What to upgrade

jonnibravo

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Nov 4, 2013
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Hi All,

In the last few weeks I have spent £400 on upgrading the GPU and PSU on my system. I have another £300 maybe £400 to spend on extra upgrades which I may as well spend as it will only end up going on "romantic" nights out lol.

System build

Motherboard: Z77-DSH
CPU: i5 3570k
GPU: R9 290 Vapor-x OC
PSU: Corsair RM750
OS:Windows 8.1 64bit
Case: Phantom 410


I was thinking of changing the motherboard to a LGA1150 gigabyte gaming 1 board and putting a i7 on it but I think that might be a bit too pointless.

What do you guys think, I am running shout of idea's.
 
Solution
Changing to an I7 will not give you a cost effective increase in gaming performance.

Why not get an aftermarket CPU cooler and try your hand at overclocking?

Cristi72

Admirable


Hello,

Curious thing is that the stock Intel cooler is anything but silent; also, the CPU temperature is high (over 75C at full load) when using the stock HSF. Or are you already use an aftermarket CPU cooler?