Help Updating My Rig

Owtlaw1

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Jul 18, 2013
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Hey,

So I put my computer together a few years ago, and while I am definitely not upset with it, I am looking to upgrade it a little. I have had no issues running games on Max settings, until I let the Steam sale win and I downloaded The Witcher 2. I tried running it on Max and watched as my poor rig met it's match. I was wondering if you guys could help me figure out what is holding my rig back the most. I am assuming it's my Video Card, but I could certainly be wrong.

i5-2400 3.1 GHz Processor
8 GB DDR3 1600 RAM
EVGA GTX 560 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 Video Card

The rest of my setup I didn't think mattered to much, standard 7200 RPM hard drive, that kind of stuff, but if it does then please let me know. I plan on getting an H50 CPU Cooler regardless, my processor tends to get a little hot.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Also, any recommendations would also be appreciated.
 

X79

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I think a second generation i5 like the one you've got should be fine.

So I'll go with the GPU too. Perhaps selling it and getting the very affordable

GTX 760 instead would be a neat upgrade. Not the biggest of leaps however.