Want to upgrade my PC, what should I get?

Alexmaster350 · Aug 11, 2014

HELLO EVERYONE
I currently have a reasonably good gaming pc with these specs:
CPU: Intel Core i5 3470
Motherboard: MSI B75MA-P45
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz
Storage: WD 500GB SATAIII 6GB/s
Video Card: ASUS GTX 660 Ti DirectCU
Case: Sharkoon T9 ATX Midi Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair Builder Series 500W
Optical Drive: I have forgotten but it is just some sort of DVD RW 24x or something and I don't want a new one of these but i just wrote it anyway.

All of this is roughly 1 year old in case you wanted to know.

So, getting something to increase fps and loading time etc. would be particularly nice, but if you think something else could be improved then please suggest that as well.

I have roughly £285 not dollars to spend so make sure I can afford it and easily get it at somewhere like amazon.co.uk or something!

Thanks for your help!

JRFET · Aug 11, 2014

Better GPU and Power supply....do You want to Stick with Nvidia??

lightcloud · Aug 11, 2014

Better PSU probably a 550W for enough headroom for a 760 or 770.

Suztera · Aug 11, 2014

You need a new power supply for a better gpu.

You can get this:
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R9 280X 3GB Dual-X Video Card (£185.00 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 650W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply (£62.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £247.98

Or this gpu:
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr928xoc3gd

Or Nvidia options:
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card (£227.72 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.93 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £274.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-11 13:28 BST+0100

JRFET · Aug 11, 2014

or go amd could get a 280x for good deal

Alexmaster350 · Aug 11, 2014

So do you think it would be worth buying a XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply and also a MSI GeForce GTX 770 2GB TWIN FROZR Video Card? Is it a good spend of my money because benchmarks with this card look good

Suztera · Aug 11, 2014

Going from a GTX 660Ti to a GTX 770 yes.

LucoTF · Aug 11, 2014

At the risk of sounding unpopular... leave everything as is and just get an SSD

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00E391E7W/?tag=pcp0f-21

JRFET · Aug 11, 2014

that will help loading times but do nothing for fps....

LucoTF · Aug 11, 2014

JRFET :

I know, but going from 660 ti to 280x isn't a big upgrade at all, you would want an R9 290 or a gtx 770 to feel the benefit and in terms of bang for buck nothing beats an SSD for OP right now

Can't get SSD, gtx 770 and new PSU for £285 so I say just get the SSD

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