]

yea that's what i was wondering. steam does a lot of special event sales where games are like half off and such. i was wondering if newegg did stuff like that

[Jenxas]

I usually buy stuff off amazon or tigerdirect, they have things pretty much at a set discount.
It not very helpful, but this is what I got for when I building the computer I'm using now.
http://forum.blockland.us/index.php?topic=157830.0

[Littledude]

Surprising you're running that with such a low power psu.

500 watts isn't low
more is better, but that isn't low

[heedicalking]

the site really doesn't matter, as long as i get it.
i might also need a case upgrade, as the one I have is for a prebuilt and has very few air openings. one in the back, a small one on the left side for one fan, none anywhere else. the GPU i was looking at was
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130613
and if PSU was a problem, is this one good or overkill/underkill?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139006
stretching the price up another $100 isn't a big deal either if it makes a big difference.

[heedicalking]

bump. i was wondering whether to save money and get a 6950 and unlock into a 6970 (save about $100, enough for a PSU and additional cooling/case) or spend more for a 570 and unlock to a 580. i still need a PSU and cooling though, so I am leaning towards the 6950 and unlocking it and keeping it cool with a better PSU to support better cooling.

I was also wondering how crossfire/SLI worked and whether ATI is better than Nvidia. I know Nvidia has a lot of exclusive game deals going on now for 'games that run better on nvidia' but i thought that ATI cards have better processing than Nvidia cards.