Upgrade advice

roastbeeef · 30 May 2015 at 14:03

Hi,

I've recently gone down the avenue of trying to replace my gaming PC with a laptop and subsequently backtracked and I'm now going to spend some money on bringing my PC up to date a bit. I'd like a bit of advice on what I should be prioritising to get a better gaming performance - both buying new hardware and overclocking what I've already got.

My PC specs are as follows:
i5 2500k @ 3.3ghz
ASUS P8Z68-V
8GB Kingston PC3-12800 DDR3
2x ATI Radeon 5850 Xfire
60gb SSD / 1TB storage

I'm thinking the CPU is probably fine (unless you tell me otherwise) and I was thinking about replacing the two 5850's with a single MSI GTX970
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-259-MS

Replacing my 60gb SSD with a 240gb Kingston drive:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HD-033-KS&groupid=701&catid=2104

and maybe upgrading my ram and getting 16gb as well... thoughts?

setter · 30 May 2015 at 14:07

Good idea on the gpu front and a larger capacity ssd. 8gb though is still plenty of ram for gaming. Which cpu cooler do you currently have, if a decent one overclocking the cpu will give a boost too.

wellibob · 30 May 2015 at 14:08

Get a 970 and a new 240 ssd and clock that cpu to over 4 gig and your golden. Unless your into video editing 8 gig ram is plenty.

roastbeeef · 30 May 2015 at 14:14

ok. I'll stick with the RAM I've got for the time being then.

I'm using an akasa venom to cool the CPU at the moment

setter · 30 May 2015 at 14:17

Cooler should be fine for that cpu as sandybridge runs pretty cool compared to later Intel cpu's.

roastbeeef · 30 May 2015 at 14:34

Just checked the BIOS and I don't have it at 3.3 - I've got it at 4.3 anyway. Just the simple job of HDD data transfer and installation of graphics card then. piece of cake

setter · 30 May 2015 at 14:43

Id back up all your games, docs etc and do a fresh windows install on the new ssd, always a small free boost too.