I need some upgrade advice

**pilotbugs** · 02-07-2013, 02:12 PM

I built a PC gaming rig about 3 years ago and I'm thinking it might be time for me to upgrade my components. My question is simply, in what order of importance should I replace my individual components and what should I get? I don't need absolutely state of the art components. Just looking for the maximum performance gains for a reasonable price. For the record I primarily play FPS's. It doesn't need to be a bargain basement system either. Here are my components:

Motherboard: Asus motherboard (P60 I think??? lga 1366)
i7 2.66 cpu
6gb ddr3 ram (1600)
2x pny 470's in sli
500gb hdd
64gb ssd
ocz 1000w non-modular power supply

I do most of my shopping (or did) on newegg.com and tigerdirect.com. Are these still the places to go?

Thanks!

**PP Mguire** · 02-07-2013, 06:47 PM

Yes to Newegg.

Your rig is still decent for practically all FPS besides maybe Crysis 3. IF I had your rig and I wanted to upgrade I would get a new GPU then a bigger SSD. Bout it honestly.

**Pablo 54** · 02-07-2013, 09:50 PM

I agree with PP.

Check with Amazon as well for your stuff. The EVGA GeForce GTX670 FTW I have in my signature replaced two 470’s in SLI. I can’t tell a difference except with power usage and heat.

**PP Mguire** · 02-07-2013, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by Pablo 54

I agree with PP.

Check with Amazon as well for your stuff. The EVGA GeForce GTX670 FTW I have in my signature replaced two 470’s in SLI. I can’t tell a difference except I don't need a nuclear reactor for power and the heat of the sun is missing from my PC.

Fixed*

**Pablo 54** · 02-07-2013, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by PP Mguire

Fixed*

HA!!! VERY TRUE! Should have been the first thing I put down.

**PP Mguire** · 02-08-2013, 12:25 AM

Originally Posted by Pablo 54

HA!!! VERY TRUE! Should have been the first thing I put down.

Lol I know them feels. SLI 465s OCed on the stock cooler then toyed with some 480s. Was worse than 3 280s in my older machine.

**foxmobouser** · 02-08-2013, 02:01 AM

Originally Posted by PP Mguire

Yes to Newegg.

Your rig is still decent for practically all FPS besides maybe Crysis 3. IF I had your rig and I wanted to upgrade I would get a new GPU then a bigger SSD. Bout it honestly.

2 cents, SSD with higher write and read speeds

**CDsDontBurn** · 02-08-2013, 05:26 AM

Like everybody else has said here, go with a new video card and SSD. Everything else is still pretty decent. The next thing to upgrade would probably be motherboard and CPU. There is no reason to get new RAM if your RAM is at least 1333.