Looking to upgrade, have about 1000$ to spend

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Hello all, first time poster on these forums so please be nice as I am no computer buff but do enjoy gaming!

I bought a computer from cyberpc.com a while back and it was fairly satisfactory though I will not be purchasing from them again mainly because I'm looking just to upgrade and not get a whole new pc and next time I buy a brand new pc it will be more local.

My questions are

1. What should I upgrade?! (MAIN QUESTION! Don't have to answer anything else if you don't want to!)
2. How much will it run me money wise? (Looking to spend roughly 1000$ If I have to)
3. How long will my setup last? (I know you can't tell me exactly but ballpark it please)
4. I am going to be buying a new case and fans FOR SURE, have any suggestions?

Here is my current setup.

Motherboard - Gigabyte X79 UD3

CPU - Intel Core i7-3820 (OC @ 4.20 with Easytune 6 - Stable according to Intel Extreme Tuning Utility)

CPU Cooling - Corsair H60

Memory - Vengeance DDR3 4096MB X2

Graphics - GeForce GTX 570

Power - Cooler Master GX 750W

Hard drive - ATA Hitachi HDS72302 SCSI Disk Drive (its got 1.81 TB on it I guess)

If there is any other information you guys need let me know!

And thank you!













 
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You need better psu.
This tells you how bad you have now. http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Cooler-Master-GX-750-W-Power-Supply-Review/917/10


Two more memory sticks. Make sure you get same MHz, Cl settings and same Voltage memory.
Video card.
+ SSD.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($328.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G-750 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)...

Destraega

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Thanks for the info! I was figuring that its about time to upgrade my card, I was even thinking about doing 2 cards for SLI, any thoughts on that?

 

Destraega

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Gotchya

Anyone else have any answers or more details on my questions? :bounce:
 
You need better psu.
This tells you how bad you have now. http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Cooler-Master-GX-750-W-Power-Supply-Review/917/10


Two more memory sticks. Make sure you get same MHz, Cl settings and same Voltage memory.
Video card.
+ SSD.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($139.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 770 2GB Video Card ($328.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G-750 750W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $648.95
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-28 04:53 EST-0500)

 
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Destraega

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Hey thanks man! This gives me a good direction! much appreciated