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So I got my old Gaming pc and I was wondering what should I upgrade or is it worth  upgrading 

 

I5 2500k (4.2 ghz)

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Radeon 6970 flex 2gb 

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SSD maybe a 2nd 6970? here they're cheap and 2 of them offers about the same perf as 270x x-fire

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The only thing I would upgrade is the graphics card to an R9 270/GTX 750 Ti on low budget, R9 280x/285/GTX 760 on medium budget and R9 290/GTX780 on high budget. The choice depends on whether you prefer green or red team really. I would pick the 280X over the 285 though because the extra GB of VRAM is fantastic. I wouldn't CF the 6970 unless you are on a REALLY tight budget because a stronger single card is always better than CF weaker card.

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Get an SSD and a more up to date GPU.

I would go with this, an SSD is so much better than an HDD ( once you go SSD you will never go back :) )

And definitly a GPU, like @Archangel1994 said, depending on your price range and prefernce between NVIDIA/AMD your choices are many.

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GPu and ssd then I might Prioritize the GPU maybe i coudl get good deals on a gtx 680 if not might go gtx 770 and as for the ssd the Samsung Pro might be a good choice thanks for the replies guys 

CPU: I5 7400 | Motherboard: MSI H110M  | RAM: 16GB G-Skill 2400mhz  | GPU:  NVIDIA  MSI Gaming 4G GTX 970 | Case: Tecware Quad | Cooling: Stock| Storage: Kingston 120gb SSD, 1TB Drive ,  | PSU: Seasonic 620 Watt 80+ Bronze Full Modular | Display: Devant 50 Inch Smart TV   | 

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