What Should I Upgrade For Better Performance?

MystoPigz · Jun 24, 2015

I built a PC long ago, and now I feel ready to upgrade it. I want to know which (One upgrade) upgrade will give me better performance. I mostly use it for gaming and uploading videos on YouTube. Here are the specifications:

CPU: Intel i5-4460

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper TX3

Motherboard: Asus H97 Pro Gamer

Ram: Corsair Vengeance Pro 8 (2x4)GB

GPU: MSI R9 270X Hawk

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB Hard Drive (Not really worried about storage, got lots left)

Power supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W

Thanks in advance!

cdabc123 · Jun 24, 2015

You could add a Solid State Drive as the c drive it drastically speeds uploading, downloading and opening programs. that would probably help the most the only other improvement is possible a better gpu.

Karadjgne · Jun 24, 2015

If your monitor is sufficient, then a gpu upgrade to a gtx970 would be the biggest performance upgrade, as far as gaming goes, but it'll have almost no impact on anything else as the 270x is respectable for video etc.

For the broadest performance increase, an SSD will have good performance increase. Depending on the app. Boot times will be greatly affected, and anything after initial load will see a boost, as will anything stored on the SSD.

Other than that, you've got some good quality and good performing parts, so much so that unless you have a bug to OC, don't warrant an upgrade

MystoPigz · Jun 25, 2015

Thank you for the help. I will be buying an SSD and a GTX 970. Both fit in my budget. Thanks a lot!

Karadjgne · Jun 25, 2015

Nice. The Antec HCG 520w is a really nice unit and a very good fit for a gtx970. That'll be my next upgrade, since I have the Seasonic m12ii 520w, basically the same thing as yours.

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