Weakest Link in My Build

[DalePeterson6]

I built my gaming computer back in the summer of '12. I haven't touched the internal hardware since, besides adding an Asus R9 280 a couple months ago. I was wondering if there was anything you would suggest I look into replacing during this Black Friday savings season.

GIGABYTE GA-Z68XP-UD3 Intel Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128512

Intel i5-2500k @ 4.1 GHz
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072

Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103099

12 GB Corsair Vengeance @ 1600
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145347
(1 stick is bad, otherwise it'd be 16GB.)

Asus R9 280
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121867
- running 2 Asus VE248H 24" monitors
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824236102

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 560 TI - 448 Cores
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125406
- running a 21" Vizio TV all of the time(no link) and a 55" Vizio TV only for playing movies
http://www.walmart.com/ip/33872040?

Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200 RPM HDD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148844

ASUS 24X DVD Burner
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

1200W Corsair Professional Series PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139014
(couldn't find it on Newegg, that's the closest thing I could find.)

NZXT Phantom in Black
http://www.nzxt.com/product/detail/34-phantom.html

Windows 7 64-bit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986

WoW Cataclysm Gaming Mouse
http://www.amazon.com/SteelSeries-World-Warcraft-Cataclysm-Gaming/dp/B004GZ2RCY

Cheap Non-mechanical Logitech Keyboard
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/251624621930?lpid=82

I mainly play WoW, BF4, and all of the new single player story driven games(Tomb Raider, Far Cry, Assassin's Creed, etc). I program for a living and spend a lot of time either playing games or surfing the web.
I'm not smart enough to tell what is my current bottleneck is, or if there is one. So, if my build is pretty solid for what I do, I'd appreciate some mechanical keyboard, SSD, and Blu-Ray disk drive suggestions.

Thanks for your help in advance.

 

[frag06]

The only performance 'bottleneck' would be the 280, but if it gives you the performance you want then there is no need to upgrade it. You could upgrade the RAM though, to get back to dual channel.

For a mechanical keyboard, I recommend the Rosewill Apollo series. They are Maxkeyboard Nighthawk's with a better finish and wrist-wrest. What switch do you prefer?

For SSD's, the Crucial MX100 is good, or if you want the best, the Samsung 850 Pro.

Something like this for a BD drive, but there are cheaper ones out there.

 

[SuperRafal]

Definitely get SSD. Basically any brand any product will be great. Many people recommend Crucial, Samsung and Intel drives. I have Intel 520 and it was the best upgrade ever.

 

[1N07]

Your build seems fine to me. No real weakest link (280, but not to a degree that it really makes a difference). It's pretty balanced.

DEFINITELY get an SSD, once you go SSD, you'll never want to go back. I promise you.
I would recommend either Crucial MX100 or if you want to go for the best; Samsung 850 Pro for an SSD.

For a Blue-Ray drive I would probably just get the cheapest one, unless it has some obvious fault. Blue-Ray drives don't exactly affect any kind of performance that much, so there is no need to get a "high-end" blue-ray drive.

As to a mechanical keyboard, while I'm interested in getting one myself, I don't really have any recommendations on those. I haven't done much research myself and have almost no personal experience.