Looking for Upgrade advice for new games for under 500$

machinamonster

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I am looking to upgrade my current PC to play upcoming games, here is my current build:
Rosewill REDBONE Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard

XFX Double D HD-685X-ZDFC Radeon HD 6850 1GB 256-bit

Rosewill Xtreme Series RX750-S-B 750W Continuous @40°C ,80 PLUS Certified, ATX12V v2.2 & EPS12V v2.91, SLI Ready CrossFire ...

Intel Core i3-2120 Sandy Bridge 3.3GHz LGA 1155 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 2000 BX80623I32120

G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9D-8GBRL

Western Digital Caviar Blue WD5000AAKX 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive

LITE-ON Internal 24x DVD-Writer Black SATA Model iHAS324-99

also......

Approximate Purchase Date:about 3 or so months

Budget Range: Under 500$ (no rebates)

System Usage from Most to Least Important: (Gaming, genral Web browsing, very light video editing

Are you buying a monitor: Yes

Parts to Upgrade: Anything that might need it

Do you need to buy OS: No

Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Amazon, newegg

Location: Austin, tx

Parts Preferences: none, color coded may be a bit nice

Overclocking: Maybe

SLI or Crossfire: No

Your Monitor Resolution: I want to get a 1920 x 1080 monitor resolution.

Additional Comments: A PC that I can display (not with parts, but style, like a window on the case, LEDs,etc)

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: Want to play BF4, I dont like having to hide my PC, Be able to play more future games for next gen.

Any ideas on what I should upgrade, for under 500$?

 
u have a decent processor but it is likely to bottleneck if u go for such high-end gpu's.
just take a look at these,this might help:
1.monitor-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889354262
2.gpu-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125465
3.cpu cooler-http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099&Tpk=cooler%20master%20hyper%20212%20EVO&IsVirtualParent=1
 


Are there any cheaper monitor solutions?
And can you recomend me a decent case with decent cable managment?
 
yeah i was thinking to recommend u a case. i will provide u a cheaper monitor.

monitor:
1.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16889354262R
or
2.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236205

case:
1.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139008
or
2.http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811139016