Advice on Upgrade

[Wesley]

So every now and then i buy an upgrade for my system and its around that time again.  Below is the break down of my machine.  What would be the smartest upgrade to get more performance out my machine would you all think?

 

AMD FX 8350 @ 4.4ghz

ASUS M5A99X Evo

MSI GTX 680 Lightning

G.SKIL Sniper 1866 4GBx2

Corsair HX850W PSU

Corsair A70 Air Cooler

Mushkin 120GB SSD

Fractal Define XL R2 Case

3x1TB WD Black HDDs

[FloRolf]

why the shit would you upgrade? the system is quite good even though it might be little older...

[felixbearpig]

honestly man you dont need one

[WhatARoaster]

A 780?

[Morfy]

Older? not at all, you could buy a Swiftec H220, that way you can OC further, and add a GPU block later and expand it, also you could get a sound card if you have decent headphones/headset.

[Deddie]

Another 680?

[sabot]

You could upgrade to a haswell 4770k? Or get some form of a liquid cooling loop?

[smjpl]

What monitor have you got? If it's 1080p you don't need to upgrade your gpu. That will last you a while. I would say wait for the HD9000 series. You could upgrade now but you probably won't get a noticeable performance increase. The same is kind of true for upgrading to Haswell. If you reckon it makes sense to spend a large some of money on something you won't really notice, go for it.

 

If you really want to upgrade something, get yourself a nice mechanical keyboard or a decent mouse or something (as long as you don't already have one). What sound solution have you got? Decent headphones or speakers?

[Wesley]

I have a 1080p monitor and i'm only really looking to upgrade the current setup to add something not change over to anything else.  Sound Card is a good idea i have 5.1 Rocat Kave headphones.  I've always wanted to do water cooling but i have have enough trust to put those AIO units in my system if i was like in the 1% bracket that has an issue with their unit and it leaks or something i don't have the money to put this type of rig together again.  I do have an Old Logitech G15 keyboard and was thinking about getting a ducky or a Corsair keyboard but i can live with what i have i'm more about upgrading to get performance gains but i do have keyboard on my mind.  My mouse right now is razer abyssus and its right small i'm a claw mouse type of person the big bulky ones i'm not to keen on.

[Wesley]

O and my Monitor is a Samsung P2350 and i've had it for quite a while i wouldn't mind updating that but i would only spend enough money for another 1080p monitor so i don't even know if its worth it.

[sabot]

Eyefinity or nvidia surround!

[WoodenMarker]

I have a 1080p monitor and i'm only really looking to upgrade the current setup to add something not change over to anything else.  Sound Card is a good idea i have 5.1 Rocat Kave headphones.  I've always wanted to do water cooling but i have have enough trust to put those AIO units in my system if i was like in the 1% bracket that has an issue with their unit and it leaks or something i don't have the money to put this type of rig together again.  I do have an Old Logitech G15 keyboard and was thinking about getting a ducky or a Corsair keyboard but i can live with what i have i'm more about upgrading to get performance gains but i do have keyboard on my mind.  My mouse right now is razer abyssus and its right small i'm a claw mouse type of person the big bulky ones i'm not to keen on.

Peripherals will give a definite noticeable upgrade. You can't go wrong with satisfaction when getting something you will physically work with.