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Hi! I have a rig with these specs:

Intel Core i5-2310 @ 3.2GHz Quad-core

8GB RAM DDR3 1333MHZ

Sapphire Radeon R9 270x 2GB Dual-X w/ Boost

1×1TB WD Caviar Green @ 7200RPM

1×2TB WD Caviar Green @ 7200RPM

Windows 7 (getting Windows 10)

Acer Predator 3610 motherboard

Socket 1155 H67-series mATX

Fractal Design Define R3 Black Pearl

Corsair CS750M

DVD Drive

2 140mm Cougar Vortex fans 1 120mm fan

Acer G245HQ 23.6" @ 60Hz 1920×1080

Dell 21.5" @ 60Hz 1680×1050

Q-Pad MK-50 Cherry MX Red

Creative Fatal1ty

Wacom Intuous Small Pen

Razer Copperhead Blue @ 2000 DPI

Logitech webcam & Logitech Z120 speakers

It's nice for 1080p, but I feel that 1080p is getting old. Should I spend $938.31 on an R9 390 8GB and a Samsung 28" 4K monitor or should I wait until late 2015?

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What I mean is either I get the GPU and monitor now or I get a completely new PC in a generation. (Q2 2016, actually)

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How old is your current setup?

Well, I haven't gotten a chance to even play on it for more than 10 hours, but it's about 2 1/2-3 years on average. Why?

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@PC Projects

 

no SSD?

 

aren't the cheap 4k samsung monitors that have been going around 30hz?

This PC isn't what I'd get, but what I have. No, the monitor does 60Hz over DP.
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Well, I haven't gotten a chance to even play on it for more than 10 hours, but it's about 2 1/2-3 years on average. Why?

My thinking was that if you bought your suggested parts now, that they would last you for a similar amount of time. So unless skylake gives VASTLY greater performance, I don't see any harm in upgrading now. Even if you wait until late 2015, the parts you buy then will probably last you 3 years before you want to upgrade anyway

 

This is my opinion as to how I would upgrade

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My thinking was that if you bought your suggested parts now, that they would last you for a similar amount of time. So unless skylake gives VASTLY greater performance, I don't see any harm in upgrading now. Even if you wait until late 2015, the parts you buy then will probably last you 3 years before you want to upgrade anyway

 

This is my opinion as to how I would upgrade

It took me a while, but now I understand you. I'm not the best at explaining things, it seems. My edit made it a lot clearer.
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Yeah I know, I was asking why you don't have an SSD lol

Because monies.

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you should probably get an SSD, before your next GPU/monitor

esp since it's like 1/10th the cost

A 5th.
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