What should I upgrade?

George Hincapie

George Hincapie

George Hincapie

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I have had the system below for a while now and feel I'd like to upgrade some or all of it, but I have no idea what is still decent and what's past it.

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W)
Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Memory Kit (CML8GX3M2B1600C11)
AMD Radeon HD7800 Series

No budget set, happy to spend what is needed. I'm just not sure if I need to upgrade the video card or more than that. I play Eve and similar MMOs.

TIA.
 
I would prefer Radeon, simply because that's what I've always used. I game at 1920x1080 and as mentioned would ideally like to run two monitors from one card. I think around £300 would be the most I'd want to pay for the video card.

I've had a look and found this - would it be up to the job?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-269-MS

As regards my PSU, it's a 500W OCZ. Is that OK or does that also need replacing?

I am not using the stock cooler, I have the BeQuiet Dark Rock 2 CPU Cooler, but the system is running at stock.
 
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Yes it's the 7870 I have. Thanks for the comparison - that looks great. Also compared the 290X against the GTX970 and it seemed overall that they were fairly similar.

The PSU gives 18A in each of 12V1 and 12V2. Is that enough? Or should I buy something bigger?
 
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