Question What upgrades would you recommend for my system?

[StarDog0202]

Hi all,

I'm going to be buying a Philips ambilight tv soon and can't decide whether to buy the next generation consoles when they release or to just upgrade my current PC setup for some top-notch visual gaming experience...

I think that some of my RAM is faulty as I encounter a few issues when running multiple programs and I'd assume I would need a GPU upgrade but thought I'd ask for some suggestions from some of the wizards that roam these parts...

Budget would hopefully be less than £500, here's what I'm working with currently:

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590 CPU @ 3.30GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.3GHz
Motherboard: Z79S SLI Krait Edition (MS - 7922)
RAM: 12288MB
1TB HDD
500GB SSD

 

[tennis2]

What do used 4th gen i7's go for in UK?

 

[StarDog0202]

looking at £200 and a drive across the country! I can go slightly over budget so if a new processor going to cost me £350 then it's doable ... would the motherboard be okay to run i7?

 

[tennis2]

https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/support/Z97S-SLI-Krait-Edition#support-cpu

 

[StarDog0202]

I'm struggling to make heads or tails of that link, sorry!

I'm asking people to recommend parts that they've had good experiences with and that would fit into my setup...

I have noted that an upgrade to i7 might be worthwhile and have bookmarked your link I'll perhaps figure it out one day...

 

[tennis2]

That's a CPU compatibility list for your motherboard.