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Honestly an ssd would be the best bet. I am waiting for pascal gpu before I do my GPU upgrade. You already have a 960 which is plenty good enough for now at 1080p. By waiting you have options. If the performance increase isn't huge, you can pick up a 900 series for cheaper as they clear inventory. If it is a huge increase, get the 970 price point equivalent. Or use this time to save more money and get like a 980 or 980ti level card next time.

 

Only other thing would maybe be upgrading to 16gb of ram. Personally if I were you, i would snag a 250 or 500 gb 850 evo. If you decide to rebuild later, the ssd could transfer.

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so i got around 200 - 300$ of budget to upgrade what i currently have

a I5-4460 / GTX 960 2gb / Asus B-85 pro-gamer / 1TB WD blue / 8gb HyperFury..

aside from an SSD what would be the sensible upgrade i should get? would it be a good time to grab a more beefy GPU? or wait for Pascal and grab something at the GTX 970 / R9 390 price point?

i play at 1080p :D

hell i might sell everything and build a new one with 800-900$ any tips guys? :D

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wait for the next gen GPU before you consider buying a new GPU

Budget? Uses? Currency? Location? Operating System? Peripherals? Monitor? Use PCPartPicker wherever possible. 

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Honestly an ssd would be the best bet. I am waiting for pascal gpu before I do my GPU upgrade. You already have a 960 which is plenty good enough for now at 1080p. By waiting you have options. If the performance increase isn't huge, you can pick up a 900 series for cheaper as they clear inventory. If it is a huge increase, get the 970 price point equivalent. Or use this time to save more money and get like a 980 or 980ti level card next time.

 

Only other thing would maybe be upgrading to 16gb of ram. Personally if I were you, i would snag a 250 or 500 gb 850 evo. If you decide to rebuild later, the ssd could transfer.

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1 hour ago, calvin_boombox said:

so i got around 200 - 300$ of budget to upgrade what i currently have

No reason to replace anything really, save up for a 4K display or some kind, free-sync IPS ones start at around $500

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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