That is the question...
Approximate Purchase Date: Within a month, no real rush but something I have been considering for a while
Budget Range: 300-500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Video Rendering (YouTube Partner), Internet
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Doesn't matter, live near Microcenter so if the website is good I can always go in for price matching
Location: Santa Ana, CA - Right next to Microcenter
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: Yes when recording, otherwise will keep it at defaults
SLI or Crossfire: No, maybe in a couple years, but see no need now with my current set-up
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Parts to Upgrade: Bold will be items after being on these forums that have been recommended
CASE Cooler Master Centurion 5 - Silver ATX Mid-Tower Case with Front USB, Firewire and Audio Ports
POWER SUPPLY Ultra LSP750 750-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, SLI-Ready, 135mm Fan, Lifetime Warranty
HDD Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB Hard Drive ST31500341AS - 7200RPM, 32MB Cache, SATA-3G
CPU CURRENT Intel Core i5 750 Processor - 2.66GHz, LGA 1156, 8MB L3 Cache, Quad-Core
CPU SUGGESTED Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz LGA 1155 Processor
MB CURRENT Asus P7P55D LE Motherboard - Intel P55, Socket LGA1156, Core i5, 2133MHz, DDR3
MB SUGGESTED ASRock Z77 Extreme4 or ASUS Rampage III Gene or GA-Z77X-UD3H
RAM Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 XMS 8GB DDR3 RAM - PC10666, 1333MHz, 2x 4GB
HEATSINK Cooler Master Hyper N520 Copper Heatpipe CPU Cooler
GPU Sapphire DIRT 3 EDITION Radeon HD 6950 2 GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100312-3SR
Upgrades being suggested would run me 300 at Microcenter, leaving me 200 to play with or upgrade something else...
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: This is not a mandatory upgrade, more of a fun upgrade so feel free to give me your advice or opinions
Approximate Purchase Date: Within a month, no real rush but something I have been considering for a while
Budget Range: 300-500
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, Video Rendering (YouTube Partner), Internet
Are you buying a monitor: No
Do you need to buy OS: No
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Doesn't matter, live near Microcenter so if the website is good I can always go in for price matching
Location: Santa Ana, CA - Right next to Microcenter
Parts Preferences: None
Overclocking: Yes when recording, otherwise will keep it at defaults
SLI or Crossfire: No, maybe in a couple years, but see no need now with my current set-up
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080
Parts to Upgrade: Bold will be items after being on these forums that have been recommended
CASE Cooler Master Centurion 5 - Silver ATX Mid-Tower Case with Front USB, Firewire and Audio Ports
POWER SUPPLY Ultra LSP750 750-Watt Power Supply - ATX, SATA-Ready, SLI-Ready, 135mm Fan, Lifetime Warranty
HDD Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB Hard Drive ST31500341AS - 7200RPM, 32MB Cache, SATA-3G
CPU CURRENT Intel Core i5 750 Processor - 2.66GHz, LGA 1156, 8MB L3 Cache, Quad-Core
CPU SUGGESTED Core i5 3570K 3.4GHz LGA 1155 Processor
MB CURRENT Asus P7P55D LE Motherboard - Intel P55, Socket LGA1156, Core i5, 2133MHz, DDR3
MB SUGGESTED ASRock Z77 Extreme4 or ASUS Rampage III Gene or GA-Z77X-UD3H
RAM Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 XMS 8GB DDR3 RAM - PC10666, 1333MHz, 2x 4GB
HEATSINK Cooler Master Hyper N520 Copper Heatpipe CPU Cooler
GPU Sapphire DIRT 3 EDITION Radeon HD 6950 2 GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100312-3SR
Upgrades being suggested would run me 300 at Microcenter, leaving me 200 to play with or upgrade something else...
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: This is not a mandatory upgrade, more of a fun upgrade so feel free to give me your advice or opinions