Upgrading, I need help

[Ceck22]

Good Evening/Morning

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.

 

[blue_smoke]

Definitely. May I recommend a NZXT Source 210 for the case? I love it. Everything else should be fine.

 

[tiny voices]

What thermaltake PSU specifically? Likely it needs to be changed.

 

[logainofhades]

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.

 

[Ceck22]

What thermaltake PSU specifically? Likely it needs to be changed.

Hi Tiny

Thanks for replying, this is the power supply here

http://www.thermaltake.com.au/products-model.aspx?id=C_00001976

 

[Ceck22]

Definitely. May I recommend a NZXT Source 210 for the case? I love it. Everything else should be fine.

Thanks for the reply will check out your recommended case!!!

 

[Ceck22]

All seems really well... You are on track with the correct up grades..... U definitely need to go to at least 8 GB RAM--- you are thinking about doubling that ( so that's great)..... Next is your graphics card, it needs an upgrade and you are on track with a brilliant 4G GTX 980 Asus-STRIX graphics card.... Pertaining to the case upgrade, that is not a mut (just if you want)...... You should be able to double your system's performance with those two upgrade (graphics and RAM)..... And don't throw away that graphics card and RAM- you can sell them back--- a lot of persons out there still dream to have a GTX 660....

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

 

[Ceck22]

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.

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

 

[logainofhades]

Yea, I would replace that. That is a tier 4 unit, so not very good quality. Stick to tier 1 and tier 2 units. Tiny has the link, to the list, in his sig.