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Brennomisue
01-03-2014, 05:12 PM
As the title says, I'm looking for some advice on what to upgrade. I'm currently 5 (sometimes 6) boxing WoW. All boxes are visible across two monitors.

My current system:

CPU: i5-3570K (not clocked)
MB: Gigabyte Z77MX
Ram: G.Skill 8GB DDR3 (2x4 sticks)
Video: GeForce GTX 460 (not clocked)
Storage: 70gb SSD - 1 TB HD
(If I left anything out just let me know :) )

I'm not sure why I haven't over clocked either my CPU or GPU, just irrational fear of screwing stuff up I guess.
I have a budget around $250 (before tax) but I could do a bit more if you guys think it'd be that big of an upgrade.
As of now I'm just thinking of a GTX 760, as I would really like to upgrade to 3+ monitors since as far as I know the 460 can't go above 2.
Thoughts? Any advice is greatly appreciated!

MiRai
01-03-2014, 06:18 PM
The only thing you can upgrade to with $250 is a GTX 760 because GPUs are expensive these days, so that's pretty much your only option. A new CPU is going to require a new motherboard, and all other GPUs are priced at like $380 and up -- Or even a 3770K is $330. If I had to guess though, I would say that the GTX 460 is probably the weakest link, which will then be followed by your CPU w/o hyper-threading once it's replaced.

Also, don't overclock your CPU with the stock Intel cooler because it's only going to heat up very, very quickly.

Brennomisue
01-03-2014, 07:24 PM
Thanks MiRai, that's what I figured with my budget and current build, just wanted a second opinion.

I'm looking at some 760s atm and comparing the EVGA ones.
There's one for $260 with 2GB VRAM ( Newegg Link (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130932) )
And another for $300 with 4GB VRAM ( Newegg Link (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130949) )

So I'm curious if the extra 2Gigs are worth the extra 50ish bucks

MiRai
01-03-2014, 11:12 PM
Thanks MiRai, that's what I figured with my budget and current build, just wanted a second opinion.

I'm looking at some 760s atm and comparing the EVGA ones.
There's one for $260 with 2GB VRAM ( Newegg Link (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130932) )
And another for $300 with 4GB VRAM ( Newegg Link (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130949) )

So I'm curious if the extra 2Gigs are worth the extra 50ish bucks
That's a tough call. I think if you had to make this decision with a GTX 770 and had a CPU with hyper-threading, then 4GB would probably be necessary, but if you don't run your settings too high then it shouldn't be a big deal.

Brennomisue
01-03-2014, 11:49 PM
Yeah I run things at min settings at 10fps on the slaves and medium settings at 60fps just fine currently, only times I have issues is with a crap ton of people around. I'll probably just grab the 2GB one unless a good deal comes up in the next few days. Thank you very much for the help Mirai!

pinotnoir
01-07-2014, 10:43 PM
A new video card will breathe new life into your pc. I would spend all my money on the best card you can buy.