Upgrading A Gaming PC: Need Help!

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So, I'm wanting to upgrade my PC.

My PC summary is:

Mainboard : ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. A88XM-A
Chipset : AMD A55/A60M FCH
Processor : AMD A18 6600K @ 7800 MHz (max : 8064)
Physical Memory : 8192 MB
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
Hard Disk : Western Digital WD10 EZEX-00BN5A0 SATA Disk Device (1000GB)
DVD-Rom Drive : Toshiba-Samsung CDDVDW SH-224DB
Monitor Type : Samsung SAMSUNG - 32 inches
Monitor Type : Samsung S22D300 - 22 inches
Network Card : Realtek Semiconductor RTL8168/8111 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Operating System : Windows 7 Professional Professional Media Center 6.01.7601 Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
DirectX : Version 11.00
Windows Performance Index : 5.9 on 7.9

I'm wanting to make my PC faster and better in FPS wise.

Is there any comments on what i could improve with links from amazon?

Got around £300+ to spend.
 
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My PSU is 600W,

Thanks a lot, let me look into this and i don't really want windows 8 aha. I'd rather stick to windows 7.
 
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Do you agree with the parts above? Because i'll be very happy to get that then over clock
 
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All good build options should you want to do a full rebuild & reinstall (in essence a completely new PC)

However me personally I would just upgrade what you currently have ,& see if the performance increase is sufficient for what you want.
If it is all well & good ,if it isn't then you can still replace with Intel mb/CPU afterwards.

I would just do this.

raijintek 0P105246 - Raijintek Aidos Direct Contact CPU Cooler https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00E5YNXWY/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_nv.jvb18VQ295

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Asus AMD Radeon R9 290 DirectCU II OC Graphics Card (4GB, GDDR5, PCI Express 3.0) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00HOW1Q46/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_7v.jvb1WVNP95

Or

MSI NVIDIA GTX 970 Gaming Twin Frozr HDMI DVI-I DP Graphics Card (4GB, PCI Express, DDR5, 256 Bit) https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00NOP536Y/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_1w.jvb04JX8QY

The choice between those 2 gpu's depends on your preference for nvidia or amd & also your exact case & PSU model.

The 970 is 10% or so faster than the 290 ,runs cooler/quieter & uses less power.
The 290 is still very powerful & £50 less which cannot be ignored.
 
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Hmm, i think i'll need a new motherboard, and CPU all-together. GPU is the main thing that i want to upgrade to be honest. With the CPU i'd get it would come with a cooler but then i'd have to work around to get more fans for my case anyways, or even get a new case.
 
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I'll be selling the parts once bought the new ones. Like i'll buy the GPU and then sell the old one allowing me to get the new CPU. Basically yeah, i am selling everything and going with that the guy said above ^^
 
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Yeah - I understand.
Its s long winded way but I suppose if you're limited on funds then it means you can still have a system running in the meantime.

Consider the 290 though - its a very good buy at that price.
Its a shame you'll have to repurchase a new os but When you do I strongly suggest windows 8.1 - the improvements over win 7 for gaming are noticeable IMO & you can make it run identically to windows 7 on the surface very very easily.

 
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