Upgrade?

Donny84 · 25 Nov 2016 at 19:54

YOUR BASKET
1 x Gigabyte ATi Radeon HD 7950 Windforce 3X 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card with Crysis 3 & Bioshock PC Games £259.99
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £89.99
1 x BeQuiet Pure Power L8 530W '80 Plus Bronze' Modular Power Supply - With 120mm Silent Wing Fan Built in £66.95
1 x Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black £54.98
1 x Logitech G500 5700DPI Gaming Mouse (910-001262) £39.98
1 x Avexir Core Blue Series 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (AVD3U16000904G-2CW) - Blue Light £37.99
1 x Thermalright Macho 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £29.99
1 x OcUK 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
1 x Akasa USB 3.0 SuperSpeed Memory Card Reader - (AK-ICR-13) £13.99
Total : £800.84 (includes shipping : FREE).

Hi guys!
I've currently got the above build which I bought about 3 years ago.
Was wondering if you'd recommend any possible upgrades. I use my rig 95% of the time for gaming and want to keep it up to date so I can keep playing on max graphics.
I already have an SSD which I bought not long after I bought the above.
At the very least, I defo want a new case since my 2 year old has destroyed my current one

P.S. basket was copied from my original post from 3 years ago, prices are not up to date.

wedrum · 25 Nov 2016 at 19:56

a gpu upgrade to a gtx 1070 depending on your budget.
also an ssd if you dont already have one.

Donny84 · 25 Nov 2016 at 19:59

wedrum said:
a gpu upgrade to a gtx 1070 depending on your budget.
also an ssd if you dont already have one.

Yeh I just edited my post to include the ssd which I bought seperately

Donny84 · 25 Nov 2016 at 20:01

I would probably be willing to spend around £500 in total

ExRayTed · 25 Nov 2016 at 21:19

Overclock the CPU, so get a decent cooler if you don't already have one. Once that's done the only real upgrade you need is a GPU. As mentioned above the 1070 is a good shout. Your case has 290mm of clearance so most 1070s will fit fine.

If you wanted to spend a bit more then another 8gb of RAM would help.

Donny84 · 26 Nov 2016 at 00:52

ExRayTed said:
Overclock the CPU, so get a decent cooler if you don't already have one. Once that's done the only real upgrade you need is a GPU. As mentioned above the 1070 is a good shout. Your case has 290mm of clearance so most 1070s will fit fine.

If you wanted to spend a bit more then another 8gb of RAM would help.

I've already got the CPU overclocked at 3.8ghz without adjusting the voltage.
I don't feel comfortable messing with it too much, don't really know how much to adjust it by.
I suppose I could get the gpu and ram. which of the 1070s would you recommend?

Purgatory · 26 Nov 2016 at 02:17

As above a 1070 and another 8GB RAM is all you need if you have a decent SSD.

wedrum · 26 Nov 2016 at 12:22

a bit more speed out of the cpu would help but at 3.8ghz its still good.
get a gtx 1070 and another 8gb of ram.

Donny84 · 27 Nov 2016 at 03:06

Ok, but the problem is, with my current case and components theres not much room for ram, I was told to get low profile ram and someone told me to get the Avexir ones that are in the above basket.
So, which should i get? My current Ram is 1600MHz, should i change it out for 16GB of 2400MHz?
Also, which of the 1070s should I get? Which is best value for money?

I'm clueless when it comes to putting components together...