Next thing to upgrade

[Sebback]

Hello, I want to upgrade more on my computer, so it runs all games at highest, so heres my setup:

CPU: Intel Core i5 4670-K
MOB: ASUS Sabertooth Z87
RAM: G Skill RipjawS 1333MHz 7-7-7-21 8GB
GPU: XFX Radeon HD 7970 3GB DD Black Edition
PSU: XFX Core Series 550W Bronze+

- What should i upgrade? What to start with? I could start with an SSD or something else, I'll buy new parts over a couple of some months, so what to start with?

 

[markwp]

You really do not need to upgrade anything unless you want to go crossfire on the gpu. If you do that, you will obviously need a second gpu and a beefier psu.

An ssd will not "upgrade" your rig other than giving you a faster boot and/or load time.

Mark

 

[Sebback]

Yes, I might aswell buy an SSD it takes 2 minuttes for the startup... Which SSD on 250GB would you prefer as best and cheapest?

 

[dottorrent]

Definitely an SSD. Use that as a boot drive and you will get a serious start up speed increase. Since you have an Intel CPU, I recommend one of Intel's 520 series SSD's for even faster programming, as Intel has the smart response technology, which caches both the SSD and CPU to the hard drive to make programs on your storage drive start and write to the HDD faster.

 

[napster100]

For a slightly cheaper option, if you have any spare HDDs laying around you could create a RAID array, like a RAID 0 (striping) to increase boot and load times. But if you go for RAID 0 make sure you backup regularly But a RAID 5 or 6 would be more sensible.

 

[Sebback]

Thanks for answers . dottorrent, a Little too expensive, how about this Samsung 250GB 840 EVO ? Napster100 I'm not terrible good to computer... yet But how about my RAM, should't I get some newer RAM DDR3-1866MHz Crucial Ballistix example?

 

[napster100]

Thanks for answers . dottorrent, a Little too expensive, how about this Samsung 250GB 840 EVO ? Napster100 I'm not terrible good to computer... yet But how about my RAM, should't I get some newer RAM DDR3-1866MHz Crucial Ballistix example?

The Ballistix RAM seems benifical with good OC abilities, but may I suggest Ripjaws X DDR3 2133 with a faster access speed?