Upgrading PC, want recommendations and tips. (Gaming/Recording/Streaming PC)

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JohnnyAmazi

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So I've had my PC for about a year now. I've noticed that a lot of the time I want to use my PC for even more intense stuff.

Current specs:
Intel i5-2500K LGA1155
ASUS P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 LGA1155
Gainward GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB
2 TB HDD
120 GB SSD
8 GB (4 GB x 2) Kingston DDR3 HyperX 1600MHz
750W Power Supply
Corsair Carbide 400R Midi Tower

What I think I'm gonna get:
Intel i7-3770K LGA1155
GeForce GTX 680 4GB
Another 2 or 3 TB HDD
Add 8 GB RAM (16 GB total) (I'm getting the same RAM that I already have)

I was also thinking of getting a heatsink or something for my CPU (I want to overclock it). If you're gonna recommend heatsinks or water cooling, please recommend multiple incase it's not on the site I'm buying everything from. (www.komplett.no). I've heard that RAM sticks can be in the way of CPU cooling, so I want to know if I'm good to go with buying more RAM + CPU cooling :)

Keep in mind, I'm using this PC for a lot of gaming and livestreaming. I want a system that can handle most games with decent quality with 30-60 FPS while livestreaming/recording.

I also have 2 monitors at the moment, thinking of buying another one.

Will be my first time changing components in my PC so tips for a PC building virgin would be nice :)

I know some people are probably gonna say I don't need all of it and can get something cheaper, but people said that the first time, and I noticed how much I needed a better PC.

Any help is highly appreciated :D
 
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ingtar33

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you won't notice any difference with the cpu or ram upgrade.

get yourself the new gpu. that will improve the system, grab the hd, grab a new cpu cooler... the i5-2500k will overclock like a monster, you don't need to get a new cpu.

the difference between the i7 and the i5 you currently have is about 10%, however, the i7 won't overclock as well as the i5, which will overclock up to levels the i7 couldn't dream of... your i5-2500k is the pinnacle of gaming cpus bro. There is no real update from that chip.

maybe in a few months with the new Haswell chips there will be an upgrade worth the cash... but right now... nope.
 
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Ok, probably won't take the i7 then. But I still think more RAM would be a good idea (I multitask A LOT :p).
 
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Well talking about livestreaming,

The resolution is very much CPU based,
The FPS is very much GPU based,
and the bit-rate is very much upload speed based,

if I was you i'd invest in a CPU cooler for your 2500k and get overclocking since that's what the 2500k is designed to do,

take into account the 670 is roughly 6% worse in performance than the 680 (which to me, isn't worth the extra money)

I think 8GB of RAM is enough but you'l want to have 2 hard drives rather than 1 when recording games or you'l end up dropping frames which is a very very bad thing! :p
 
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The #1 thing you need to do is upgrade your graphics card. That ill give you better framerates in games and make your recording smoother. Your current RAM is good, so you dont really NEED to upgrade it, but if you want to, there is no harm in it. I do the same as you with 2, sometimes 3 screens and I rarely go over 30% RAM usage with my 16 GB of RAM.
 
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ingtar33

ingtar33

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get a video capture card. that will offload a LOT of the labor from your cpu and you won't take a FPS hit.

really, streaming gaming video without a capture card is something an AMD FX chip would excel at (That's what the "Tek Syndicate" video with the amd vs intel testing was about... when the fx8350 scored higher FPS then the i5 and i7, it was while streaming video from the gaming session without a capture card... all those extra cores were worth something then). Since you've already got the best gaming cpu out there, buy a video capture card.
 
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