Anything worth upgrading?

Reppyboyo · 7 Jul 2014 at 16:10

Got the upgrade itch but I cant really see if there is anything worth upgrading in my system.
Might change the case for a Corsair 450D and AIO water cooling though.

Current specs:

i5-3570K (oc @ 4.3)
Gigabyte Z68AP-D3
8GB Corsair XMS3
VTX3D Radeon R9 280
120GB Kingston V300+
500GB Samsung HD.

Anything worth changing or shall I just save the money for Broadwell/Skylake?

BrianB · 7 Jul 2014 at 16:13

For gaming? I would save money and only change case if you really like it. Cooling could make it quieter, that for me is a good upgrade.

lee32uk · 7 Jul 2014 at 16:17

What cooler do you currently have ? The AIO coolers are not usually as quiet as an air cooler, unless you swap the fans out.

mickyflinn · 7 Jul 2014 at 16:18

Your system looks fine to me, maybe a sound card or speakers other than that save your money.

Akagi · 7 Jul 2014 at 16:21

Z77 Motherboard and better cooling = a better overclock and PCI-E 3.0 support.

Other than that it looks pretty good.

Don't hold back on the case, if you like it that much you will probably build your new system in it anyway!

Reppyboyo · 7 Jul 2014 at 16:32

Gelid Tranquillo is the cooler, few years old but still does the job.
Can probably push the oc to 4.5 easy enough but I like to keep the temps down, its about 65c loaded during normal gaming and such.

dacads · 7 Jul 2014 at 21:00

Bigger SSD

GPU should be fine for now I would upgrade next year when new ones are out