Should I upgrade my current PC?

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Ouzi

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I have a first gen i7-920 on a Rampage II gene (Asus motherboard). I've got 6 gigs of ram and a 9400 GT geforce graphics card and a 500 W PSU.

I've had this PC for almost 5 years now, and I was considering upgrading my processor and motherboard. I have around $ 430.

Thought of getting an i5 -4570 along with the gigabyte ga-g1 sniper z87. But will it be worth it or not?

Should I consider getting something else instead? More ram, better GPU, or an SSD? What do you think?
 
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ImPain
I would say invest for an SSD it will change you life..
If you have some cash left invest on a good GPU if you want to play some games, like a r9 270 or so, it is a good price/performance ratio.

Upgrading your current CPU to a i5-4570 you might see an improvement but it won't be huge in my opinion... your CPU is not what is holding you back right now.

So I would recommend you :
1) SSD
2) GPU

CPU can still wait a bit.
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Ouzi

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First of all thank you for your answer.

I am studying computer science, so I'd say I'd use it mainly for programming and developing, casual gaming. I don't play many games because of my weak GPU, and of course web browsing and such.

Recently, switching between tabs on chrome/firefox/IE is slow. I use all three browsers and sometimes tabs just freeze for 3-4 seconds before they load. Right now I have had twitter opened in another tab for a while, if I switch to it now the tab freezes for a while and then responds. If I've been watching something on YouTube, left it and came back to it in 5-10 mins, probably the page will freeze and I will have to kill it.

 
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I would say invest for an SSD it will change you life..
If you have some cash left invest on a good GPU if you want to play some games, like a r9 270 or so, it is a good price/performance ratio.

Upgrading your current CPU to a i5-4570 you might see an improvement but it won't be huge in my opinion... your CPU is not what is holding you back right now.

So I would recommend you :
1) SSD
2) GPU

CPU can still wait a bit.
 
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Do you know if the R9 270 is compatible with my motherboard? I don't know how to check honestly. Thank you for your help ImPain.
 
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Yeah, it's compatible with any mainboard with PCI-E. And he's totally right, your cpu/mobo are fine. As for tabs freezing a bit in browsers, that seems to be a common thing. I experience it too. Increasig the cache limit and regulary clearing saved up cache will fix it though. Now that you're working with 3 browsers that doesn't make it easier.
 
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Ouzi

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Thank you DubbleClick. I don't use the three browsers simultaneously, just tried each and I always suffer from switching between tabs. Will consider getting an SSD maybe this would help.
 
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The freezing part comes for sure from your HDD. Get a good ssd 128gb at least or 256gb if you can, and put your OS and main programs/games on it only. Use your HDD for storage like documents, pics, videos etc. If you want advices on which ones you can consider let me know.

For the GPU I if you want something decent to play casually and cheaper than a r9 270, you can also consider a gtx750ti. Just don't go below these two cards otherwise not worth it.
And yes the GPU will be compatible with your motherboard as long as you have PCI E slots which I guess you have ,probably version2.

 
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