Upgrading my Gaming Desktop

[danrob1984]

Hey guys,

Below are my PC specs. I'm looking to upgrade my gaming PC to play latest games at high settings. This build should last me the next 3-4 years. My budget is USD400-500 and planning to buy within the next 2 months.
I'm not changing my keyboard, mice and headset

Case - CM HAF 912
PSU - CM silent pro M 700Watts
Motherboard - ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (CPUSocket)
Processor - Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.30GHz (STOCK COOLER)
GPU - 2048MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
RAM - 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
HDD - 465GB Western Digital WDC WD5003AZEX-00K1GA0 ATA Device (SATA)
MONITOR - HP 2159 (1920x1080@60Hz)
DRIVE - SONY DVD RW DRU-880S ATA Device
OPERATING SYSTEM - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1

 

[Geirzter]

Well first off i would get the gtx 970, (you dont need a new cpu) then i would upgrade the hdd because newer hard drives make your content faster and then i would install an ssd 120gb for maximum performance and thats it

 

[ninja85a]

definitely get a 970 it will increase your performance tenfold also try to overclock your cpu to give you a bit of a fps boost

 

[Tesla_Whizz]

Hey guys,

Below are my PC specs. I'm looking to upgrade my gaming PC to play latest games at high settings. This build should last me the next 3-4 years. My budget is USD400-500 and planning to buy within the next 2 months.
I'm not changing my keyboard, mice and headset

Case - CM HAF 912
PSU - CM silent pro M 700Watts
Motherboard - ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 (CPUSocket)
Processor - Intel Core i5 2500K @ 3.30GHz (STOCK COOLER)
GPU - 2048MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series
RAM - 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
HDD - 465GB Western Digital WDC WD5003AZEX-00K1GA0 ATA Device (SATA)
MONITOR - HP 2159 (1920x1080@60Hz)
DRIVE - SONY DVD RW DRU-880S ATA Device
OPERATING SYSTEM - Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1

Before I suggest anything, what is your budget? And do you have a certain colour scheme in mind or are you not really bothered?

 

[danrob1984]

I will check out the GTX 970. Thx for the suggestion.
@Tesla_Whizz my budget is ard USD500 and I'm not bothered about the color scheme.

 

[Tesla_Whizz]

I will check out the GTX 970. Thx for the suggestion.
@Tesla_Whizz my budget is ard USD500 and I'm not bothered about the color scheme.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NM3DK8

I went over the budget because I wanted to get a better RAM, SSD,HDD and a GPU. It's $40 over but for quality parts. If you are not really bothered about the SSD, you could take it off and with any money left under $500 budget you could then get a good cpu cooler.

The CPU you got is amazing, I still have it in my old pc and I love it. It has huge overclocking potential and is just as good as some of the i5 and I7 you find today once it has been overclocked.

 

[Tesla_Whizz]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3tKmBm

If you really want the SSD and could make do with a slightly less performing GPU. Plus you get a cheap CPU cooler with this option that does well for its price.

 

[Tesla_Whizz]

Btw, is your ram actually 665Mhz or is it 1333/1600 running at 665mhz?

 

[danrob1984]

Btw, is your ram actually 665Mhz or is it 1333/1600 running at 665mhz?

im already using Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory.

 

[Tesla_Whizz]

Btw, is your ram actually 665Mhz or is it 1333/1600 running at 665mhz?

im already using Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory.

So it's clocked at 665mhz?

 

[danrob1984]

Btw, is your ram actually 665Mhz or is it 1333/1600 running at 665mhz?

im already using Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory.

So it's clocked at 665mhz?

I used a program called Speccy to get that info, i think the Dram frequency is 665mhz