Upgrade help

fenton296

fenton296

fenton296

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Hye guys,

So I recently won a Nvidia 980ti and I'm wondering what id need to upgrade on my system to efficiently use it. This is my current system, I also want to upgrade my processor to an i7 soon too to prevent bottlenecking with my new card.

- Case: Antec 300 Gaming Case w/ Green LED Fans
- Power Supply: OCZ ZS 650W Power Supply
- CPU: Intel Core i3 2100 3.10GHz Clarkdale
- Motherboard: Intel H61(Socket 1155) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
- Cooler: Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
- RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
- Hard Drive: 500GB HDD
- Graphics Card: Nvidia 560ti Series DX11 Compatible Graphics Cards
- Sound: Onboard 7.1 Audio
- Optical Drive: LG DVD+/-RW SATA Drive

Thanks in advance guys :)
Dan
 
I've not really thought about it tbh. I was just wondering what I'd need to upgrade to get it to work. I'm in America just now and I will be for Black Friday time (I might die) so I can pick stuff up pretty cheap. I intend on getting an i7 so just wondering what else I'd NEED to upgrade to get it running :)

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Nah I didn't think the i5 would bottleneck me I just wanted to upgrade the 2 pieces of kit to the same level. When I originally planned to upgrade I hadn't won the card so I had got told that I needed to upgrade from an i3 as to not bottleneck a better card. I was just going for the best processor as to make it last longer :)
 
I mean if you all think the i5 would be fine then there's probably no point in spending the extra cash. Would the i5 last for the next 3 or so years?
 
I'll see how much I can get for cheap on Black Friday. My aim for this upgrade is to not have to upgrade it for a few years. I'll probably try pick up SSD too now that they are a bit cheaper
 
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