What can I upgrade?

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1 x Intel Core i7-4770K 3.50GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail

2 x MSI HD 7950 Twin Frozr III Boost Edition 3072MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card **NEW REVISION** with FREE GAMES

1 x Gigabyte Z87X-OC Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard

1 x Samsung 250GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gb/s Basic - (MZ-7TE250BW)

1 x 1TB HD

1 x Samsung Blu ray rewriter

1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-17000C11 2133MHz Dual Channel Kit (PV38G213C1K)

1 x Thermalright True Spirit 140 BW Cooler

1 x XFX ProSeries (XXX Edition) 850W

1 x Fractal Design ARC Miditower R2 Side Window

1 x 27" 2560 x 1440p IPS screen
 
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First thing I would be is un install win 8 haha..

And go with an amd 280x, 290 or 290x over two 7950
It you must get 7950's dont get boost cards the stock ones are better
 
Nice system. The only things id look into getting are a big dual tower air cooler, (cheaper than clc, less to go wrong, cools the same) and perhaps a new gpu. 290 on the amd side or a gtx 780 on the nvidia side. No point in spending massive amounts of cash on the 290x/780ti for the little they gain over the cheaper cards.
 
Wouldn't bother grabbing a h100i if you already have a decent air cooler. The 4tb drive is only worth it if you need the space, i personally wont know what to do with 2tb, while some people on here seem to hoard files onto their 20tb home file servers!

Only thing i would consider is upping 7950's to a 290 but only if the games you play don't support Crossfire but enjoy the GPU grunt. Selling up these 7950's are not as easy as they were a few months back but you still get decent cash for them and second hand 290s or even B-grade ones are dirt cheap!

You could splash a bit of cash on some nice colour co-ordinated power cables and lights. Show off your new piece of work that is not only useful but flashy :cool:

Maybe a fan controller if you want an easy way to control heat and noise and dont like using software.

Or maybe... Custom watercooling.
*Muwahahaha the seed of water has been planted, see you in the other sub section!*
 
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Honestly, there is no point bumping your thread.

For the platform you are on, you are maxing out what is possible without spending lots of money for very little gain.

The best way to look at it objectively to find where its falling short. If you are just gaming, then splash on some serious gpu grunt. If you are rendering and need more cores, consider changing to the x99 platform. If you arent satisfied with screen real estate, get Eyefinity or 4k.

What im saying is you need to state the problems because we cant make you happy if we dont know what makes you unhappy :)
 
Don't waste your money, that kit will last you many years until you notice you can't run a game on high not averaging 60fps.

Save your money up until something worth while releases.
 
the only part of the system this i would change would be the 7950. add a second card or add a r9 290/x,

7950's are slowing now with games, i dropped mine a few months ago when i got stepping in battlefield
 
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What im saying is you need to state the problems because we cant make you happy if we dont know what makes you unhappy :)
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I want to get the best possible FPS on 1440K I can play on high/ultra with some options turned down atm.

What about Haswell-E? will my motherboard be compatible?

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7950's are slowing now with games, i dropped mine a few months ago when i got stepping in battlefield
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I got crossfire I can run battlefield on ultra with some extra settings set off I am thinking of waiting for next years nvidias offering
 
AMD's new cards on the brink, so you could grab one of them.
Overclock your 4770k, no need to upgrade that at all.

Just GPU grunt might be the only decent upgrade.
 
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