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Upgrading, I need help

Ceck22

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I am new this type of fourm, so please excuse me if I have placed this thread in the place.

Back in 2013 I was given a new PC for my birthday, now its 2015 I think its time for me to start upgrading some specs within side the unit.

First let start by listening the components

CPU: Intel Core I7-3370 3.4ghz Processor - Ivy Bridge
Motherboard: Asus P8 H61-M LX3 R2.0 Motherboard Socket 115
RAM: 4GB DDR3 1333MHz Memory.
Case: ThermaltakeV4 MID TOWER CASE BLACK EDITION - NO PSU
Harddrive INTEL 120GB Solid State Hardrive
Hardrive: Seagate 1TB SATA3 Hardrive
Optical Drive: LG BH14nS40 Blu ray burner
Wrieless Card TP link WN781N 150M wireless PCI -E Card
Graphics Card: ASUS GTX660 DC2 2GB VIDEO CARD
Cooling: Deep Cool Gamma 200 CPU Cooler Intel
Operating System: Windows 10
Power Supply: 650W Thermaltake

So those are what is currently in the system a friend had convinced me out of buying a whole new rig and said mine is decent.

The three main things I would like to upgrade are the Case the system is in and graphics card also the ram.

Case: Thermaltake Black Core V51 CA-1C6-00M1WN-00 USB
3.0 Mid Tower Case without PSU

Memory: >> Kingston HyperX FURY Blue HX316C10FK2/16 16G Kit (8
Gx2) DDR3 1600MHz Desktop Ram

GPU: 4G GTX 980 Asus-STRIX

Would my this be a decent and doable upgrade for my system with moving everything to a different case while keeping the same power supply, CPU, motherboard etc?


I just want to thank you for any advice you can give on this matter.
 
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The GTX 980 is one of those cards that I have trouble recommending. The GTX 970 is a good deal cheaper, and not all that much slower, and the GTX 980ti is more expensive, but definitely performs a good deal better. Price/performance, it is not that great of a card. I agree with tiny_voices, on the power supply.
The GTX 980 is one of those cards that I have trouble recommending. The GTX 970 is a good deal cheaper, and not all that much slower, and the GTX 980ti is more expensive, but definitely performs a good deal better. Price/performance, it is not that great of a card. I agree with tiny_voices, on the power supply.
 
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Thanks for the reply will check out your recommended case!!!
 


Cheers for the tips and that's for the reply!!
 


Thanks for the reply, I've linked above the power supply on tinys comment