Advice for upgrades to my gaming rig.

[Smit7y]

Here is my current rig
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jPxNFT

I just use the computer mainly to game at times. (SWTOR, World of Warcraft, Skyrim ) its Been several yrs since i made any note worthy changes to the rig. I do some video editing at times but the computer is for gaming mainly. Now i am ready to make some upgrades.

All suggestions welcome and a brief explanation to why you would chose to change this or that.
Thanks

 

[Calculagator]

In my opinion, the only thing really worth upgrading is the disk. Moving to an SSD is will dramatically improve how fast your system feels. With 256GB drives costing less than $100 it's the best upgrade for the money.
The rest of your system is pretty well balanced, you would get some benefit from a better GPU and CPU, but I would save your money until either the next big CPU update (from Intel) or the next big GPU update and basically build a new system.

 

[pjgmaster]

Here is my current rig
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jPxNFT

I just use the computer mainly to game at times. (SWTOR, World of Warcraft, Skyrim ) its Been several yrs since i made any note worthy changes to the rig. I do some video editing at times but the computer is for gaming mainly. Now i am ready to make some upgrades.

All suggestions welcome and a brief explanation to why you would chose to change this or that.
Thanks

Can you be more specific on your budget range for upgrades? it'd be more helpful if I knew how much you would spend on an upgrade.

 

[Smit7y]

In my opinion, the only thing really worth upgrading is the disk. Moving to an SSD is will dramatically improve how fast your system feels. With 256GB drives costing less than $100 it's the best upgrade for the money.
The rest of your system is pretty well balanced, you would get some benefit from a better GPU and CPU, but I would save your money until either the next big CPU update (from Intel) or the next big GPU update and basically build a new system.

Yes thanks i should have been more specific. My current SSD kicked the bucket. Kingston 256gb i believe. I was looking at making a few upgrades since i have it apart now. After doing some reading i was considering maybe swapping over to intel and upgrading the graphics card. Just not sure what would be best with the intel part.

 

[Smit7y]

Budget range say 1200. no more that will give me a few options for intel swap over i hope.

 

[pjgmaster]

In my opinion, the only thing really worth upgrading is the disk. Moving to an SSD is will dramatically improve how fast your system feels. With 256GB drives costing less than $100 it's the best upgrade for the money.
The rest of your system is pretty well balanced, you would get some benefit from a better GPU and CPU, but I would save your money until either the next big CPU update (from Intel) or the next big GPU update and basically build a new system.

Yes thanks i should have been more specific. My current SSD kicked the bucket. Kingston 256gb i believe. I was looking at making a few upgrades since i have it apart now. After doing some reading i was considering maybe swapping over to intel and upgrading the graphics card. Just not sure what would be best with the intel part.

probably a msi z97 gaming 5 motherboard. Anything from a i5 4690k to a i7 4790k will go with it (depending how much you are will willing to spend)

GPU, anything from a gtx 770 to a gtx 970 will be a very noticeable difference from your current one (again depending on how much you are willing to spend)

 

[Smit7y]

Here is my current rig
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/jPxNFT

I just use the computer mainly to game at times. (SWTOR, World of Warcraft, Skyrim ) its Been several yrs since i made any note worthy changes to the rig. I do some video editing at times but the computer is for gaming mainly. Now i am ready to make some upgrades.
Budget range say $1200

All suggestions welcome and a brief explanation to why you would chose to change this or that.
Thanks

Can you be more specific on your budget range for upgrades? it'd be more helpful if I knew how much you would spend on an upgrade.