Needing help on what to upgrade on my gaming pc

agpaulson1

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I have been getting into playing Day Z standalone and ARMA 3 multiplayer and have found my pc to be lacking. In games like Skyrim I can play on High-Ultra. Below is what my computer is made of and I am having trouble on what needs to be upgraded to improve my performance in said games.

Processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1045T 2.70 GHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-880GM-USB3
RAM: 2x4.00 (8.00) GB Patriot
Graphics: EVGA GTX 650ti
Memory: 2 TB HDD Seagate and 120 SSD Samsung
Power Supply: Diablotek DA Series PSDA600
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Monitor: BenQ GW2250 1080p

Budget is $200-$400 depending on what needs to be upgraded.

This rig was built about 4 years ago, most recent upgrade was the GTX, SSD and Monitor.

These are a list of game I currently or have played on this computer and a rough estimate of their settings.

Civ 5 - High
Skyrim - High
Planetside 2 - Low
Day Z standalone - Low
Arma 3 Sinlge Player - Med
Arma 3 multiplayer - Low
Minecraft - High
Borderlands 2 - Med/High
FarCry 3 - Med/High
XCOM EU - High
COD Black Ops - Med/High

Any constructive advice is greatly appreciated.
 
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Well with 200-400 id just get 4670k and a nice z97 motherboard and youd be set for next 4 years also could upgrade video card like next year as it is kind of weak also i noticed your power supply you might want to upgrade that too to something more solid that's made by seasonic

heres an example of what i would get

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($145.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $430.97
(Prices...

agpaulson1

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I updated the thread. Around $200-$400. I was thinking about the motherboard and cpu as well.
 
Well with 200-400 id just get 4670k and a nice z97 motherboard and youd be set for next 4 years also could upgrade video card like next year as it is kind of weak also i noticed your power supply you might want to upgrade that too to something more solid that's made by seasonic

heres an example of what i would get

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Micro Center)
Motherboard: ASRock Z97 EXTREME4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($145.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: XFX ProSeries 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($94.99 @ NCIX US)
Total: $430.97
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-15 01:03 EDT-0400)
 
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agpaulson1

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Do you believe that these upgrades will give me 1080p on high settings with games like Day Z and Arma 3?
 

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