Advice for upgrading 7yo PC for gaming

fuchsiashockz

fuchsiashockz

fuchsiashockz

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Hi,
I just trying to figure out what to upgrade. I though ram would be a start but then don't want to 'waste' it if I next need to get a new motherboard and cpu.

Budget = best performance for the least money. It's run for 7 years and I tested with Battlefield 1 and it still ran ok. If any minor upgrades equal a few hundred quid then I might be better buying a new pc for £400?

Any advice welcomed.

System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: Z68AP-D3
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
Memory: 4096MB RAM
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GTX 560 Ti
Display Memory: 3230 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1224 MB
Shared Memory: 2006 MB
Corsair CMPSU-500CX Builder Series 500W Power Supply

Ram
CML4GX3M2A1600C9
Vengeance® Low Profile — 4GB Dual Channel DDR3 9-9-9-24 (2x2gb)
SPD Speed 1333MHz
SPD Voltage 1.5V
Speed Rating PC3-12800 (1600MHz)
Heat Spreader VENGEANCE LP
Package Memory Format DIMM
Performance Profile XMP 1.3
 
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No idea on budget. If I can spend a few hundred to just make a slight difference to gaming then it might not be worth it. I guess that's the question really - how much do I need to spend to make it decent for games or should I get a new one?
 
Thanks for all the input.
Looking at my motherboard - Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Rev 1 it looks like I might have a problem with those graphics cards since there isn't a UEFI bios update. Not really even sure what that means but I think those gfx cards will only work on the Rev 2 motherboard.
 
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