Upgrading current GPU or selling com and building a Gaming com?

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I have a dell xps 8300. intel i7-2600 3.4 ghx 16 gigs of ram. I have a crappy AMD radeon HD 6450 graphics card. I use my com for simple gaming (one 22 inch 1080p monitor, normal games like tf2, borderlands 2) I spent $800 on my current com, and I am close to spending $200 more on the r9 270X. I want to know if the rest of my com is good enough. I know it can support the card, I know it can play current games, but Im worried that in a few years even if my gpu can still play games decently that my com wont be able to keep up and ill have to buy a new one or upgrade it. In which case spending $200 on a new card wouldnt be worth it. I could sell my com, then put it with other money to buy a new one,better suited for gaming. But Im going for a good gamiing com that can last about 4 years before an upgrade, and I dont know if my current com can handle that.
 
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any two cards currently on the market you can run with your CPU.

seriously, I have an overclocked i5 2500k and I have ran 2 7950's in CF. (these are the equivalent to 2 gtx 760's). My CPU was never an issue. those 2 graphics card would run at full speed while both being overclocked to 1180MHz.

a gtx760 is about all you will ever really need at 1080p. this is not a statement for everygame going to be made but you will be comfortably gaming for a long while at high settings for now and medium at around 18 months to 2 years from now.

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grrsona

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So if I upgrade my gpu to the 270X my cpu will still outlast it? So it may make more sense to save a bit and up to an even better card? lik the GTX 760? and max out my cpu usage? waht card would go well with the level my cpu is at?
 
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grrsona

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I dont care about the manufacturer. Im going off my stems capabilities.
 
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any two cards currently on the market you can run with your CPU.

seriously, I have an overclocked i5 2500k and I have ran 2 7950's in CF. (these are the equivalent to 2 gtx 760's). My CPU was never an issue. those 2 graphics card would run at full speed while both being overclocked to 1180MHz.

a gtx760 is about all you will ever really need at 1080p. this is not a statement for everygame going to be made but you will be comfortably gaming for a long while at high settings for now and medium at around 18 months to 2 years from now.

 
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grrsona

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S if you were in my position, and had as much money as you could spend on a GPU that you wanted to last about the same time as my com, a 760 is a good investment? because I want a few more good gaming years in which I dont have to worry about my coms capabilities.
 
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the gtx 760 is at the top, after this the law of diminishing returns kicks in.

a gtx770 is better and would support that 1080p monitor even longer

a gtx780 or 780ti would last forever with your current monitor.

you really can only upgrade your CPU maybe 20% if you bought new hardware and none of it would make any difference with a 1080p monitor
 
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Whatever you thank man.

 
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Any sandy bridge i7 system is worthy of a GPU and PSU upgrade, I don't care who made it. This is a good deal on a PSU. It would give you plenty of headroom for future upgrades, and is full modular. OEM pc's tend to have poor airflow, so semi or fully modular is a good idea.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009YC3DKY/?tag=pcpapi-20
 
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