System Upgrade Advice

Corssair

Corssair

Corssair

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Hello everyone

I need to ask you guys for some advice on upgrading my PC.

Currently I am running:

GPU: XFX HD7970 x2 Crossfire
CPU: Intel Sandy Bridge i7 2600K 4.4Ghz
MOBO: Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z
RAM: Corsair Dominator 16GB 1866Mhz
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro H100
Case: Corsair 800D
PSU: Corsair 1200AX
SSD: Crucial M4 128GB
HDD: Samsung F3 1TB
DVD: Samsung Blu-Ray SH-B123
Sound Card: Creative Titanium HD
Monitors: 3 x Dell IPS U2312HM

Now, I have a good chance to sell my i7 2600K & M4E-Z for £400, so then I could buy i7 3930K + Rampage IV Extreme. Unfortunately I will have to add another £370 to it and I wonder if it's really worth it. All I do is play games, I don't do any professional stuff, maybe a bit of hacking government servers now and then but that's basically it... *just kidding*

Other than that, I really want to water-cool my entire system but this will cost a bit too, I'm looking at something like a £1000. So I just wonder if I should spend £370 on 6 core CPU.

Or, for the money I wouldn't spend on the CPU upgrade, I could buy another 7970 and have it in Tri-Sli. Or buy another HDD and an SSD for RAID 0 and more storage.

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What do you guys think?
 
I would rather say it's the upgrade itch. I don't earn a lot of money but PC is the only thing I really invest my money in, excluding clothes, food etc...

System plays all games on maximum settings, but I have nothing else to do, and this is my only hobby. I just got bored of doing nothing.
 
You won't see any improvement upgrading the parts for gaming. You are literally throwing money away.

What games do you play? How about some nice controllers? If you like driving games you could get a great steering wheel set with a clutch pedal and a dog legged shifter or maybe a joystick and throttle for when you jump in the jets for BF3 or for serious use in flight sims.

With a dedicated soundcard and the spec of your kit, I'm assuming you have a nice digital surround setup to go with it..........or do you? ;)
 
Yeah but I have nothing else to do with my life (lol sad).

All I really play is BF3 and that is it, I rarely play anything else now. Steering wheel is kind of a good idea, don't have that one... Joystick I don't need and I already own 5.1 system which I cannot use anyway cause my parents just shout at the volume levels which are extremely low already.

I use AKG K242HD as my sound system :)

Just found out that X79 + CF + Eyefinity won't work as there is a lot if issues with it. So that's my answer, failAMD.
 
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