Upgrading my rig $400 budget

johnsean

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Hey guys I was wondering if you could help me decide what I need to upgrade next to make the biggest impact on my computers gaming performance.

I am currently rocking these specs
CPU: Intel Core i7 960 @ 3.20GHz
Motherboard: Intel DX58SO
Memory: 8GB DDR3
Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7870
Hardrive: 500GB non SSD drive

I was thinking about either buying a second Graphics Card and running them in crossfire mode, or buying a solid state drive, however, I am not quite sure what the best course of action is to get the best bang for my buck. What do you guys recommend for me to upgrade first? Is there something I am not thinking about that could give me even better performance?
 

johnsean

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Ok, well I decided to do some benchmarking to figure out what is weaker.
I ran PCMARK7 and received a score of 2615.
My graphics card got a score of 8090.
My CPU got a score of 6630.

But so here is my question, since there does not seem to be a huge bottleneck coming from the CPU should I just buy a new GPU and run it in crossfire? Would that not provide the biggest boost to my gaming experience?