Upgrade time - advice required

chalkster

chalkster

chalkster

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Hi all,

Last upgraded gaming PC about 5 years ago so it's long overdue an upgrade. Current setup is:

Processor: Intel Sandybridge i5-2500K 3.3GHz overclocked to 4.4GHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte P67A-UD4-B3
Memory: 4GB CORSAIR XMS3 DDR3 1600MHz
Graphics: MSI ATI Radeon HD 6950 2048MB GDDR5 (v1 card using firmware upgrade to run as 6970)
Drives: OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB SSD - OS and other main programs
500GB HDD & 1TB HDD - Steam/music/documents etc.
Power Supply: OCZ StealthXStream 600W
Case: Antec 900 Gaming Case

Getting married later this year so money is tight(ish) so hoping that you think that the CPU will last a bit longer. What are your opinions?

My thoughts are to upgrade graphics card and chuck in some more RAM and get a bigger SSD as it's getting full. Is it worth getting a SSHD to replace the HDDs?

Hoping to get a new case and PSU too as I'd like some front USB3 ports and get a new PSU to get rid of all those superflous cables and tidy up the case internals.

Budget around the £500 mark. Your suggestions and comments please
 
Cases are a bit of a personal choice , 16gb of ram because its os cheap at the moment.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £516.15
(includes shipping: £13.20)
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Managed to get a bit more money (budget now around 750) so got the following in my basket. What are your thoughts?

My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £741.88
(includes shipping: £0.00)
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I don't think replacing HDD with SSDD worth it. You already have 60GB, and you are planning on making it bigger, that's good. I think you must add some more RAM in your system. Rest of it is just fine.
 
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