PC Upgrade: Which parts first?

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Hi all, I'm looking to bit by bit upgrade my PC. What do people here recommend I upgrade first? Here are the specs:

CPU: Intel Core i5 CPU 750 @ 2.67GHz
Motherboard: P7P55D EVO
RAM: 16GB Corsair DDR3
GPU: Radeon HD 5870

I don't really want to spend anymore than £600.

Thanks,

Mike

EDIT: So this is primarily for gaming.
 
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13thmonkey
The i5 is not brilliant, but it'll do. The problem you have is that your ram is probably 1.65V, if it doesn't have a 1.5V profile then you can't use it on a modern system, which means that cpu, mobo and ram needs to be replaced, the GPU is now weak.

So therefore I would get a better GPU, but keep in mind that you will need a new cpu/mobo/ram in the near future to take advantage of the GPU. A 280 or 760/770 would be nice and good for 1080p gaming and give you an immediate boost, upgrading the cpu/mobo/ram first would give you a smaller boost for a larger outlay.
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The i5 is not brilliant, but it'll do. The problem you have is that your ram is probably 1.65V, if it doesn't have a 1.5V profile then you can't use it on a modern system, which means that cpu, mobo and ram needs to be replaced, the GPU is now weak.

So therefore I would get a better GPU, but keep in mind that you will need a new cpu/mobo/ram in the near future to take advantage of the GPU. A 280 or 760/770 would be nice and good for 1080p gaming and give you an immediate boost, upgrading the cpu/mobo/ram first would give you a smaller boost for a larger outlay.
 
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hpte this helped!
 
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Thank you. This is my memory if it helps:

DIMM # 1
SMBus address 0x50
Memory type DDR3
Module format UDIMM
Manufacturer (ID) Corsair (7F7F9E0000000000)
Size 4096 MBytes
Max bandwidth PC3-10700H (667 MHz)
Part number CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9
Serial number 00000ACD
Number of banks 8
Nominal Voltage 1.50 Volts
EPP no
XMP yes
XMP revision 1.2
AMP no
JEDEC timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC @ frequency
JEDEC #1 6.0-6-6-16-23 @ 444 MHz
JEDEC #2 7.0-7-7-19-27 @ 518 MHz
JEDEC #3 8.0-8-8-22-30 @ 592 MHz
JEDEC #4 9.0-9-9-24-34 @ 666 MHz
XMP profile XMP-1600
Specification PC3-12800
Voltage level 1.500 Volts
Min Cycle time 1.250 ns (800 MHz)
Max CL 9.0
Min tRP 11.25 ns
Min tRCD 11.25 ns
Min tWR 15.00 ns
Min tRAS 30.00 ns
Min tRC 50.63 ns
Min tRFC 160.00 ns
Min tRTP 7.50 ns
Min tRRD 7.50 ns
Command Rate 2T
XMP timings table CL-tRCD-tRP-tRAS-tRC-CR @ frequency (voltage)
XMP #1 6.0-6-6-16-27-2T @ 533 MHz (1.500 Volts)
XMP #2 9.0-9-9-24-41-2T @ 800 MHz (1.500 Volts)
 
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Thanks very much for that. Very helpful
 
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so you can reuse your ram in next build.
you might have enough budget to get a 760/770 and a cpu/mobo combo.

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and throw in an SSD.
 
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