How would you upgrade this system

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Intel Core i5 760 2.80GHz
Corsair XMS3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Asus P7P55D-E Intel P55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard
1000W PSU

It runs everything fine, but with BF3 and MW3 I get the feeling i need a bit more umph. The obvious answer is to get another 460, but for the life of me I cant figure out if the mobo supports SLI, I dont think it does, So im a bit stumped.

With a budget of say £4-500 how would you upgrade this?

Many thanks.
 
Yur motherboard doesnt support sli only crossfire so sell your 460 and upgrade to a single card. The second pci express slot only runs at 4x.
 
my thoughts where to dump the card and use the money to get a better one and maybe a water cooled all in one CPU block to OC the CPU.
 
Sell current processor/mobo for ~£150


then by 2500K + mobo for ~£230 (depending on mobo)

buy another 460

total= approx £450
 
which mobo would you go for saying that?
£230 for 2500K and motherboard is a bit unrealistic, unless he is talking about some H61/H67 motherboard which doesn't allow overclock for the i5 2500K, or board that don't support Crossfire/SLI at x8/x8.

The cheapest Z68 board cost around £80, and the i5 2500K cost between £170~£180...so that would be more like £250 or above.
 
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