Upgrading query

[Lovejoy96]

Hi guys, had a quick query in regards to my 3-4 year old PC which I am looking to upgrade but wanted to seek some advice first in terms of what I should go for graphics card wise. I was also going to install a new SSD, wasn't too sure in what else to upgrade? And also, the PC will be used for gaming and other things nothing intensive. But I would like to play modern games at reasonably high settings/fps.

My current spec for my PC is here;

RT 67 Gaming Black
2 x 80mm Quiet Fans
Quiet Xilence 600W 2 x PCI-E 135mm Fan
Intel Core i5 2500, Quad Core (1155, 3.30GHz, 6MB Cache)
Standard Heatsink & CPU Fan
Standard Heatsink Paste
Asus P8H61-M X, 2xDIMM, Max. 16GB, M-ATX
8GB (2 x 4GB) Kingston HyperX 1600MHz DDR3
Silent nVidia 1GB GT 520
500GB SATA II
Noise Dampener For Primary & Secondary HDD
22x Dual Layer DVD +/- Rewriter
Integrated 10/100/1000Mbps
PCI 802.11n 300Mbps Wireless
2 Front + 4 Back Ports
Integrated 7.1 High Definition Channel Audio
27 Inch Asus VE278Q LED Wide, VGA/DVI/HDMI, 10,000,000:1, 2ms
VGA To VGA
Standard Multimedia
Standard Wired Optical
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium (64bit Version)

Thanks alot!

 

[mamau89]

Maybe the graphic cards? That GPU will most probably not support "Modern Games". Don't take my word to it though. I am no PC Specialist (as in computer specialist, not PCS crew XD) but I think the GPU will be a good start.

http://www.game-debate.com/gpu/inde...ow-profile-1gb-edition-vs-geforce-gtx-970-4gb <--might give you a rough idea on what games can be supported on what GPU.

 

[grimsbymatt]

What power supply do you have?

Edit - just spotted it in the list!

 

[SpyderTracks]

Depends on your budget of course, but that's still a fairly capable processor and a decent spec PSU. You could fit a GTX970 without issue (so long as the case would fit it) and that would throw you into full gaming potential for a few years.

I can't find any info on your case, so can't verify weather or not it would fit. The motherboard will only provide PCI-E 2, but that shouldn't throttle performance much if any.

SSD is always a good upgrade, makes a lot of difference.

 

[grimsbymatt]

If your case is small, you can always get the smaller GTX 970 from Gigabyte.

 

[Androcles]

Yeah, definitely a new graphics card in order if you're playing games, the 520 is not even close to being a gaming card, with that PSU you should be able to put in pretty much any graphics card you want as long as it fits in the case and you have enough cooling.