Upgrades for my system.

Horemheb · Aug 30, 2015

I have that urge to change some things in my system. I can't decide what I should be looking at though. I do nothing but game really and that consists mostly of The Witcher 3 and Shadows of Mordor at the moment. With my current system specs what do you all think I should upgrade to get a little more performance out of it?

I would like to keep it under 650$US. I am just wondering what you would do if you had the same system and the same budget.

m&m's · Aug 30, 2015

I would buy a 980 Ti.

Other good upgrades would be 16GB of memory and another bigger SSD (500GB, 1TB).

I only use SSDs haven't had an HDD in my setup for almost a year, but I also don't game a lot so an SSD was a better upgrade than a better GPU (anyway I didn't have the choice since my HDD died on me).

That Guy In The Shirt · Oct 13, 2015

Horemheb said:
I have that urge to change some things in my system. I can't decide what I should be looking at though. I do nothing but game really and that consists mostly of The Witcher 3 and Shadows of Mordor at the moment. With my current system specs what do you all think I should upgrade to get a little more performance out of it?

I would like to keep it under 650$US. I am just wondering what you would do if you had the same system and the same budget.

Well it really just depends on what your specs currently are. If you already have a decent cpu/mobo combo then you should definitely take that budget of yours and buy a GTX 980ti. But if you've got an Athlon processor paired with 4gb of RAM and an r9 280x, it might be time to upgrade your cpu first.

Edit: Sorry didn't see your system specs in the drop down, yeah I agree with m&m's, you should grab yourself a GTX 980ti, you won't have any problems maxing out titles with that rig.

Kanan · Oct 13, 2015

Get a GB 980 Ti Gaming G1, a friend of mine got it too and is very happy with it. Alternatives would be a Sapphire Fury Tri-X I'd say. After that you could upgrade the Ram to 16 GB, but that depends if you run into limits there.

Jetster · Oct 13, 2015

GTX 980 ti

I went from a GTX 780 to a GTX 980 on 1440 and it almost doubled my frame rate

rtwjunkie · Oct 13, 2015

Jetster said:
GTX 980 ti

I went from a GTX 780 to a GTX 980 on 1440 and it almost doubled my frame rate

Very true! A GTX 980 is not to be underestimated at all.

Horemheb · Oct 16, 2015

Thank you for all of the advice. I have decided to get another SSD and changed out my ram to 16 gigs. My next step will be a gpu most likely a 980ti. I have my cpu and my gpu slightly overclocked and it has worked out really well so far.

peche · Oct 17, 2015

Kanan said:
Get a GB 980 Ti Gaming G1, a friend of mine got it too and is very happy with it. Alternatives would be a Sapphire Fury Tri-X I'd say. After that you could upgrade the Ram to 16 GB, but that depends if you run into limits there.

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Upgrades for my system.

Horemheb

m&m's

That Guy In The Shirt

Kanan

Tech Enthusiast & Gamer

Jetster

rtwjunkie

PC Gaming Enthusiast

Horemheb

peche

Thermaltake fanboy

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