Gaming rig on it's last legs...upgrades?

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Hi,

My gaming pc is getting a bit long in the tooth and I want to try and get a bit more bang out of it before the I move on to a new rig. I wondered if anyone in the know could please offer an opinion. I certainly can't get a new rig for a while but my current one does need a little beefing up i feel.

Here are my current components...

Motherboard - ASUSTek P8H61-M LE
Processor - I5-2400 @3.10 GHz
Ram 4 gig
GPU - AMD RADEON HD 6900 Series

I could probably spend £125 at a push to get a bit more muscle. I'm thinking i'll up the ram to 8 gig, which I think would cost around £50 (I hear more than 8 gig isn't really necessary but does the manufacturer really make a difference? any recommendations?)

here are some i was looking at http://www.scan.co.uk/products/8gb-%282x4gb%29-corsair-ddr3-xms3-pc3-10600-%281333%29-non-ecc-unbuffered-cas-9-9-9-24-150v?utm_source=google+shopping&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=CMXa3pWU6MYCFUL4wgodZPwELA

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00J8E91K4/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1437342076&sr=8-8&keywords=1333+ddr3+8gb

I'm also thinking I could get a new GPU, I read the Sapphire radeon R7 250x is quite nice for the price at about £65 quid.

Here is one of those I was looking at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-Radeon-GDDR5-Graphics-Boost/dp/B00FL8H08Q/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1437313430&sr=8-3&keywords=Sapphire+radeon+R7+250x

Having said that i'm not sure at all that the best card for the price or even if it will work with my motherboard. Anyone know?

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks
 
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there is no big difference between 1333 and other speeds like 1866 or 1600, also, why do you want to buy 8gb? you already have 4.. just buy...
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the R7 250x will more in your system (given ur power supply powerful enough).
8gb ram is the sweet spot for gaming systems, but the 1333mhz speed is a bit of a concern here. 1333mhz ram is slow by today's standards.

I understand your p6h16 motherboard only support ram up to 1333mhz due to its outdated specs, but depend on when you can start on your new build, i would save the 50 pounds and invest in a faster set of ram for the new system. the reason been that ram will stick with you for many system builds and they are rarely defective for ppl to be swapping out ram sticks.

I say just upgrade your graphics card for now and get everything else later for the new system; as the things u buy for the current system will be pretty outdated and not recommended to be transferred into your new system later on where it will have much newer specs.

I might go a a better graphics card then 250x, maybe a 750ti, which should give you much better performance than 250x. plus, graphics can be reused in your new system.
 
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Thanks for the replies. A bit more info. I will be biking a all new rig in a year to 18 months but this pc will go to my son as his first gaming pc so there isn't so much a loss in upgrading this rig. I'm getting that the general consensus is a new gpu so what is the best card to get that won't be too let down by the cpu and ram and works with this board. As I said, I'm going to get a new rig and keep this old one so I'm going to upgrade the ram too but is there any real difference when it comes to 8gb of 1333 ram.

Thanks for taking the time to reply and letting me pick your brains guys.
 
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You shouldn't comparing graphics cards solely based on specs. It is more important to use real world reviews and benchmarks conducted by other people (tech enthusiasts such as Jayztwocents & Linustechtips etc). Specs are only numbers on paper written by the cards manufacturers, they are important, but in a way they also means nothing. Benchmarks are the way to test whether the specs numbers are really what they claimed to be.

Also, different graphics cards have both reference model (manufactured by either amd or nvidia) and non-reference cards (asus, gigabyte and evga etc.). The non-referenced models are usually redesigned to outperform the reference design cards at clock speed and cooling capabilities. therefore, non-reference cards of the same gpu model often the better choice and difference companies overclock their cards to different clock speeds compared to its competitions.

The site you have link us is the performance of reference card spec, there's a pretty high chance the card you buy will be a non referenced card, so keep that in mind when shopping and looking at reviews.
 
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there is no big difference between 1333 and other speeds like 1866 or 1600, also, why do you want to buy 8gb? you already have 4.. just buy another 4 from the same brand as the one you already have.
the rest of the money you can spend on a gpu, in your budget i whould recommend getting a used gpu from amazon or ebay because it will be much cheaper and you can get a more powerfull card.
after you buy 4GB of ram you will have around 150$, you can get this gpu used: http://www.amazon.com/Gigabyte-GDDR5-2GB-2xDVI-Graphics-GV-R927XOC-2GD/dp/B00FONITCE/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1437565843&sr=8-5&keywords=r9+280&pebp=1437565847888&perid=13NEV9A710W0KD8Q09AN for 135$, its great and way better than the one you suggested, you just need to check if your psu is powerfull enough for it
 
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