System Upgrade Help

[mtsprite]

So i recently decided to upgrade my systems CPU, motherboard and RAM. However, i have been out of the enthusiast market for like 5 years and dont really know what to get so i was hoping you guys (and girls) could help. My budget is currently $650 - $700 USD This is my system now:

 

AMD FX 8350 @4.0Ghz

ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 

Cooler Master Sedion 240M

12GB Mushkin Blackline Steealh DDR3

ASUS GTX970 STRIX

Intel 128GB SSD

Seagate 5TB Enterprise HDD

Corsair CX500 PSU

[GermanPCBuilder]

4 minutes ago, mtsprite said:

So i recently decided to upgrade my systems CPU, motherboard and RAM. However, i have been out of the enthusiast market for like 5 years and dont really know what to get so i was hoping you guys (and girls) could help. This is my system now:

 

AMD FX 8350 @4.0Ghz

ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 

Cooler Master Sedion 240M

12GB Mushkin Blackline Steealh DDR3

ASUS GTX970 STRIX

Intel 128GB SSD

Seagate 5TB Enterprise HDD

Corsair CX500 PSU

If I knew what your budget is I could help ...maybe

[FurdTurgeson]

Assuming yourre sticking with an ASUS GPU, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814126114

 

Upgrade the 12GB to 16: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233246&cm_re=16_corsiar-_-20-233-246-_-Product

 

And Because of new technologies and ports coming along, a new mobo is due: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132567&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=ASUS_motherboards-_-13-132-567-_-Product 

 

Hope this helps you get back into the game!

[mtsprite]

3 minutes ago, GermanPCBuilder said:

If I knew what your budget is I could help ...maybe

updated OP with budget.

[FurdTurgeson]

1 minute ago, mtsprite said:

updated OP with budget.

What I posted was a budget of $520. You could upgrade to a MSI 1070 for a bit more power if you wanted for $120 more: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127955&cm_re=msi_1070-_-14-127-955-_-Product

[mtsprite]

2 hours ago, WSADKeysGaming said:

Assuming yourre sticking with an ASUS GPU, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814126114

 

Upgrade the 12GB to 16: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233246&cm_re=16_corsiar-_-20-233-246-_-Product

 

And Because of new technologies and ports coming along, a new mobo is due: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132567&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=ASUS_motherboards-_-13-132-567-_-Product 

 

Hope this helps you get back into the game!

im sticking with the gtx 970 as i just got it. Also what about DDR4? Is it worth the money to upgrade to that? And what about a processor? 

[FurdTurgeson]

1 hour ago, mtsprite said:

im sticking with the gtx 970 as i just got it. Also what about DDR4? Is it worth the money to upgrade to that? And what about a processor? 

No, DDR3 will do you just as good as 4 in casual gaming. Processor? Are you sticking with AMD or are you willing to go Intel?

[mtsprite]

20 hours ago, WSADKeysGaming said:

No, DDR3 will do you just as good as 4 in casual gaming. Processor? Are you sticking with AMD or are you willing to go Intel?

I wanted to go Intel cause there really hasn't been much action on the AMD side of things and i want all the new features Intel processors have.

[FurdTurgeson]

14 hours ago, mtsprite said:

I wanted to go Intel cause there really hasn't been much action on the AMD side of things and i want all the new features Intel processors have.

I would suggest http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117559&cm_re=i7-_-19-117-559-_-Product

 

The motherboard I posted earlier, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132567&ignorebbr=1&cm_re=ASUS_motherboards-_-13-132-567-_-Product, is the right socket for this CPU as well.