Looking for some upgrade advice

[Brennomisue]

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]

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]

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 )
And another for $300 with 4GB VRAM ( Newegg Link )

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

[MiRai]

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 )
And another for $300 with 4GB VRAM ( Newegg Link )

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]

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]

A new video card will breathe new life into your pc. I would spend all my money on the best card you can buy.