Possible upgrades?

[Shimz]

Hi all

I've been thinking of purchasing some upgrades for my PC (mostly along the lines of a GPU or CPU) I'm open to any suggestions, I mainly use it for gaming.

Here are my current specs

Motherboard MSI P67A-G45
CPU i5-2500K CPU @ 3.30GHz
GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 MSI Twin Frozr
Memory 8GB Kingston DDR3 10666
PSU 750W
250GB SSD
500GB HDD
1x 1920x1080 Monitor 1x 1360x768 Monitor
Basic Logitech keyboard (maybe a mechanical keyboard?)


I'm not experiencing any problems running any of my games, I just got the itch to get a new component

Thanks for any suggestions

 

[ExRayTed]

Welcome to the forums

GPU or RAM (depending how deep your pockets are)

The CPU still has a lot of life left in it

What's your budget?

 

[skylineboy]

budget?

I would be looking at GPU and cpu cooler to overclock that CPU to 4.2/ 4.4 ghz

(your CPU is still excellent I'm using a 2600k in mine )

if you fancy green: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-202-MS&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1750

or red: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-225-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1842

pending decent psu of course

 

[dacads]

What brand is the PSU?

 

[Steveocee]

Overclock the CPU to get a nice boost then a new GFX card will see you belting along

 

[Shimz]

Kinda what I thought then, I already have a CPU cooler I forgot to mention (Corsair H60). I did have it overclocked but was hitting most of my games at 60fps so put it back to stock. I don't really have a budget as I can save for parts but if you wanted a budget £350ish? for GPU

 

[skylineboy]

a touch out of budget but a cracking deal: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-238-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

what psu do you have?

 

[e36Adz]

I have the same cpu as you and as others have said, overclock it and there will be no need to upgrade it for a long while yet.

If the PSU is a decent brand then 750W is plenty for one gfx card and 8GB ram is fine. A GTX780 Ti just sold on the MM for £355 inc... that would max out almost everything at 1080p, it's doing a good job in mine at 5760x1200.

 

[ExRayTed]

a touch out of budget but a cracking deal: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-238-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

what psu do you have?

290X utterly not worth the premium over the 290.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11227-03-40G) £319.99
Total : £319.99 (includes shipping : ).



This is a very good price for a very quick card and one of the best third party coolers out there. Just make sure it'll fit in your case.

 

[Shimz]

Psu is a N0vat3ch(blocked the name on the forum) own brand

 

[skylineboy]

Psu is a(blocked the name on the forum) own brand

get a 290 as suggested above plus a psu like:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-014-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2057

or another on an offer check that it is a top spec brand before purchase.

 

[BriT]

New PSU as well it seems.

 

[lee32uk]

YOUR BASKET
1 x NZXT Hale Power 90+ 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply £65.99
Total : £65.99 (includes shipping : ).

 

[Shimz]

Thanks for all the advice guys, Great stuff.

A GTX780 Ti just sold on the MM for £355 inc

Can I ask what is MM?

Think I'll be searching for some deals and overclocking the CPU this weekend.

 

[skylineboy]

members market on here. you need a minimum number of posts plus length of membership to gain access to the market. Some good deals do come up on there. I think it is at least 1000 posts now...

 

[Digital X]

1000 posts with a sign up time of at least 180 days iirc.

 

[Shimz]

Thanks Skyline

I better start contributing then

 

[skylineboy]

Thanks Skyline

I better start contributing then

just don't spam otherwise you'll get reset