so im pondering upgrading from my current system, but I don't know if its worth it just yet.
I could use a few opinions from people more in the know about hardware than I am.
current system specs:
eh, why cant I paste anything, that's just annoying... ok super short, non-detailed spec list then:
cpu - i5 2500k 3.3ghz
ram - 8gb ddr3 1600mhz
gpu - gtx 660 ftw 3gb evga
hdd - intel ssd
mb - gigabyte g1.sniper2 z68
psu - 850w corsair
os - win 7 64 home
what I do with it:
vegas video editing and rendering for youtube (takes way too long)
fraps / video game recording (I want better render distance and chunk loading speed for minecraft)
mc edit (minecraft map editor, massive memory hog)
occasionally civ5, eve, kerbal space program, wow and sim city. im not a first person shooter guy at all and I don't play any of those games you benchmark for.
and the usual watching youtube, twitch and general internet surfing among other things that are fine like they are.
system is 3 years old, I built it before I started doing anything on youtube and in minecraft. it holds up well enough, but the performance is not where I would like it to be and rendering videos takes far too long.
I run 2 monitors, 1920x1200 and the other one is my 32" tv. I don't need any new peripherals.
my question is, if I built a newer system would the things I do be improved in a significant way or not?
my other option was get another 8gb of ram and wait another year. im not really sure where the bottleneck is in my current system tho.
ive been looking at pcpartpicker and some of the popular system builder configurators to get an idea of whats current now and I just don't know if its that time or not yet.
what I might upgrade to would be something like this:
cpu - i7 4790 3.6 ghz
ram - 16gb ddr3 2133 mhz
gpu - gtx 760 or 770
mb - asus something
budget would be around 1500 usd.
im not settled on anything yet, hense my post here looking for some guidance. =)