Looking to upgrade my rig.

Morgatron151

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Here are the specs for my current rig:

PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower Gold 750w
MOBO: Intel DZ77GAL-70K
CPU: I5-3570k at 3.8ghz
GPU(s): 2x GTX660 sc (SLI)
RAM: 2x Kingston HyperX Red 8gb
C: Intel 330 series 180gb SSD
D: and E: drives are 1 and 2TB HDDs, respectively. Use D: to store games and E: for movies and tv shows.

"Monitor" is my 50" Samsung plasma TV.
Windows 10 Home Pro

Do you guys see any glaring issues with this setup? Anything I could/should upgrade this holiday season to get some better performance? Currently it handles most games at medium/high but it seems most game profiles don't handle the SLI very well.

Right now I'm looking at a 960gb SSD from SanDisk on sale for $199, which seems to be a steal. It would replace my D: drive so I can put my games on an SSD.

Other than that, to upgrade MOBO and make it worth it I would need a new CPU and that would be expensive... trying to avoid that.

Anyway, let me know what you think!
 
While that SSD looks like a great price, it will do little to nothing for your gaming experience.

Instead I would look at upgrading to a fast single GPU. Upgrading the CPU/Motherboard would be a bad idea IMO --- no performance gains at all from that system to the latest.
 


I would argue it would decrease load times. Would be especially nice for Fallout 4, as my loads seem to take forever right now. Yeah the GPU upgrade seems to be where I would really need to focus. Thanks for your input!