looking to upgrade my specs, which parts needs an upgrade?

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BlueBeast

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Hi!
For a while I've felt like upgrading my computer parts, even though my computer is performing fine, I like going a bit overkill. So if you could point out what parts that potentially needs an upgrade to play max on big AAA titles, then it would be appreciated.

Specs:

RAM
2x4GB 1866 MHz, TRAUMATIZR Series
CPU Cooler
Cooler Master Hyper TX3 Evo
CPU
Intel i5-3570K, 4 x 3.40 Ghz (3.80 Ghz Turbo)
HDD 1
1 TB, 7200rpm
SSD
Samsung 850 pro 256gb (purchased recently)
GPU
2 (SLI) x ASUS GeForce GTX 780 3GB PhysX CUDA (changed recently)
Motherboard
MSI Z77A-GD55 Millitary class lll
 
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depends, if you want to play a game like arma 2 or 3 go for a processor upgrade (i5 4690k of i7 4790k) but games like battlefront, just cause 3 and gta 5 (and upcoming games) are asking for a lot of vram. so 3 gb might not be enough for the future. if you are on a budget go for an GTX970 (upgrade to SLI in future) or an AMD Radeon r9 390 (with 8gb overkill vram) and upgrade that in the future to crossfire (IF the MoBo supports that. or if you are not on a budget. go for an GTX 980 TI (should be enough for the next years) maybe go for SLI with 2 of those monsters but you'll need a good PSU for it. (1 gtx980ti = same power as 2 gtx970's!)

8gb RAM is enough for now (but if you want to do video-editing or something maybe go for 16 gb in...
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depends, if you want to play a game like arma 2 or 3 go for a processor upgrade (i5 4690k of i7 4790k) but games like battlefront, just cause 3 and gta 5 (and upcoming games) are asking for a lot of vram. so 3 gb might not be enough for the future. if you are on a budget go for an GTX970 (upgrade to SLI in future) or an AMD Radeon r9 390 (with 8gb overkill vram) and upgrade that in the future to crossfire (IF the MoBo supports that. or if you are not on a budget. go for an GTX 980 TI (should be enough for the next years) maybe go for SLI with 2 of those monsters but you'll need a good PSU for it. (1 gtx980ti = same power as 2 gtx970's!)

8gb RAM is enough for now (but if you want to do video-editing or something maybe go for 16 gb in the future.

* all if the MoBo does support this stuff and if you have enough power coming out of your PSU!
 
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Only Upgrade I could think of for this beast is RAM, try 2x8 GB Dual kits or 4x4 GB quad kids if you have 4 dimm slots
 
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You ain't reading, his Mobo doesn't support 4th generation of intel processors so max upgrade could be 3rd gene i7, and he has SLI GTX 780 so I think it's a bit overkill for now, but who knows what comes later...
 
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Ohwhat.. swear i saw 1150 sorry. GPU is still good, it does 150% of the recommended of Just Cause 3.
cpu only 85% (this is on medium to high settings (1080p). so you might want to upgrade that in the future. but for now you'll be ok. cpu upgrade, not sure which, i think what i will do is sell my MoBo and cpu and buy one what supports 4th gen or the new skylake? but not now. i think your rig will do you just fine till next year.
 
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