should i upgrade anything

[SGT_Schmidt]

i built my first gaming pc a little over 2 years ago and was wondering if i should look into upgrading anything to keep my system current it currently runs strong but with all the advancments in the industry of computers im wondeirng if now is a good time to upgrade and if so what should i upgrade

Case: Thermaltake chaser MK-1
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz
Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0
VGA: 2x ASUS ENGTX560 TI 256bit 1GB in SLI
HDD: 1 128GB SSD boot drive and a 1TB 7200rpm data drive
RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600
PSU: 1000watt

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated thank you

 

[skipyC]

Your PC is good in my opinion i have a 5870 and i will wait until AMD releases 8000 series so i'll see which GPU is better for the money. But you got SLI so i think you are good.

 

[drewhoo]

Yeah... 2 560 Ti's in SLI is still pretty strong. I think you would be wise to skip the Kepler cards and get a Maxwell architecture (800 series) card as your upgrade. There's nothing wrong with Kepler, it's just that you got a high end Fermi solution very close to Kepler's launch that should stay valuable until Maxwell releases.

Here is your processor against the best i5 on the market..
http://www.cpu-world.com/Compare/458/AMD_Phenom_II_X6_1100T_vs_Intel_Core_i5_i5-4670K.html

I'm not sure whether I'd wait until Steamroller or Excavator to upgrade your CPU.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

i built my first gaming pc a little over 2 years ago and was wondering if i should look into upgrading anything to keep my system current it currently runs strong but with all the advancments in the industry of computers im wondeirng if now is a good time to upgrade and if so what should i upgrade

Case: Thermaltake chaser MK-1
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz, 3.7GHz
Motherboard: ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0
VGA: 2x ASUS ENGTX560 TI 256bit 1GB in SLI
HDD: 1 128GB SSD boot drive and a 1TB 7200rpm data drive
RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600
PSU: 1000watt

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated thank you

You have a really decent system, and I'm envious in some ways. (my own system is 5 years old, and I'm screaming for upgrades haha )

Yes, your system is potent, and with the 560ti SLI I'm sure your pumping out nice FPS.
Saying that, and purely from an objective point of view. For newer games, like FC3, Crysis 3, and BF4 if your playing beyond 1080p, your gonna be pushing the limits of vram, if you haven't already. BF3 at 1080 uses over1.2gb of vram. So maybe an upgrade to a GTX760 2gb would stop a potential vram bottleneck, and give you decent playability in those newer title.
But it's not a necessaity, just an option.

 

[SGT_Schmidt]

what upgrading the processor to something like this AMD A10-6800K Richland thoughts?

 

[SGT_Schmidt]

then again if i did that i believe id have to change motherboards

 

[drewhoo]

A-series CPUs are intended for folks who aren't going to use discrete graphics cards. They are a poor value for someone who already has a GPU.

 

[SGT_Schmidt]

Would I be better off for gaming if i switched to Intel 3570k and if so whtas a good mobo for that cpu

 

[drewhoo]

Not worth it in my opinion. Your CPU may be inferior to the i5 in single-threaded performance, but that's going to become less relevant soon: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-future-proofing-your-pc-for-next-gen

 

[SGT_Schmidt]

Very interesting read so basically if i should do anything it should b upgrade vid and to 8350 8core u think what 6gigs video?

 

[drewhoo]

Very interesting read so basically if i should do anything it should b upgrade vid and to 8350 8core u think what 6gigs video?

No, your current CPU is very close in performance to 8350, besides those changes won't come into play for about a year, I think. It would be best to get the Steamroller or Excavator 8 core when they come out. The 8350 still doesn't perform quite like it should in Crysis 3.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/crysis-3-performance-benchmark-gaming,3451-8.html

As you can see, they minimum FPS for Crysis 3 on the 8350 is lower than it ought to be. I imagine those details will be smoothed out with the next architecture, but it would be worth it to wait and see if that article is correct.

 

[SGT_Schmidt]

So basically what I have is plenty good for next year or so

 

[SGT_Schmidt]

what do you think would be a fair price to ask for this set-up?

 

[SGT_Schmidt]

thinkin about selling to a friend and starting over for the fun of it so wondering what you guys think is a fair price to ask for this set up