Upgrade Current PC

[loneness]

i am looking to upgrade my current setup of my PC and below is my spec:

Processor: i5 750 @ 2.67
Motherboard: Gigabyte p55a-ud3p
RAM: Kingston 2x2GB DDR3
Graphic Card: AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series 1GB
Hard Disk: 1x32GB SSD & 1x1TB WD

Appreciate your recommendation, what do you all recommend?

 

[nippp0n]

What is your budget?

 

[Alternative X]

1) What do you hope to be able to do after the upgrade?

2) State PSU brand, model, wattage.

3) Which GPU did you have? HD7850? HD7870?

4) State brand and model of casing.

5) Your OS is 32-bit or 64-bit?

6) State brand, model, resolution of monitor.

 

[loneness]

1) I would like to play current games like shadow of mordor or evil within with higher performance

2) Aerocool E85M-700 700W

3) HD7850

4) COOLER MASTER Elite RC-310-BWN1-GP Black Steel

5) 64 bit

6) Dell S2440L

Budget: $800 to $1k

 

[Alternative X]

Suggested hardware parts:

RAM: G.SKILL PC 12800/1600MHZ DDR3 CL11 VALUE RAM (4GB) (53)
GPU: ZOTAC GTX 970 4GB TWIN FAN (509)
SSD: CRUCIAL MX100 256GB (162)

Total cost: $724

Buy at PC Themes, #04-15, and ask for discounts.

Notes:

1) A Crucial MX100 256GB SSD is intended to allow you to get a larger SSD for your OS drive and to install some games in for faster loading times.

2) One stick of 4GB RAM is added to upgrade your system to 8GB RAM.

3) With a GTX 970, you can now play your games at max settings. (Do note that you will need to download an Ultra HD Texture package for the LOTR game to be able to play at Ultra.)

 

[loneness]

Will my motherboard & processor hinder the performance? Because my initial thoughts was changing both of them with added ram.

 

[Alternative X]

Will my motherboard & processor hinder the performance? Because my initial thoughts was changing both of them with added ram.

Not really, your CPU is still good for gaming as games are not that CPU intensive and the performance hit from your old CPU is not that noticable.

Your motherboard has very little to do with overall system performance as it is the CPU, GPU and SSD that determines overall system performance.

 

[loneness]

thanks for the feedback
Really appreciate your help

 

[loneness]

I just bought the graphic card from pc theme and i being too trusty upon receiving the item and when i went home i realise that the seal is broken and replaced by a scotch tape. Should i ask for an exhange? Kindly advice.

 

[shadow84]

What gpu was it? Was the anti static bag crumpled when you first open the box? PCT dun really do such stuff.

 

[loneness]

The static bag is in good condition just that i am really taken aback when i found out that the seal is broken with a scotch tape paste over. The graphic card is gtx 970, i need to buy one more pci e cable as previously my graphic only requires one. Tomorrow then i can test the graphic card

 

[loneness]

Disappointed..manage to run it and it is a faulty unit with white dash line across..i will be going to ask for an 1 to 1 exchange