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Looking to upgrade for 2014 titles like Titanfall and I'm wondering which parts of my PC I need to upgrade.

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November 26, 2013 6:27:05 PM

Hey everyone. So I bought my current PC in 2010 from an independent PC shop (R-Tech) that built it from parts a friend of mine suggested. I didn't have a budget limit at the time, so it turned out to be a pretty good rig for a while.

Unfortunately, as they all eventually do after almost 4 years, my PC is having a hard time keeping up with new titles. Whereas before I was able to run anything that released on Ultra, now I'm stuck with Medium if I want to maintain 60 FPS.

I know there are even more games coming out that will require more from my system, and games like Battlefield 4 already do. I do tend to turn off some of the unnecessary enhancements in games, for example in Tomb Raider there was some "realistic hair" option that slowed me down to about 30fps. Bleh.

I'm not very PC-parts-savvy at all, which is why I pretty much just had my buddy recommend motherboards and graphics cards/all that shit. I was wondering if I could just leave my specs here and see what would need upgrading? I'm guessing the graphics card obviously but I'm not sure what else. If anyone could take a look and recommend a reasonably priced replacement ($200-300 is my budget for individual parts), I'd be really grateful.

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Windows 2.6.1.7601 (Service Pack 1)
CPU TYPE:
Intel® Xeon® CPU E5520 @ 2.27GHz
CPU SPEED:
2.29 GHz
SYSTEM MEMORY:
8.58 GB
VIDEO CARD MODEL:
ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
VIDEO CARD MEMORY:
788.53 MB
VIDEO CARD DRIVER:
aticfx32.dll
DESKTOP RESOLUTION:
1920x1080
HARD DISK SIZE:
1 TB
HARD DISK FREE SPACE:
625.47 GB (63%)

Thanks in advance and hopefully this is okay to post here!

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November 26, 2013 6:40:13 PM

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29kzm
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29kzm/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/29kzm/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($249.99 @ Microcenter)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($29.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($114.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory ($68.85 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($89.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($61.25 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card ($299.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed ATX Mid Tower Case ($62.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair RM 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24F1ST DVD/CD Writer ($15.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1084.01
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-11-26 21:39 EST-0500)
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November 26, 2013 7:05:18 PM

Thank you for the answer! But are each of those parts the reason I'm having to run on Medium, or is it the "fault" of only a few parts?
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