What Should I Upgrade to Increase Gaming Performance

[Kacey_S]

Budget is basically about $500

Looking for a gaming computer, play basically everything, a little bit of internet and movies, but primarily gaming

Currently have a Radeon 7870, with a 750 Watt PSU I believe

CPU is a 3570k @ 3.80, mobo is a
Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H ATX LGA1155 Z77DDR3 3PCI-E16 3PCI-E1 HDMI CrossFireX/SLI SATA3 USB3.0 Motherboard

I like NCIX mostly, or Tigerdirect, and these will be Canadian prices.


no over clocking, but SLI/Crossfire is cool

res is 1920x1080

 

[manofchalk]

You have very good overclocking hardware and not going to take advantage of it?

You might want to give your full system specs.

 

[FinneousPJ]

Grab a second HD7870, that much is obvious.

 

[Kacey_S]

You have very good overclocking hardware and not going to take advantage of it?

You might want to give your full system specs.

I don't really know how to overclock and I don't want to wreck anything, if you have any good guides or youtube videos I would more than gladly take a look at them

 

[manofchalk]

GPU overclocking guide.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA_l5-HDel4
Its on old hardware, but the method is still the same.

CPU Ivy Bridge overclocking guide.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCIWTX-jy9A
Make sure you have aftermarket cooling on your CPU before you do. Stock wont get you that far.