what should i upgrade next , plus watercooling?

[Christurbo]

hi guys this is what i have atm.

VTX3D HD 7870 Black Boost Edition 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge)
Kingston 120GB SSDNow V+200 Drive SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Hard Drive
Cooler Master CM-690 II Advanced USB3.0 Windowed Dominator Case
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Western Digital Caviar Red 1TB SATA 6Gb/s
Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Adata XPG Gaming v1.0 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz
Alpenföhn Matterhorn Pure Edition CPU Cooler


Thinking off going watercooled but as cheap as possible really as i know there pricey.

also is it worth adding another 2 sticks off 4gb ram?

im not overclocked atm but wanting to thats why im thinking watercooled.

anything anyone would recommend or advice?

chris

 

[Doomedspeed]

Hi there,

Just a few questions.

What do you use your PC for? Gaming, video editing, CAD?

Is your pc struggling with your uses?

I think custom watercooling is a bit of a waste of money unless you do a CPU and GPU loop.

As for upgrades I think you could upgrade your 7870, though it depends on your budget or whether or not its struggling?

 

[dacads]

New GPU definitely an R9 280X or 290 would make a nice upgrade or maybe another 7870 which can be had for around £90 used but you'd require a new PSU!

 

[Christurbo]

Hi guys mainly movies and youtube, and photoshop cs6
Gaming wise ive started getting back into it and play dayz , spin tires , the gf plays sims but think thats about it
Ive seen that my gpu can be overclocked wonder if its worth giving that a go .
at times on spins tires I have all the settings on high , I know its only a demo game atm but it does run it fine normally
Except when I try to fast forward the time
It does glitch now and then but apprently thats a commen thing

Chris

 

[ExRayTed]

If you want to overclock a good air cooler makes more financial sense than watercooling and you already have one of those.

Also, for your uses I'd say you don't need to upgrade. Maybe get a bigger / better monitor or treat yourself to a mechanical keyboard?

 

[Christurbo]

Have a mechanical keyboard and have pc running on a 37inch led samsung smart tv lol

I have a fairly decent aircooler so I thought anyway
but still runs quite high
Alpenföhn*Matterhorn