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    What's my next upgrade and whats coming soon

    I recently upgraded my graphics card and it was probably the last component of my machine that I had already identified as my next upgrade, so looking at my spec's below what would be suggestions for my next upgrade (excluding monitor)? I use the PC for gaming and not much else and I am currently thinking that I would be better off saving up in preparation for the next processor release (whenever it will be) which presumably will be 6/8 cores. Am I missing something vital which would really boost my FPS?

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    Re: What's my next upgrade and whats coming soon

    Overclock your CPU??

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    Re: What's my next upgrade and whats coming soon

    Yep you should be able to get 4.2ghz out of that easy. That may well boost your FPS! Maybe get another SSD for more games? DO you really fit everything on 128GB?

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    Re: What's my next upgrade and whats coming soon

    Yep, aftermarket CPU cooler and overclock. If you play Skyrim in particular you will see some improvement.

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    Re: What's my next upgrade and whats coming soon

    Seems like you've got pretty similar specs to me.
    I've just done an upgrade of my case (Corsair 540 Air) and Cooler (Corsair Hydro H100i), and I've overclocked to 4.5Ghz just through turbo multiplier and it doesn't go above 75ish doing Prime95. I'm so very chuffed. Definitely go for a closed loop water setup, like the H100i, or the H80i if you can only fit a single rad in your case.

    I've contemplated going to Haswell, but it's pretty much 300 quid wasted with very little gain. Wait for the next gen. Broadwell will bring in 14nm die shrink, think about it then.
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    Re: What's my next upgrade and whats coming soon

    Thanks for the replies, I was running the CPU Overclocked at 4.2Ghz but my board fried itself (may or may not have been related to the OC) and I have been hesitant since the replacement. The CPU ups to 3.8GHz automatically when I'm gaming so I was not sure how many more FPS I would be looking at with the OC (but I think i will give it a try using my Dark Pro cooler).

    Like BlackDwarf I have pretty much ruled out a Haswell upgrade and will wait for Broadwell...thanks for the replies

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    Re: What's my next upgrade and whats coming soon

    Quote Originally Posted by bluepumpkin View Post
    Thanks for the replies, I was running the CPU Overclocked at 4.2Ghz but my board fried itself (may or may not have been related to the OC) and I have been hesitant since the replacement. The CPU ups to 3.8GHz automatically when I'm gaming so I was not sure how many more FPS I would be looking at with the OC (but I think i will give it a try using my Dark Pro cooler).

    Like BlackDwarf I have pretty much ruled out a Haswell upgrade and will wait for Broadwell...thanks for the replies
    I have the H100 in my setup and is great for overclocking and the k series cpu's are great at overclocking.
    Case:Coolermaster HAF X 942 - Motherboard:AsRock z68 Extreme4 Gen3
    CPU:i5 2500k @ 4.8 ghz - Cooler:Corsair H100
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