Upgrading Current PC

[Guest Robertz]

Hi all. I currently have a PC which is almost a couple of years old now and I am wanting to do some upgrades. I don't want to upgrade every part but I know my graphics card is struggling with the latest game on high settings with high fps.

 

The aim is to be able to play games at 1920x1080 with a good fps (60fps for FPS games is ideal). My budget is £500 (I am in the UK) to upgrade and my current build is listed below. There is currently no SSD drive installed and I am unsure if this will make much of a difference in my build I am aware that the graphics card will be the main upgrade point, but again I would like advice on which one to go for as i know there is a point where performance vs cost drops off.

 

Any suggestions on how I can spend the £500 to upgrade would be appreciated.

 

Case - Coolmaster Elite 430 Mid Tower w Side Panel

CPU - i7 3770 3.4ghz 8mb cache

Motherboard - Asus P8Z77-V LX2

RAM - 8GB (2x4gb) DDR3/2133mhz Kingston HyperX Predator w Heatspread

GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660Ti

HDD - 2GB HDD 2TB HDD (7200rpm)

[mosin40]

The Specs are great, just get an SSD and a new GPU, a 970

 

Edit: Try getting a MSI GTX 970 Gaming for a GPU and a Crucial MX100 256GB  for a SSD

[Pugs501]

The Specs are great, just get an SSD and a new GPU, a 970

128, 256, 512 Gb?

[VMaxMuffin]

128, 246, 512 Gb?

Get a 970 (or 980? Not sure about UK prices), spend the leftovers on however much space you can get in a decent brand and model of SSD.

[mosin40]

128, 246, 512 Gb?

You mean 256?? (you wrote 246)

I recommend a 256 GB SSD (I edited the post) 

[Guest Robertz]

Thanks for the advice, will look into your reccomendations.

[Megazero]

Hi all. I currently have a PC which is almost a couple of years old now and I am wanting to do some upgrades. I don't want to upgrade every part but I know my graphics card is struggling with the latest game on high settings with high fps.

 

The aim is to be able to play games at 1920x1080 with a good fps (60fps for FPS games is ideal). My budget is £500 (I am in the UK) to upgrade and my current build is listed below. There is currently no SSD drive installed and I am unsure if this will make much of a difference in my build I am aware that the graphics card will be the main upgrade point, but again I would like advice on which one to go for as i know there is a point where performance vs cost drops off.

 

Any suggestions on how I can spend the £500 to upgrade would be appreciated.

 

Case - Coolmaster Elite 430 Mid Tower w Side Panel

CPU - i7 3770 3.4ghz 8mb cache

Motherboard - Asus P8Z77-V LX2

RAM - 8GB (2x4gb) DDR3/2133mhz Kingston HyperX Predator w Heatspread

GPU - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660Ti

HDD - 2GB HDD 2TB HDD (7200rpm)

The list there is your current rig right? If so then probably the only thing you need to upgrade is a SSD to run the OS. Trust me, it worth it. As for how big it should be. 120GB should be more than enough. Note that the SSD will make your OS run faster, give you a better PC experiences, but for games it will only make the loading time of some games faster,and not much faster so keep your games in the HDD, only install the OS plus some very few games that is single player and have LONG loading time in it (such as BF4)

For the GPU upgrade, a 970 is about 300 GBP if I remember correctly, and it's one of the best choice for GPU now.

[Demons Wrath]

Thanks for the advice, will look into your reccomendations.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

Storage: Crucial MX100 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£74.39 @ Aria PC) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 290 4GB DirectCU II Video Card  (£209.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £284.38

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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