Partial upgrade

Triamp9

Triamp9

Triamp9

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Hi Ladies and Gents,

I've been out of the upgrade loop for a while so your advice would be appreciated.

I'm looking for an interim upgrade before the appearance of the Oculus Rift consumer version arrives hopefully next year. I just need a bit of a boost for now so that my current system copes a bit better with 2560x1440. My needs are solely for gaming. Elite Dangerous, some flight sims. Mostly pretty resource hungry stuff.

At the moment I have:-
Asus P8 Z68-V gen 3 motherboard
Intel I5 2500k 3.3 overclocked to 4.7 ghz
Gigabyte Windforce HD7950
8gb Kingston Hyper X
Corsair 850 watt power supply

I'm wondering what would be best to upgrade out of the above until a major overhaul next year. Basically is it worth upgrading my graphics card and maybe adding another next year or would I be better off with a new motherboard/cpu. I have a feeling my current motherboard/cpu are still pretty good and wouldn't bottleneck a GTX 970 hopefully.

I have about £400 to spend now on either of the above. I really need to incorporate whatever I buy now in to the major upgrade next year.
Graphics card wise I've been looking at the GTX 970 (Gigabyte or Galax).

If it's best to go the motherboard/cpu way then this looks good:-

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=BU-012-GI

For now I'm looking to get my games nearer a consistent 60fps at 1440p. Which would be the better option given my budget?

Thanks in advance.
 
Many thanks, :)

think I'll go for the GTX 970 then. I like the look of the Gigabyte G1 but am hearing rumours of coil whine with these. Also the Galax modded by Overclockers looks good. Any other good alternative?
 
Thanks again ED. I like the EVGA stuff so there's another option for me. I think I will pick up another SSD at the same time.

Only another couple of posts for free postage!!! :)
 
Lol! Don't let the squeaker near the Haribo!!!! :D

I've been searching the forum for info on whether you have to do anything to qualify for the free postage once you hit the criteria or is it done automatically? (doubt it!)
 
I've been an OCUK customer for years just not a prolific poster on the forums.

In general they've been pretty good, no complaints really. Other places can be a bit cheaper but I've remained loyal.

The new graphics card will be my first purchase for some time though. Still can't decide which 970 to go for but will probably order tomorrow. The EVGA I'd like is out of stock at the moment so I'm still torn between the MSI and the GALAX Infinity black edition.

Either will be epic I'm sure!
 
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