Need some Help, buying new PC an ideas to upgrade from my current one :)

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TDarrell9

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Hi im selling my current PC so i wanted to know what i could get better than what I have ATM for max £800, I am a gamer and current PC does well under strain, just my graphics card handles 1080p high great but need something to get me Ultra with great FPS, Also i like to stream so need somthing that will do both play smoothly and stream to twitch, If you could find one ready built as i dont have much time these days to do that. Im in the UK

My specs atm:
Cooler master storm enforcer Case
i7 2600k CPU
Water cooling
2x6970 Radeon GPU Crossfire
16GB Ram
60GB SSD
320GB HDD
850W PSU
ASUS P8Z68 Deluxe Motherboard
 
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Here's the problem, while you certainly could sell that setup - it's unlikely you could get more than that for it. And then you'd have to buy an entirely new setup, and pay a premium for all new parts while only gaining a moderate increase in gaming power.

Keep it simple. The base system you have is a solid one. Buy a top tier GPU (390x or 980) and sell the 6970s to recoup some of the outlay. The 6970s go for about $90 each on eBay, that would offset your GTX980 ($400) or R9-390x (also about $400) and cut the price in half.

So - for the complete cash outlay (not including the base system) you'd only need to drop a net of $200 and you'd have a -solid- gaming system.
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I would:

Keep the system you have, but need to upgrade the GPU. The 6970's were good cards, but a GTX-970/980 or a R9-390x would bring a pretty big jump in power. There's a big difference especially from nVidia over the past few generations. Of them - the GTX-980 would give you the best bang for the buck.
 
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If I were you, then I wont sell this whole PC. I7-2600K is still a great performer.
Better get a great GPU with SSD+PSU+CASE.
What is your PSU model???
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£67.78 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB Video Card (£545.99 @ Aria PC)
Case: NZXT Noctis 450 ATX Mid Tower Case (£94.98 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: XFX PRO Black Edition 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£94.96 @ Aria PC)
Total: £803.71
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-06 13:05 BST+0100
 
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Yh sounds good, I brought this PC of my friend for £450 so i was thinking if i could make a profit of it and then spend the money on a new one, money a bit tight now lol cant buy it yet, just brought a Macbook Pro :)
 
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Hi, Yes well i wanted to sell cause I paid £450 for it from a friend, thought i could make a profit ?
 
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Here's the problem, while you certainly could sell that setup - it's unlikely you could get more than that for it. And then you'd have to buy an entirely new setup, and pay a premium for all new parts while only gaining a moderate increase in gaming power.

Keep it simple. The base system you have is a solid one. Buy a top tier GPU (390x or 980) and sell the 6970s to recoup some of the outlay. The 6970s go for about $90 each on eBay, that would offset your GTX980 ($400) or R9-390x (also about $400) and cut the price in half.

So - for the complete cash outlay (not including the base system) you'd only need to drop a net of $200 and you'd have a -solid- gaming system.
 
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