I am planning to upgrade my Unit, Please Help.

[epilamda]

I am planning to upgrade my Unit

Here are my specs:
Proce: Intel core i5 2310 @2.9Ghz Lga 1155
Mobo: Intel Dh61ww Lga1155
Gpu: Xfx radeon 6670 1gb Ddr3
Ram: Corsair 2x4gb 1333 Mhz
Hdd: (1) 500gb (1) 320gb (1) 80gb
Ssd: Corsair Force 60gb (Bootdrive)
Psu: Driving force 600w (Standard PSU)


Can someone tell me what should i upgrade? For gaming purposes
Thanks

 

[ZeusGamer]

First of all, how much is your budget? Also, which country do you live in? That way we can give an accurate price for item recommendations.

 

[rhysiam]

Honestly, with 8GB of RAM and a Sandy Bridge quad core processor you've got a decent enough base. The main thing holding you back at the moment is that video card. BUT, I also have a big question mark on the power supply. Is "Driving Force" really the brand name? Any more information on the unit (a model number).

With a good video card you'd have a solid, mid range gaming machine. But I'm concerned about putting a power-hungry video card on that PSU.

+1 also for ZeusGamer's question. Budget would help.

 

[epilamda]

First of all, how much is your budget? Also, which country do you live in? That way we can give an accurate price for item recommendations.

Im sorry Im from philippines and my budget is 15,000. Can u suugest anything that will fit in my budget? Thanks

 

[Ace251091]

The first and foremost thing you need to upgrade is your power supply. Never cheap out on the power supply since it's what your system's based upon for power. Get a decent unit from Seasonic,Superflower,Antec or XFX. Then you should upgrade your card. Since you originally went with AMD get an R9 270X or 280X(prices have dropped quite a lot since the release of Nvidia's 900 series) and you should see a moderate performance increase. Then you should upgrade your CPU and get an i5 3570K or perhaps a second hand i7 3770K in good condition.(only if you get a good deal). You will experience a slight performance increase with 3570K and a quite a big increase with the 3770K. Hope I helped

 

[epilamda]

Honestly, with 8GB of RAM and a Sandy Bridge quad core processor you've got a decent enough base. The main thing holding you back at the moment is that video card. BUT, I also have a big question mark on the power supply. Is "Driving Force" really the brand name? Any more information on the unit (a model number).

With a good video card you'd have a solid, mid range gaming machine. But I'm concerned about putting a power-hungry video card on that PSU.

+1 also for ZeusGamer's question. Budget would help.

I think my Psu is only generic or standard. Its only label is "Driving force/ DF600".

 

[Ace251091]

Honestly, with 8GB of RAM and a Sandy Bridge quad core processor you've got a decent enough base. The main thing holding you back at the moment is that video card. BUT, I also have a big question mark on the power supply. Is "Driving Force" really the brand name? Any more information on the unit (a model number).

With a good video card you'd have a solid, mid range gaming machine. But I'm concerned about putting a power-hungry video card on that PSU.

+1 also for ZeusGamer's question. Budget would help.

I think my Psu is only generic or standard. Its only label is "Driving force/ DF600".

UPGRADE UPGRADE UPGRADE !!!

 

[ZeusGamer]

Yeah, I'm from the Philippines too, migrated in USA on '06. Anyway, I would suggest you to do what others have said, upgrade the power supply first, then you need to change your GPU.

 

[rhysiam]

Task 1: Get a new PSU - 550+ W from any of the brands Ace suggested above
Task 2: Spend the rest of your money on the best video card you can afford.

IMHO it's just not worth upgrading your CPU. Your motherboard is on a H61 chipset, which means overclocking is not an option so there's absolutely no point going for any of the "K" series processors.

The question is really, in which games and under what circumstances will your CPU not be capable of maintaining at least 60fps... the answer (IMHO) is very, few games and in very few circumstances. Tom's CPU hierarchy puts that processor at the top of the table alongside the $1000 5960K and a category above even the top-tier AMD CPUs: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-review-overclock,3106-5.html
Of course, that's hardly an exact science, but it's indicative of the reality that with a modern (Sandy Bridge or later) Intel quad core CPU, you're very, very rarely CPU bound in games.

Put your money into a PSU and graphics card for sure. If you have money left over my personal suggestion would be to consolidate your storage (get a 250GB SSD and a 1TB + HDD) before I'd start upgrading CPU or GPU.

 

[Ace251091]

Yeah as rhysiam mentioned above it's a good idea to upgrade your storage as well and leave the CPU for now , and get a 120 GB SSD, it's affordable due to the recent drop in ssd prices. Backup your old data,format and sell your old ssd and get a new one.