Looking for a upgrade

madamx

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Hello!

I had the help of toms hardware forum users last year in building my rig, (thank you btw) birthday time came around again and looking to upgrade something hehe, :D so if anyone would be so kind to suggest where i should put my money towards (200 bucks to be exact lol) that would be so awesome :) I mainly play world of warcraft, i use adobe illustrator and photoshop on a casual basis nothing hardcore. Thank you for any suggestions/help!

Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium

Processor Intel Quad Core i5 750 @ 2.67GHz

MOBO --- Gigabyte GA-P55-UD3L (4 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 2 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR3 DIMM, Audio, Gigabit LAN)
- http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3501#sp

Memory--- 4GB (2x2GB) OCZ Gold XTC OCZ3G1600LV2G
- http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/desktop-memory/ddr3/value/gold-series/dual-channel-ddr3--small----optimized-for-the-intel-lynnfield-platform/ocz-ddr3-pc3-8500-gold-low-voltage-dual-channel.html

Video Card Nvidia GeForce GTS 250
- http://www.zotacusa.com/geforce-gts-250-512mb-256-bit-gddr3-738mhz-2200mhz-zt-20101-10p.html

HD Western Digital Caviar Green 1 TB Sata 3gb/s 16mb Cache
- http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?DriveID=336


I think that sums it up hope I didn't forget anything main lol ><, well thx again.
 

calguyhunk

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You may add 2GB of RAM if you're really serious 'bout Photoshop, but either SLI the GTS 250 for a very good cost effective solution or get a $230 GTX 460 (Fermi) - with free Metro 2033 Download.

But I doubt whether you'll be needing that though, seeing as you play WOW (@ what resolution?)

Also you didn't list the PSU. I hope you at least have a 550 watt PSU (around 50A on the +12V Rails) to SLI that 250.