Author Topic: Black Friday Upgrades (Read 3835 times)

Mez · « **on:** October 03, 2014, 10:18:12 AM »

So i've got a fairly decent rig going on right now

GeForce GTX 580 (3Gig Card)
Intel Core i5 2500k
Corsair 750 Watt PSU
ASUS Sabertooth p67 MOBO
and 12 Gigs of the finest Corsair Vengeance Ram

The OS and whatnot is on a Crucial 64G SSD
while my files games etc live on a 1TB HD

Ideas for compatible upgrades? Dont wanna burst the bank. but a nice lil upgrade is possible.

I'm happy with screensize so far

Carigamers · « **on:** October 03, 2014, 10:18:12 AM »

Spazosaurus · « **Reply #1 on:** October 03, 2014, 10:37:44 AM »

You're pretty much at max for the platform you're running right now. If you want to change CPU to one of the newer gen i5's you would have to change mainboard as well.

That said, the system is pretty good still. Is any aspect of your gaming (or general use) suffering? If not i'd leave it as is for now. Only thing i'd probably do is swap the 580 for maybe a 970 or even a 780 which are comparable in price and performance. Also maybe for convenience upgrade to a larger cap ssd, one that can hold not only OS but games as well.

Mez · « **Reply #2 on:** October 03, 2014, 10:42:22 AM »

Yeah I figured I was pretty much capped out. I'll check out the SSD sales and see what's reasonable.
Also graphics cards

TriniXaeno · « **Reply #3 on:** October 03, 2014, 12:47:12 PM »

Yeah, I have zero impetus to upgrade my rig either.

Handles everything with aplomb.

Santa getting a pass till next year 2015 as far as PC upgrades go.

By then I'll probably spring for a bigger SSD. a 480gb should be pennies then.