Upgrade GPU, CPU or RAM

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Hello all,

I am contemplating, seeing as i've been paid I thought i'd splash out a bit of cash on a minor upgrade. I've got a small budget of around £500 for an upgrade. However sadly I've decided to include the thrustmaster warthog joystick as part of my upgrade as i've got the old X52 which just, isn't cutting it...

Anyway. This leaves me with around 200 ish for an upgrade. Let's just keep the numbers whole for the time being.

Right, so. My system build is getting dated now and I do intend to play BF3 when it get's released. I will no doubt be upgrading the other components closer the time to get a feel for the game then, If I need to.

System specs:

AMD 950 OC'd to 3.8Ghz
4GB Corsair Dominator Ram
Saphire ATI 5850 1GB
OCZ 700 Watt PSU

And the other standard system components...

so, I was thinking of upgrading the RAM mainly from 4gb to 8gb... Maybe this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-295-CS

Or would this be better:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-113-MS&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1752

Maybe even a CPU upgrade instead?

Also while we're at it, has anyone had experience with the Thrustmaster Warthog joystick and is it much preferred over the X52?
 
£300 for a joystick, wow that's some serious cash. Anyway, no point upping the ram for games, 4GB is more than enough. Graphics card is fine so that leaves the CPU. Would it be completely outrageous to suggest an Intel P67 board and i5-2500k and spend a little less on the joystick :D I suspect not! You can get the i5-2500k for about £160 and a P67 board for about £110 so close(ish) to budget even with uber-joystick, since you can probably get that for about £275.

MSI P67A-GD53 Intel P67 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
 
lrlcr said:
I'd just slap another 5850 in. Should make it a pokey little system and possibly an ssd as well
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Will I be able to get away with the 700 Watt PSU for two 5850's or would I need to update the PSU as well?

Also to the former poster, would an I5 see a considerable upgrade over the 955?
 
I think you'll see a large difference, especially considering how easy a good overclock is. More to the point you'll see more value for your money getting an i5-2500k rather than another AMD that will fir your existing board. The main question is what the upgrade is hoping to achieve, if you think you are GPU limited go crossfire with another 5850 (your PSU should be fine for that), if you are CPU limited then go sandybridge, or if it can wait a bit, see what bulldozer or Ivybridge can do.
 
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