Upgrade or new build?

Broco

Broco

Broco

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Hello!

Its come to that time where i'm looking to spend a bit of cash on my old gaming system. Iv spent a couple of hundred here and there over the years but now its really not cutting it with new games so i'm thinking its time to have a serious upgrade or rebuild.

At the moment i have:

MSI Z77A-G43 Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
i5 3750k (currently with stock fan and overclocked by the mobo OCgenie II)
Geforce GTX 460 superclocked v2
2 x 4gb Corsair Vengeance low profile
Antec High Current Gamer 400W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
2 x very old HDD (8 years +)
1 x very old very cramped case

So as far as an upgrade goes i was thinking i keep the mobo, cpu, possibly the ram and maybe the psu? Replace the HDD's with 1 SSD and 1 HDD, the 460 with a 1060 or should i fork out for the 1070?

Or if i'm going to need to replace the mobo and cpu in the near future anyway do i just build a whole new system?

Looking to spend around £750-£1000 more if needed, any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
 
you still have a very capable CPU first thing I would do is ditch the stock cooler and get an aftermarket cooler on there.

what overclock are you running? how is the temps? I would also consider overclocking it within the bios.

you say a very cramped case. what is it?
what games are you looking to play? what resolution are you running at?
 
Cool i'll have a mooch at some coolers

Not completely sure to be honest, the OCGenie is a bios program you can turn on that overclocks the CPU and changes it on the fly depending on temps etc...or at least that's what i read :D so i went with that rather than fiddling around and ruining something. Not had any problems with temps with it on though

not sure of the make i had it given to me. Its a tower case but the 460 extends from the one end and butts up against the HDD casing area, i also cant get the side on as it has some funnel thing to improve the airflow for the CPU that doesn't fit with the stock fan on.

Definitely want to play BF1 + a couple of upcoming high end games. run most things at 1200
 
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