Upgrade Path (FX 8350, GTX 770 ETC.)

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Hi Everyone,

just like what the title says. im planning to upgrade something on my PC but i dont know which one to upgrade at the moment. So far everything is running good had the pc for almost 3 years now. but since its been 3 years theres a lot of better stuff out there than what i have. I'm not really thinking of upgrading my cpu at the moment, pretty much just the components around my cpu. Here's the parts i have on my PC.

CPU: AMD FX 8350
MOBO: Asrock 970 Extreme3
GPU: EVGA GTX 770 2gb
RAM: 8gb (2x4) Corsair XMS DDR3-1333mhz
Cooler: Corsair H60
Storage: 2 SSDs (60gb/240gb) 1 2 TB HDD


 
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I wouldn't buy a new motherboard to get faster ram.Seems pointless to me."overclocking" as it's called here just means going into the bios and set ram to speeds,timings and voltage the new ram can handle.Only if wanting to go over that would you imo really be overclocking.If you want faster ram just get it on this motherboard.
If buying a new motherboard+ram would that be so close to getting a new socket/platform= cpu as well that i would go for that and you don't as it seems.If you just want some better game performance get a better gpu and be happy.
About gpu's,new ones are getting out this year so you might want to wait what they will bring performance wise.Heard something about April,but halfway this year as well.
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Because you don't want to upgrade the cpu, so 1) maybe the get the 16GB RAM like the 1866mhz 2x8GB kit. the price is very good for the consumers right now. 2) maybe the gtx980 or gtx 980ti, depends on the budget, because you had the gtx770.
But recommend just keep use it until you think you have to rebuild the whole new PC, because I am pretty sure the pc can handle all you need now.
 
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thans a lot man! only reason why i im still on the 8gb 1333mhz just of the mobos compatibility. it could accept higher clock speed but i have to overclock it. on that note either i have to overclock or just buy a newer mobo. any good mobos out there? something that will not break the bank.
 
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I wouldn't buy a new motherboard to get faster ram.Seems pointless to me."overclocking" as it's called here just means going into the bios and set ram to speeds,timings and voltage the new ram can handle.Only if wanting to go over that would you imo really be overclocking.If you want faster ram just get it on this motherboard.
If buying a new motherboard+ram would that be so close to getting a new socket/platform= cpu as well that i would go for that and you don't as it seems.If you just want some better game performance get a better gpu and be happy.
About gpu's,new ones are getting out this year so you might want to wait what they will bring performance wise.Heard something about April,but halfway this year as well.
 
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yea i think thats what i would actually do since its very easy to oc the ram.

 
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