Upgrading 2011 Gaming Computer

[Oberman]

Looking to upgrade my gaming computer as it's begun to hit it's limit on some of the newer games even on low settings (eg. Witcher 3). I grabbed this build off Toms Hardware about four and a half years ago and it's run great for me but it's time to replace some parts. I'd like to get another 3-4 years of at least medium-medium high performance out of it. My budget is $800-$1000 and I live in the US.

--Current Setup--
Windows 10
MSI LGA1155/Intel P67A-G43 http://
i5-2500K (Overclocked to 4Ghz) http://
ATI Radeon HD6850 x 2 http://
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 SDRAM (PC3 10666) x 12GB (2x2GB and 2x4GB)
WD 750 GB HDD (Just storage, not a factor)
SSD 120gb for OS but it just turned in to a brick on me
800 watt psu

 

[hang-the-9]

Are you looking to spend less than the budget if you can? Meaning you can re-use your RAM and get a last gen CPU, or you can get a new CPU and spend a bit more on the new DDR4 you need to get.

Also your dual video cards are not that bad even now, if they are working OK, in your case I may want to to a core platform upgrade to a new 1151 motherboard, with an i5-6500 CPU, 8 GB DDR4 RAM, 512 GB SSD. Feel free to get a K CPU if you like and a higher end motherboard, but in my view, overclocking is fun but not usually needed unless you are at the limit of what speed you need from the system. So a $80 instead of a $140 motherboard and a $220 instead of a $250 CPU. Keep the video cards and see how things run. If not well, you can get an nVidia 1070 when they come out.

 

[Oberman]

If possible, I'd definitely like to space out the upgrades. What I'm really hoping to do is identify where some of my bottlenecks are and fix them for now and then do further upgrades in the future. I'll take a closer look at some of the newer motherboards and the 6X00 line of CPUs too.

 

[hang-the-9]

If possible, I'd definitely like to space out the upgrades. What I'm really hoping to do is identify where some of my bottlenecks are and fix them for now and then do further upgrades in the future. I'll take a closer look at some of the newer motherboards and the 6X00 line of CPUs too.

NM, I though you were talking about the 6300 AMD CPUs not the i5 models LOL, wrote out a few paragraphs then realized you must have been talking about the i5-6xxxx models.