Upgrade or not,that is the question

rift33 · Oct 15, 2014

I am sort of new to PC gaming (not to gaming it self tho). I got my 1st gaming rig about a year and a half ago and would like any ones help
with telling me what in my PC I should focus on upgrading 1st and then on from there.
Also if i need to upgrade it at all yet sense i only play at 1080.
Here are my specs..

CPU...i7 3820 3.60gh

Motherbord...Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4

GPU...EVGA GeFore GTX680 sc

Ram...16gig ripjaw

power...corsair 850wat

tower...nzxt phatom full tower

cooling...Nepton push-pull water cooler

bignastyid · Oct 15, 2014

No real need to upgrade the cpu is still good and the gpu is still good for 1080p(high to ultra settings) and will probably last till the next generation of gpus. But if you must play all your games maxed out then get a GTX 970.

Wolfshadw · Oct 15, 2014

If you don't have an SSD, that's about the only upgrade I'd recommend. The rest of your system is still very good. However, you may want to still post an upgrade budget.

-Wolf sends

RazerZ · Oct 15, 2014

Your system is solid for gaming. edit, take back the 970 suggestion... sorry was kind of in a rush to answer a few questions before I left. The 680 is just slightly behind the 770 so it should do you well. Perhaps consider buying another one for sli?

rift33 · Oct 15, 2014

My budget is about 600$. And the only reason I am asking this,other then I'm still a bit new to PC's is that I'm noticing that games like shadow of mordor do not run at max n e more on what I got.

rift33 · Oct 15, 2014

Oh and one more thing,I do have a 250gig ssd and a 2tb HD

Wolfshadw · Oct 15, 2014

Yeah, even with a $600 budget, I couldn't recommend any upgrades. Just my opinion, but I don't agree with the GTX970 suggestions as I don't believe the improvements are worth the cost. Only if you can sell your current GTX680 SC to offset half the cost of the GTX970 would I consider it.

-Wolf sends

rift33 · Oct 15, 2014

I did notice on amazon I can sell my GPU for about the same as a 980, http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B007KC1R9E/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used It seems a bit to good to be true but if it is I might do it. I was also thinking about waiting for the 8 gigvram 980 and then selling my gtx 680sc.

Thanks for the help all!!!

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