upgrading my system

Oscar758

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Right I currently have a system which I will spec below. Now I have had this roughly a year and am now having the itch of wanting to buy new and fancy items. can anyone suggest any cool upgrades or fancy items


CoolerMaster CM Storm Scout 2 Adv Grey USB3.0, Enhanced Cooling, ATX Case.
Crucial 256GB m4 SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" Solid State Drive.
Corsair 800W Gaming Series GS800 2013 Edition 80+ Bronze, ATX, PS/2 PSU
MSI AMD Radeon 7950 960MHz 3GB PCI-Express 3.0 HDMI TF OC
Kingston 16GB (2 x 8GB) HyperX Beast DDR3 2133MHz DIMM C11
MSI Z87M-G43 S1150 Intel Z87 DDR3 mATX
Intel Core i7-4770S S1150 3.1GHz 8MB Haswell Quad Core Processor
Pioneer BDR-S07XLT 50GB 12x Internal BD Writer Retail
 
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Hi Oscar

I know that itch very well - I only upgraded 5 months ago and I'm already scouting for stuff!

Here is something I'm considering. http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/138-kraken-g10-gpu-bracket.html

It's a water cooler bracket for graphics cards. If you get this and a CPU water cooler from the list under 'spec', you can water cool your GPU without all that expensive custom assembly stuff. If you're confident enough to change over the coolers on your 7950, then perhaps this is for you. However, this is a new product and there's not a lot of user feedback out there yet...

What cooler have you got on your CPU?

If you want a solution that boosts performance, well, I reckon if I was upgrading your rig, I'd be getting another...

ChillaxedUpgrader

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Hi Oscar

I know that itch very well - I only upgraded 5 months ago and I'm already scouting for stuff!

Here is something I'm considering. http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/138-kraken-g10-gpu-bracket.html

It's a water cooler bracket for graphics cards. If you get this and a CPU water cooler from the list under 'spec', you can water cool your GPU without all that expensive custom assembly stuff. If you're confident enough to change over the coolers on your 7950, then perhaps this is for you. However, this is a new product and there's not a lot of user feedback out there yet...

What cooler have you got on your CPU?

If you want a solution that boosts performance, well, I reckon if I was upgrading your rig, I'd be getting another 7950 for crossfire.

As far as fancy items go, well, personally I think the fanciest thing you can do to a rig is set up a custom water cooling circuit across your components. For example: http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/upgrades/pc-water-cooling-guide-all-you-need-to-know-952521

All in all, the world is your oyster if you have the time and money. What are you looking to spend?
 
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