£300 upgrade

[dazeRR]

I have roughly £300 max to spend on some new hardware (pref under) what would you guys recommend upgrading or do i need to upgrade? Mainly a gaming PC, and also stream some games.

Current spec

Processor: i5 760
Memory: Corsair XMS3 8192MB RAM
Hard Drive: CrucialSSD M4 64Gb Samsung SpinPoint F3 1TB
Video Card: XFX 6870 Crossfire
Sound Card: ASUS Xonar DG 5.1
Motherboard: Asus P7P55D-E
Computer Case: Antec 300

Cheers.

 

[cmndr_andi]

Hi there,

I sounds like you have a rather nice system there, are you finding it is lacking in performance in any areas?

May I ask what monitor, mouse, keyboard and speakers/headset you are current using? Also, have you got an aftermarket CPU cooler and have you overclocked your CPU?

 

[dazeRR]

Monitor: Samsung P2450H 24", Viewsonic VX2239wm 22"
Headphones: Roccat Kave
Mouse: Logitech MX518
Keyboard: Microsoft SideWinder X4

Have overclocked my cpu with a Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 to 3.6 ghz.
I do find that while im streaming @ 720p that my cpu is under quite a bit of load.

I just have the itch to upgrade really im quite terrible

 

[Idleman]

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £179.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £104.99
Total : £296.38 (includes shipping : £9.50).



Sell your current cpu and mobo, get some money back.

 

[Mirmo]

Bah! Nothing wrong with it, keep it and wait for Haswell! If you really need to scratch the itch (which I understand!), maybe sell your GPU's while they still have decent resale value and buy a single beast that will stay with you into your new build.