Upgrade question - What to upgrade?

Jagmoide

Jagmoide

Jagmoide

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Hello all,


It's that time again. The community were absolutely amazing when i was building my first rig and hopefully you can step up and help this idiot once more :)


Been awhile since i have had an upgrade, below are my parts:

Sapphire Radeon R9 270 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics
Card

Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz (Sandybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor


Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard


Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000AAKX)


XFX 650W XXX Edition Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply


Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366)


Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX) [KHX1600C9D3X2K2/8GX]




The question is, whats should i upgrade and at what cost? I don't really have a limit but i want to be cost effective. I need the best upgrades at the lowest prices, wonder if you pros can help me.

If you need any more advice give me a shout.
 
It is just for gaming really,

I've started the Witcher 3 and it feels very jumpy and for the overclocking thing i'd be a complete novice. Is it easy to take a stab at? Or am i going to blow the whole thing up?


The SSD I could defo grab at that sort of price.


The graphics card the only thing? I'd hate to buy one and for my ram or motherboard not be able to keep up with it.
 
What card should i get if i had the choice? GTX 970?

Thanks for the responses guys! and i had a little look at the overclocking stuff, scared the hell outta me :(
 
Just purchased

1 x Powercolor Radeon R9 390 PCS+ 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card (AXR9 390 8GBD5-PPDHE)= £229.99
1 x Samsung 250GB 850 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 32 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive (MZ-75E250B/EU)= £59.99

Quick question, what cables will I need for my new Hard drive? I have a spare SATA but can't work out what pin connection ( power ) for my power supply.
 
You are a star! One more question, the Kingston HyperX Savage Red seems to have got bad reviews everywhere I look, can you recommend a different set of 8gb ram?
 
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