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bossjason

bossjason

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Hi everyone,

I built two PCs 2 years ago as a beginner but never really delved into studying upgrades. (Same specs, was promo bundle at the time)
I use it mainly for work and gaming with my son as form of our bonding since I am always at work.

We currently have (according to userbenchmark.com my friend recommended):

Processor: Intel Core i7-3770k
Graphics Card: AMD R9 280X
Drives:
PNY 120GB SSD (Son),
Samsung 840 120GB(Mine),
WD Blue 750GB (Both)
Memory: 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3
Motherboard: AsRock Z77 Extreme 4
Cooler: Hyper 212 EVO
PSU: TX Series Corsair TX650M
Case: Corsair 600T

My budget cap for upgrading is $1000 - $1200 (for both) and willing to put in more if needed (Thanksgiving + Christmas) and I want to prepare for MGS V and play Witcher 3 at least High Quality.

Thank you in advance!
 
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The point in waiting (and trying to be patient :) ) ...

for your $1,000 - $1,200 investment over the next few months you may see a 50% gain in performance. Waiting until next Spring for the new Radeon/GeForce cards (likely with 'HBM' memory) you will likely quadruple your performance over the R9 280X.

That's a 'SWAG' guess but not a real exaggeration.
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Wisecracker

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Your builds are fine -- don't worry about it.

For the Witcher3 you may consider upgrading to the GTX 970 or the Radeon R9 390 for a nice bump in performance, but in other titles you simply will not see that big of a gain.

You would be better served to save that cash and put it toward the new video cards arriving in 2016.

 
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utgotye

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The only thing you need to touch is the graphics card. Get anything from a 970/390X to a 980/980Ti and both of you should be set for a while. Then again, you could always wait for nVidia's new cards coming out next year. Worst case, you get a 900-series card for cheaper.
 
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Wisecracker

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The point in waiting (and trying to be patient :) ) ...

for your $1,000 - $1,200 investment over the next few months you may see a 50% gain in performance. Waiting until next Spring for the new Radeon/GeForce cards (likely with 'HBM' memory) you will likely quadruple your performance over the R9 280X.

That's a 'SWAG' guess but not a real exaggeration.
 
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