Best Upgrade For This Setup?

[Dubesta11]

Hello, I was just wondering what the general comunity thinks I should upgrade next. This is what I own:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

 

CPU:  Intel Core i5-3330 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($130.00) 

CPU Cooler:  Corsair H55 57.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($50.00) 

Motherboard:  ASRock H77M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory:  Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($40.00) 

Storage:  Sandisk Ultra Plus 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($150.00) 

Storage:  Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card:  MSI GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 1GB Video Card  ($115.00) 

Case:  BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case  ($55.00) 

Case Fan:  Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition (2-Pack) 62.7 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($30.00) 

Power Supply:  Corsair CX 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($50.00) 

Total: $759.97

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-15 22:23 EST-0500)

 

Thats the main tower, as well as a 21 inch Lenovo IPS monitor (1080p), logitech peripherals (which I am very happy with), and enough games in my steam library to last a year.

 

So, given different circumstances, what would you do?

 

1. ~300 dollar budget

 

2 ~500 dollar budget

 

Parts I am considering mainly:

 

1. Graphics card (The TiB runs games strong, but struggles under hard settings. Would love to run everything on high and still get 60FPS, not necessary ultra, buy enough to forgot your playing a video game.

 

2. Monitor (old one is a tad small, as well as having a weird base. Would still use it as a secondary monitor, which I would enjoy having)

 

3. Aesthetics, including a new case, fans, screws, wires, lights, and so on.

 

I would love to hear your opinion, thanks!

 

[tryphaa]

1. For $300 I would get a 770.

 

2. For $500 I would get a nice IPS monitor for around $150. And a 770, of course.

 

Something to think about in the future is a cpu upgrade. It's fine for now though.

[paulsterio]

Almost definitely your graphics card. That's the only one you'll actually see a genuine improvement on. 

 

Upgrading to something like a GTX 760 will give you a massive bump. 

 

Apart from that, your CPU, RAM, SSD, motherboard...etc. all look really good. An Ivy Bridge i5 is still more than enough for gaming. 

[Jessmaster6]

You definitely won't need that 750w PSU a 500W should be enough.

Also a Samsung 840 Evo 120GB is a good deal but not sure if your into it.

If your not going to get the unlocked version you could look into the Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo. It is a little cheaper but if you don't like air cooler that is fine. 

Other than that you look fine. 

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2U1jA

Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2U1jA/by_merchant/

Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2U1jA/benchmarks/

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-3330 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($130.00) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($29.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: ASRock H77M-ITX Mini ITX LGA1155 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Corsair XMS3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($40.00) 

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.98 @ OutletPC) 

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost 1GB Video Card  ($115.00) 

Case: BitFenix Prodigy (Black) Mini ITX Tower Case  ($55.00) 

Case Fan: Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition (2-Pack) 62.7 CFM 120mm  Fans  ($30.00) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($39.99 @ Newegg) 

Total: $679.93

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-16 00:07 EST-0500)

[yourdad165]

300 dollar budget, get an intel core i5 4670.

 

500 dollar budget, get an intel core i5 4670 and a GTX 660.

[Dubesta11]

1. For $300 I would get a 770.

 

2. For $500 I would get a nice IPS monitor for around $150. And a 770, of course.

 

Something to think about in the future is a cpu upgrade. It's fine for now though.

 

A 770 would be great, but where for 300 dollars? And what would be best, 2gb or 4gb? Also, I would want to spend more than 150 on a decent monitor.