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What kind of upgrade paths do I have, if any?

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March 23, 2014 2:22:16 PM

This was built in 2010, its starting to show its age. Mainly a gaming computer. I was wondering what kind of options you think I have with upgrading, or is it getting too old?
I'm looking at the games coming out in the future, watch dogs, the division, etc will this be able to handle them?

Intel Core i7 950 Quad Core Processor LGA1366 3.06GHZ Bloomfield 8MB LGA1366 4.8GT/S
Coolermaster Hyper 212 Plus Direct Touch 4 Heatpipe Heatsink
ASUS P6X58D-E X58 ATX LGA1366 3PCI-E16 PCI-E1 2PCI CrossFire SLI USB3.0 SATA 6GB/S Motherboard
Corsair XMS3 TR3X6G1600C9 12GB DDR3 6X2GB DDR3-1600 CL 9-9-9-24
XFX Radeon HD 5870 HD587XZNFC 850MHZ 1Gb GDDR5 2XDVI HDMI
Coolermaster CM 690 II Advanced ATX Mid Tower Case Black 4X5.25 1X3.5EXT 6X3.5INT
Corsair TX750W 750W ATX 12V 60A 24PIN ATX Power Supply Active PFC 140MM Fan
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64BIT
Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA3 6GB/S 7200RPM 64MB Cache 3.5IN Dual Proc Hard Drive
LG GH22NS50 Black 22X SATA DVD Writer OEM

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March 23, 2014 2:33:57 PM

Keep everything as they are all very decent components, and just upgrade the GPU for gaming purpose.
Which GPU will depend on your budget.
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March 23, 2014 2:49:43 PM

You could add an SSD for some speed in loading times or generally for the OS.
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March 23, 2014 3:03:15 PM

I don't feel so alone, as I (Alienware m17xR2) am in a similar boat. Mobo (http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/P6X58DE/#support) doens't seem to support past what you got. So you may be best served to get a new CPU and GPU. You might be best to look at PCPickpart for a combo set. You could invest then later in a newer video card after that (the NVidia 8xx was just released, when your ready there may be other models out).
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