Upgrade Options

[xiaosen]

Hello all, need advise on which part to upgrade, built this setup in 2012. Thinking of upgrading graphic card and HDD. Any advise on which graphic card?

Intel Core i5-2500K
Gigabyte GA-Z68XP-UD3
MSI GTX 560 Ti Twin Frozr II 1GB
Kingston HyperX 1600Mhz 2x4GB
Crucial RealSSD M4 128GB [SATA III] & Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB
Dell S2409
LG 24X Optical Drive
FSP Aurum 650W Modular 80+ Gold
CM 690II Advance(USB3.0) W/Window & CM Hyper212 EVO
Windows 7 Professional x64

 

[Alternative X]

1) Name all games that you are using with your rig.

2) Why not just add another HDD to your current SSD and HDD and have 1X SSD and 2X HDDs in your system?

3) Budget?

 

[xiaosen]

1) Name all games that you are using with your rig.

2) Why not just add another HDD to your current SSD and HDD and have 1X SSD and 2X HDDs in your system?

3) Budget?

1)COD, Battlefield, L4D2 and upcoming GTA

2) yes i intend to do that, thinking of adding 2-3TB HDD

3) $400-500

 

[Alternative X]

Get a Zotac GTX 970 Twin Fan for $469 and play COD, Battlefield, L4D2 and maybe GTA V at max settings smoothly in 1080p.

For HDD, just get any HDD that you like, just don't get WD Greens as they are optimised for low power consumption and are very slow.

 

[xiaosen]

Is there any cheaper graphic card? If i add in the HDD its will be over my budget.

 

[Alternative X]

The Zotac GTX 970 is the cheapest GTX 970 avaliable. If you want a cheaper GPU, can consider the Sapphire R9 280X Vapor-X for $379 instead.

 

[hengheng220]

The Zotac GTX 970 is the cheapest GTX 970 avaliable. If you want a cheaper GPU, can consider the Sapphire R9 280X Vapor-X for $379 instead.

TS, word of advice, if possible do top up more so as to fit a 970. The best price~performance ratio gpu currently now gtx970.

 

[xiaosen]

OK noted, think i will go with GTX 970. Cheers

As for HDD is it ok to go with WD Red?

 

[Alternative X]

OK noted, think i will go with GTX 970. Cheers

As for HDD is it ok to go with WD Red?

WD Reds are fine.

 

[xiaosen]

WD Reds are fine.

Thanks for all the advise