Quote Originally Posted by Slyminxy View Post
The budget, if I decide for a new machine (CPU, MB, Ram, SSD x2, PSU) is around.. 900€. Any hints?
A hex core i7 is going to eat a large chunk of that budget. A quad-core that supports hyper threading would most likely be a practical improvement in terms of performance for various reasons. I would consider a quad core without HT to a quad core with HT an upgrade.

If you have isboxer, you should be able to virtualize and run them from a single folder. This makes a SSD a solid investment both for windows and for games. I usually move whatever game I'm multiboxing onto my SSD, which is also used for my operating system.

I have a Radeon HD 7970 and it will be my next upgrade (but I'm probably going to jump the fence to Nvidia; probably a 780, maybe multiple 780s.

More ram (at similar speeds) is always better.

I dunno, if it performs adequately to you, SSD would probably make things load faster. Otherwise, I dunno. If you have performance issues. GPU or CPU would be my first stop, which also means Mobo. Unless your ram is filling up, then it.

If you do use a SSD for OS stuff, you can move the temp folders and such to another harddrive, so it hits your SSD less often.