Upgrade advice needed please

Acquittedseeker

Acquittedseeker

Acquittedseeker

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Afternoon everyone

I built my current system in 2008 and the time has come to upgrade.

Current spec is
Coolermaster Cosmos case
Phenom x4 955 b/e O/C @3800
Gigabyte GA-MA790XT-UD4P
Coolermaster hyper evo 212 cpu cooler
12gig DDR3 Corsair dominator 1600mhz
1000w psu
Radeon 6790 crossfired
150gig ata hdd
400gig sata hdd
2tb sata hdd
x2 combi drives

System will be mostly used for 1080p gaming on a 92" projector and blueray although some video/photo editing will be done occasionally.
I'm a graphics whore so a very good graphics card is a must, is crossfire/sli still worth doing or go single gpu???
is SSD worth it???????
any AMD/intel comparisons welcome same with the GPU brands
Can I squeeze anymore from the current system by just a CPU-GPU upgrade or overhaul and just use Case HDD RAM etc.

Looking forward to your suggestions;););)
 
spent the last month or so looking at different combos

I was considering a console but figured upgrading my pc is the way to go

would this be overkill ????????
driving me crazy so many choices of combos my brain hurts


YOUR BASKET
1 x EPIC POWER BUNDLE: Intel 4790K, Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 7, Kingston 16GB 2400MHz Kit, Superflower 1000W Platinum PSU & FREE STUFF!! **£50 SAVING** £627.96
1 x Asus GeForce GTX 780Ti DirectCU II 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £479.99
1 x BenQ XL2720Z 27" TRUE 144Hz 3D Vision 2.0 Widescreen LED Monitor - Black/Red £359.99
1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW) £109.99
1 x Corsair Hydro H100i High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler (CW-9060009-WW) £88
Total : £1,680.92 (includes shipping : £12.50).

 
agree with room for upgrades in future lol I wanna decent system to last me a good few years so I would really only need maybe a gpu upgrade in a few years, don't need any hdd just ssd as i will use the ones from my old system. i'm unsure if the H100i will fit it my cosmos 1000 nothing wrong with the case so if it fits i'll be very happy
 
 
 
I'm still at this madness can anyone quote me happy, any room for improvement £2400 is my limit


YOUR BASKET
1 x EVGA GeForce TITAN Black Edition SC Signature 6144MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (06G-P4-3793-KR) £869.99
1 x AOC U2868PQU 28" 4K 60Hz 1MS Gaming Widescreen LED Monitor - Black £479.99
1 x Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK - Devil's Canyon Core i7 4790K CPU & Motherboard Bundle **£45 Saving** £356.98
1 x Phanteks Enthoo Primo Full Tower Case £199.99
1 x SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black £129.95
1 x NZXT KRAKEN X60 AIO Water Cooling Unit - 280mm £119.99
1 x Kingston HyperX 16GB (2x8GB) PC3-17100C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Gold (HX21C11BGK2/16-OC) £119.99
1 x Corsair Force LX 2.5" 256GB SATA III MLC 7mm Internal Solid State Drive (CSSD-F256GBLX) £89.99
Total : £2,393.50 (includes shipping : £22.20).

 
I can't thank you enough for your input guys, my intention is to build a system to last me 5 years with maybe just a gpu upgrade so I'm questioning lots before I buy.

is the kraken not worth the extra £40 over the hydro 100i?
 
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