What to upgrade first ?

[Vetex]

need help on what to upgrade first ?

Specs
I5 3470
B75 MOBO
8GB DDR3
250GB HDD 
GTX 660
768P MONITOR

i can still play the games i want pretty well 

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

maybe an ssd for a boot drive or a 1TB hdd for storage, gpu prices suck now so stick to the 660. 

[Guest]

The 3470 is still pretty decent as a now sort of run of the mill quadcore, 8gb of ram is still fine if youre not a heavy multitasker. I suggest upgrading the GPU to something a bit newer you can get for cheap, you should have no problems with a 780ti or 970 with the i5, both of those can be found pretty cheap now.

Probably time for storage upgrade unless you really dont need the space. I get away with a 120gb SSD for most of my needs so i can understand not having a larger HDD if you wont use it. Look into getting an SSD for your OS and common programs though, decent speed benefit over a mechanical drive.

Move up to a 1080p monitor as well after the GPU upgrade.

 

After all that you move into the territory where its just a better option to build a whole new PC.

tl;dr 780ti, SSD, 1080p monitor

[RAM555789]

4 minutes ago, Vetex said:

need help on what to upgrade first ?

Specs
I5 3470
B75 MOBO
8GB DDR3
250GB HDD 
GTX 660
768P MONITOR

i can still play the games i want pretty well 

 

 

The GTX 750Ti, if its not crazy expensive would be a nice upgrade to your current setup. I would just compare it to 1030 prices first. The GTX 750 Ti performs faster but in some countries, second-hand parts like the 750 Ti can be hard to come by (like China) or easy (like the U.S.).

[TheGlenlivet]

8 minutes ago, Vetex said:

need help on what to upgrade first ?

Specs
I5 3470
B75 MOBO
8GB DDR3
250GB HDD 
GTX 660
768P MONITOR

i can still play the games i want pretty well 

 

If you only have one DIMM of Ram, you can see an increase in performance by adding a second for dual channel.  Not a drastic increase, but something.

[Guest savagepain]

if you can spend 380 on a card get this one https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127963&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker, LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

[Guest savagepain]

and also you could probably go with a ryzen chip and get more performance  

[lavablade02]

13 minutes ago, savagepain said:

if you can spend 380 on a card get this one https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127963&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker, LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=

I second this

[Herman Mcpootis]

9 hours ago, RAM555789 said:

The GTX 750Ti, if its not crazy expensive would be a nice upgrade to your current setup. I would just compare it to 1030 prices first. The GTX 750 Ti performs faster but in some countries, second-hand parts like the 750 Ti can be hard to come by (like China) or easy (like the U.S.).

lol no, the 660 is much better.

https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/NVIDIA/GeForce_GTX_750_Ti/25.html