I'm having trouble on what I should do for the next step to upgrade my PC.

GMj0sh

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Basically the title says all. I have a prebuilt PC that's about 3 years old. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883229437 This is it.
So I've already upgraded the GPU to the GeForce GTX 960 2GB. The power supply is now 600W. The ram is now 16gb. But I haven't done anything to the motherboard nor processor (I'm still a bit new to this area). But for the motherboard and/or the processor, I would have no idea what to get.

Thank you for taking your time and reading this.
 
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First thing I would do is slap an SSD in there and reinstall windows.

Next would be a new monitor (depending on your current one) and possibly a a new video card such as a 1070 or RX490 (when it releases).

That CPU will run a new video card with little bottleneck. It works for now. An SSD and video card would show more improvement over a new CPU.
First thing I would do is slap an SSD in there and reinstall windows.

Next would be a new monitor (depending on your current one) and possibly a a new video card such as a 1070 or RX490 (when it releases).

That CPU will run a new video card with little bottleneck. It works for now. An SSD and video card would show more improvement over a new CPU.
 
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I have an AOC E2752she, I know nothing about SSD but I'll research and look into it. Thank you. Because I had no idea where to go from there.
 
An RX480 would give you 60fps at 1080p and max out your monitor. It's the best value going for 60FPS at 1080p.

An SSD would just speed up the overall usefulness of the computer for booting, and clicking around windows and files, and loading programs. Just turns it into a snappy system.
 


Aren't they expensive though? And would I have to replace the ssd with my hard drive? I saw some that were pretty expensive for a good amount of storage. Oh and by the way, what brand would be best for purchasing the RX480?
 
An SSD isn't bad. $120 for a 250GB is plenty. A Samsung 850 Evo would be the best buy. What you do is install windows and all programs on the SSD, and use the hard drive for storage.

For the video card the better brands for AMD are Asus, Gigabyte, Sapphire, EVGA. I would wait a bit if possible and pick up a custom manufacturers build. Right now they are only reference design cards.