Hi all,
I would appreciate your advice on upgrading my PC. I've had advice from here before on upgrading my graphics card, SSD and PSU and the recommendations have always been spot on.
I'm not really sure where to go next to get the most out of my PC. I was thinking a new processor or maybe new motherboard and RAM? Perhaps both are needed, as the computer is getting on a bit, some of the parts are from the original build in 2012. My budget is very flexible, I was thinking <£600, but happy to spend more if worth it.
My build:
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 500 GB SATA 2.5" Internal SSD
Backup HDD: Seagate 2 TB BarraCuda 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive 7200 RPM, 256 MB Cache, SATA 6 Gb/s (just purchased and not installed yet after my old HDD started to fail)
GeForce GTX 970 TURBO OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
Power Supply Superflower Leadex Gold 550W "80 Plus" Power Supply
Processor Cooling INTEL SOCKET LGA1155 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO
1440p Monitor
I would appreciate your advice on upgrading my PC. I've had advice from here before on upgrading my graphics card, SSD and PSU and the recommendations have always been spot on.
I'm not really sure where to go next to get the most out of my PC. I was thinking a new processor or maybe new motherboard and RAM? Perhaps both are needed, as the computer is getting on a bit, some of the parts are from the original build in 2012. My budget is very flexible, I was thinking <£600, but happy to spend more if worth it.
My build:
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i5-2500k Quad Core (3.30GHz, 6MB Cache) + HD Graphics
Motherboard ASUS® P8Z77-V LX: USB 3.0, SATA 6GBs, ATI®CrossFireX
Memory (RAM) 8GB SAMSUNG DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 4GB)
SSD: Samsung 860 EVO 500 GB SATA 2.5" Internal SSD
Backup HDD: Seagate 2 TB BarraCuda 3.5 Inch Internal Hard Drive 7200 RPM, 256 MB Cache, SATA 6 Gb/s (just purchased and not installed yet after my old HDD started to fail)
GeForce GTX 970 TURBO OC 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 12x BLU-RAY ROM DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW
Power Supply Superflower Leadex Gold 550W "80 Plus" Power Supply
Processor Cooling INTEL SOCKET LGA1155 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO
1440p Monitor