Can anyone please help with some PC upgrade recommendations?

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geremof

geremof

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Hey everyone!

My PC is long overdue an upgrade. Had my Alienware for around 4 years now and I'm looking to upgrade as newer games are really chugging along. Not very knowledgeable with balancing PC internals, my question is will buying a new graphics card such as the Nvidia GTX Titan X bring it up to date? If so does my CPU/Ram seem okay?

Or is this all garbage now and do I need to start thinking about buying a new rig?

System specs below

Operating System
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1

CPU
Intel Core i7 860 @ 2.80GHz 40 °C
Lynnfield 45nm Technology

RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 667MHz (9-9-9-24)

Motherboard
Alienware 0RV30W (CPU 1) 44 °C

Graphics
1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 5670 (Dell) 63 °C
1024MB ATI AMD Radeon HD 5670 (Dell) 55 °C

Storage
232GB Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250G (SSD) 32 °C
698GB Seagate ST3750840AS (SATA) 35 °C

Any advice is really appreciated.
Cheers
Richard, Scotland
 
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Really subjective as to whether we'll think it's "garbage" or not. It depends on what games you're playing and the resolution of your display. What games do you want to play? What is your rig struggling with? What's your upgrade budget?

Can you change out the motherboard in your rig? Sorry, not too familiar with upgrading Alienware.

IMO your CPU/RAM is ok; it should run most games. Again it depends on what you're trying to run and if you're struggling right now. For a CPU upgrade I'd wait for Skylake and the 1151 boards if that's an option for you.

A GPU upgrade would be the best right now IMO. Depends on your display resolution, but a Titan X is probably overkill. A 280x or a gtx 770 will be fine for 1080p; if you're looking at the...
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Really subjective as to whether we'll think it's "garbage" or not. It depends on what games you're playing and the resolution of your display. What games do you want to play? What is your rig struggling with? What's your upgrade budget?

Can you change out the motherboard in your rig? Sorry, not too familiar with upgrading Alienware.

IMO your CPU/RAM is ok; it should run most games. Again it depends on what you're trying to run and if you're struggling right now. For a CPU upgrade I'd wait for Skylake and the 1151 boards if that's an option for you.

A GPU upgrade would be the best right now IMO. Depends on your display resolution, but a Titan X is probably overkill. A 280x or a gtx 770 will be fine for 1080p; if you're looking at the latest titles a 970 or 290x might be better to consider. Remember that new cards (and likely price drops on older cards) are imminent.

Personally if I was itching to upgrade I'd get a new GPU now and a new CPU/mobo when Skylake releases. If your build doesn't allow you to do that, I'd get a new case and build from the ground up.

Cheers
 
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