What's your current upgrade path?

[crystal6tak]

I'm interested in knowing what you guys got left to upgrade in your rig. Personally I got a ton of stuff to upgrade but no cash to do so.

 

Upgrade path (In order):

New cpu cooler (probably Kraken x60)

SSD (Probably Sandisk Extreme II 240gb)

+4gb 1333mhz RAM

Mechanical keyboard

Either a sound card (Xonar Essence maybe?) or another 7970 for xfire

If going with sound card, a better speaker maybe?

 

And that's all I can think of to get my rig to the ultimate rig. Of course this isn't close to a dream rig but this is realistically speaking the highest point my rig will get to. So what's your rig and the upgrade path you plan on taking with it?

[defunkt]

In my rig I still need to finish watercooling, cable sleeving, chopping my case a bit, I think i'm going to upgrade my graphics card and I still need all new fans. I've got a lot to do and no money :(

Spoilers aren't working.

[Hazy125]

-Double post-

 

 

Or not? It showed me as a double post..... I don't know

Back to my list then, yay for typing it out

 

Watercooling loop

Extra rad

3 SSD's

A copy of Windows 8 to cover the fact I pirated a copy a while back

Shiny new graphics card

 

 

Then by the time all that is in my system it will be time to upgrade to Haswell-E

[rustikles]

Get that SSD asap! Btw spoiler is broken in your post.

[MJOLNITR VIPER]

Full custom LC loop.  With external rad.  

2 more ASUS PB238Q's. 

last but not least ALL THE DUCKIES I can get my hands on. 

[crystal6tak]

Spoilers aren't working.

 

 Btw spoiler is broken in your post.

Eh, nooby question, how to do spoilers?  :wacko:

[Hans Christian | Teri]

1-4 more SSD's depending on what path I choose to go down with that and a new GFX card, that's about it left for me.

[bradscoolio]

1.monitor = xl2411t

2.graphics card = 770/680/780

3.PSU = Silverstone 600w gold rated

4.cable sleeve = custom sleeving mdpc-x heatshrinkless

5.hard drives = moar barracudas!

[constanrine5d]

New PC. Just look at my signature and you will understand!

[rustikles]

Eh, nooby question, how to do spoilers?  :wacko:

In the top left of the post editor click the blue/green icon for "Special BBcode" and choose spoiler. Alternatively:

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[crystal6tak]

 

In the top left of the post editor click the blue/green icon for "Special BBcode" and choose spoiler. Alternatively:

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ah, thanks!

[legopc]

1. getting da dam wc loop installed 

2. get new cpu/mobo

3. new psu 

4. new video card 

5. better case 

[crystal6tak]

New PC. Just look at my signature and you will understand!

A 560 ti is a pretty good card though. You're cpu is also pretty decent. I've seen lots of pcs with a lot worse hardware than that lol. You could probably reuse that 560 ti in your new build. Maybe get another 560 ti and sli those 2.

[0s4x]

1. Case swap in a few days (hopefully)

2. Everything else as and when it dies.

[Ryan Leech]

I guess all I need to upgrade is my GPU and maybe a new psu to go with it?

 

1.GTX 780

2.Seasonic 700w 80+ Platinum

3.More Fans

[Ryan Leech]

New PC. Just look at my signature and you will understand!

That setup isn't bad, just overclock and it will be great.

[Appelzaadje]

Upgrading GPU prolly in a year :P dont wanna take apart my WC just yet xD

already got raid SSD and HDD

triple display got already

already got a soundcard

hmmm dono im pretty content with my setup atm

[Yuval]

More of a repair\

 

 

before

 

HAF 912

I5 2400

shitty cooler (and loud)

P8P67M - Pro (MATX)

GTX 550 Ti SLI (asus)

8GB DDR3 1600 MHZ

Crappy Seasonic 620W bronze PSU

 

After

 

Define R4 Titanium (got)

Corsair H60+ F12

MSI Z77A G45

7950 Vapor X OC

8GB DDR 1600MHZ (got)

FiiO E10

Seasonic G 650 

[Qpm5]

I plan to change  my case to an air 540 and buy an ssd

I am also thinking of buying a modular psu and getting sleeved cables

I might change my h60 to an h100i or a h110

[Ryan Leech]

More of a repair\

 

 

before

 

HAF 912

I5 2400

shitty cooler (and loud)

P8P67M - Pro (MATX)

GTX 550 Ti SLI (asus)

8GB DDR3 1600 MHZ

Crappy Seasonic 620W bronze PSU

 

After

 

Define R4 Titanium (got)

Corsair H60+ F12

MSI Z77A G45

7950 Vapor X OC

8GB DDR 1600MHZ (got)

FiiO E10

Seasonic G 650 

I would actually upgrade the cpu to a 3570k and just do a bios update on the Motherboard as it could easily overclock the 3570k

[virusal19]

Get second GTX 680 

 

Get custom watercooling. 

 

Get sound card

 

 

That's pretty much all I need to make my current rig really baller. 

[Vitalius]

Do note that my current rig with future upgrades is in my signature.

Kingston HyperX 10th Anniversay RAM 4x8GB (32GB)

AMD HD 9970 when it arrives



2 x 120GB Kingston HyperX SSD's (in addition to what I already have)



Genius DeathTaker



LG WH14NS40 Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer

*not posting picture, it's a disc drive*



NZXT HALE90 V2 1200W 80 PLUS Goldz

Asus PB238Q 23.0" Monitor (could change, likely to do so)


AMD 9970 again (for Crossfire)

Asus PB238Q 23.0" Monitor (again for 2)

Asus PB238Q 23.0" Monitor (total of 3)

Large water cooling setup.That part will take foreeeever

[Yuval]

I would actually upgrade the cpu to a 3570k and just do a bios update on the Motherboard as it could easily overclock the 3570k

Thats abit over my budget atm, but i am planning to get a I7 3770K, just that is not affordable, these upgrades will happen in the next month or so, the CPU in about half a year maybe.

Btw, if i switch a motherboard do i need to config my CPU and everything? or will it work from the start.

[ERSCreeper]

2x 128Gb SSD, 2x 3TB HDD, Another HD 7950/7970, Watercooling and more ram.

[Ryan Leech]

Thats abit over my budget, but i am planning to get a I7 3770K, just that is not affordable, these upgrades will happen in the next month or so, the CPU in about half a year maybe.

Btw, if i switch a motherboard do i need to config my CPU and everything? or will it work from the start

In my opinion, a new motherboard would be a waste of money, just update your bios on your current motherboard and then save up for a new cpu, buying a new motherboard will give you no extra performance.