What pc part should I upgrade?

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GameableXP

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I've wanted to upgrade my pc, but I'm not sure on what to upgrade. Here are my pc specs:

Cpu: Intel Core I3-2120
Gpu: Gtx 750 Ti (I don't mind having this graphics card, since I don't play demanding games.)
Ram: Hyper fury X 1x4 gb ddr3-1600
Storage: 1.5 TB hdd (7200 rpm) and sadly, no ssd
Case: Deepcool Tesseract (The case is what I'd like to upgrade first, but I can wait to upgrade other components)

P.S. These 5 are the only things I want to upgrade
 
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photonboy
Pretty hard to answer when you basically said you aren't playing demanding games.

What EXACTLY do you want to do then that you can't do now?

1) SSD - boot, general opening programs is snapper (i.e. 850 Samsung EVO 256GB, for about $90USD... use Samsung Magician... Machrium Reflect Free to clone, or do a clean insall)

2) CPU - see pcpartpicker and get a 4-core up to the maximum supported by the motherboard (see its CPU support list)
- helps with video processing and similar
- game benefit varies a lot, but again you said that doesn't matter

3) DDR3 memory - suggest at least 8GB with two, identical sticks (or four for 4x4GB if applicable to your motherboard memory limit)
- Google Chrome and other tasks can often eat up a lot of memory...
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Pretty hard to answer when you basically said you aren't playing demanding games.

What EXACTLY do you want to do then that you can't do now?

1) SSD - boot, general opening programs is snapper (i.e. 850 Samsung EVO 256GB, for about $90USD... use Samsung Magician... Machrium Reflect Free to clone, or do a clean insall)

2) CPU - see pcpartpicker and get a 4-core up to the maximum supported by the motherboard (see its CPU support list)
- helps with video processing and similar
- game benefit varies a lot, but again you said that doesn't matter

3) DDR3 memory - suggest at least 8GB with two, identical sticks (or four for 4x4GB if applicable to your motherboard memory limit)
- Google Chrome and other tasks can often eat up a lot of memory

4) GPU - what can I say?
Maybe an RX-470, or GTX1060 later once prices drop?

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As said, hard to answer this. Everything I say except the SSD might turn out to be a waste of money.

If you don't have W10 it's probably a good time since you only have a few more weeks. You could do a clean install to the SSD (no need to enter a key of you have W7 or later already... just have HDD disconnected, install W10, drivers etc then copy back any important data..)
 
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It comes down to what you do with your system. The best upgrade for your system in computing perfromance would be an i7 3770k, if you have a Z overclocking board, or a 3770 non-k if you don't. You should first check the CPU support list from the MB manufacturer, though. ANd you may have to do a BIOS upgrade. What MB is it, btw?

On teh other hand, the best upgrade for your system overall would be an SSD.
 
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