Why Are You Upgrading: As the title states, I pieced together my first desktop gaming PC in 2012, after taking some advice from this very forum. Over the years I replaced a few parts here and there; some from necessity, others for better performance. My CM Hyper 212 Plus heatsink just died on me the other day, which will require some effort and mobo-removal to replace. Which got me to thinking, would it be worth it to just go ahead and upgrade everything and/or build a brand new PC? Or are the parts listed below still fine enough for today's gaming?
Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next few weeks?
Budget Range: Preferably $1000 or less.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, general use
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Any and all of the listed parts below.
Do you need to buy OS: Will eventually need to upgrade Windows 7 into Windows 10.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, Amazon
Location: Missouri, USA
Parts Preferences: Intel preferred over AMD
Overclocking: Maybe.
Your Monitor Resolution: 2560 x 1080 widescreen
***Current Build:***
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Blue ATX Full Tower
CPU: Intel i5-3570K Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz
Heatsink: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 ATX Intel Motherboard
GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 2GB 192-Bit GDDR5
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
PSU: Rosewill CAPSTONE 550M 550W Modular (80 PLUS GOLD Certified)
SSD: Crucial MX100 2.5" 256GB SATA III
Monitor: LG 34UM67-P Class 21:9 UltraWide IPS FreeSync Gaming Monitor
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit
Approximate Purchase Date: Within the next few weeks?
Budget Range: Preferably $1000 or less.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, general use
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: Any and all of the listed parts below.
Do you need to buy OS: Will eventually need to upgrade Windows 7 into Windows 10.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, Amazon
Location: Missouri, USA
Parts Preferences: Intel preferred over AMD
Overclocking: Maybe.
Your Monitor Resolution: 2560 x 1080 widescreen
***Current Build:***
Case: Cooler Master HAF 932 Advanced Blue ATX Full Tower
CPU: Intel i5-3570K Ivy Bridge Quad-Core 3.4GHz
Heatsink: Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 ATX Intel Motherboard
GPU: ASUS GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST 2GB 192-Bit GDDR5
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
PSU: Rosewill CAPSTONE 550M 550W Modular (80 PLUS GOLD Certified)
SSD: Crucial MX100 2.5" 256GB SATA III
Monitor: LG 34UM67-P Class 21:9 UltraWide IPS FreeSync Gaming Monitor
OS: Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit
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