Is it time to upgrade?

[Ske]

Afternoon all,

Help me! I've been using my current system for approximately 6/7 years - it's a pre-built machine from OCuk and has served me well. Spec is:

i5-2500k CPU overclocked to 3.60GHz
Gigabyte Z65X-UD5-B3 motherboard
8gb ram (guessing it's DDR2?)
AMD Radeon 7800

2 crappy monitors; Samsung SMS23A550H (Primary) and an Acer V223W (Secondary).

I've added a few SSDs over the years. Budget can go up to £1200/1300 including 2 new monitors. Don't need a mouse, keyboard nor headset.

Go for it!

Cheers

 

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Depends what you use it for, apart from upgrading my graphics card I haven't felt the need to upgrade anything. I mostly use my pc to game.

My bad, I should have stated it'll be for gaming; WoW, CS:GO and Hitman (I've only spent around an hour on Hitman as it runs pretty poorly on my current rig).

 

[Ske]

The biggest difference you could make is a better graphics card, the 2500k is still a fairly decent chip. Your memory is ddr3 not ddr2. Like already mentioned overclock the CPU, usually they can hit 4.5ghz no problem with good enough cooling.

That was my question, albeit I didn't exactly ask it.. if the chip is worth keeping, I'll keep it and get a GFX card.

Thanks for the replies.