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Need help with upgrading my PC

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I need help. So I've had my PC for almost 3 or so years now and I am thinking of upgrading as I don't think its running games all that great any more. This is what I have inside of my PC  :

Intel Core i5-2310 @ 2.90GHz
Sandy Bridge 32nm Technology

RAM
8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)

Motherboard
Intel Corporation DZ68DB (LGA1155)


Graphics
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti (Undefined)

If someone could please tell me what I should upgrade and that if anything is still good in my PC and that I shouldn't change. Or if my PC is not that bad but there's something wrong with it which is letting it down.
 
I had a look myself and I was thinking of buying this :
 
RAM:
 
GPU:
 
 
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Just want to point out that you linked your shopping cart, which we can't see :P

But anyways, what are you willing to spend and where do you live so we can help you better. 

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Ok, so I've decided on a new GPU, some RAM but I'm not that interested in upgrading my CPU as people have said that its fine and so I have around £80 spare... Would you recommend upgrading my motherboard?

What GPU? And no on the mobo.IF you get a new mobo i would recomend AM3+ wich is only compatible iwth the fx series.

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What GPU? And no on the mobo.IF you get a new mobo i would recomend AM3+ wich is only compatible iwth the fx series.

So with the GPU I was going to go with this : http://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-Superclocked-Graphics-PureVideo-Technology/dp/B00FOAEIA4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405850361&sr=8-1&keywords=evga+nvidia+geforce+gtx+760+4gb

 

But someone said not to and so I went with this : http://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-Nvidia-GeForce-Superclocked-Graphics/dp/B00DMB6D8W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405850414&sr=8-1&keywords=evga+nvidia+geforce+gtx+760

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The one i linked is much better.

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-video-card-r9280xtdfd

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Your Ram is fine,

 

I would get this if I had your budget.

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/qDF3gs

 

You can go with the fx 6300, it's not a bad chip, I'm using one right now, but it's older and I wouldn't consider it much of an upgrade. But this way you can get a brand new processor and chipset.

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Your Ram is fine,

 

I would get this if I had your budget.

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/qDF3gs

 

You can go with the fx 6300, it's not a bad chip, I'm using one right now, but it's older and I wouldn't consider it much of an upgrade. But this way you can get a brand new processor and chipset.

Its a LARGE upgrade over what he has now. I still think the 280x is better for him tho. 

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Your Ram is fine,

 

I would get this if I had your budget.

 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/qDF3gs

 

You can go with the fx 6300, it's not a bad chip, I'm using one right now, but it's older and I wouldn't consider it much of an upgrade. But this way you can get a brand new processor and chipset.

Heard about the 6300, my friend had one and it heated up like a champ. He got water cooling and it was fine after but the heat gets crazy sometimes.

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