Is it a good time for me to upgrade?

[Chris65478]

im currently running a p55 motherboard with the first gen i5 quad core 760 6 gb ram no ssd and a gtx 570... i was considering doing a complete upgrade scrapping everything except my hard drive and graphics card. is it a good time to upgrade?

[Bond007]

You would see an improvement upgrading, but if it was me I would oc the CPU, add an ssd and call it a day

[Kilauea]

It's usually a good time to upgrade if you are not satisfied with your current system's performance. If all the games you play are maxed and give you the desired FPS, then no it's not a good time to upgrade.

[Chris65478]

yea idk there not exactly maxed my friend can hold a 60 fps strong on ultra in bf3 with the exact same graphics card while mine fluxuates and i dont play on ultra (both of us running in 1080p)

[Bond007]

Originally Posted by Chris65478

yea idk there not exactly maxed my friend can hold a 60 fps strong on ultra in bf3 with the exact same graphics card while mine fluxuates and i dont play on ultra (both of us running in 1080p)

But do you feel you are actually missing out on part of your gaming experience?

[Chris65478]

true, yea i guess il hold off

[dandelioneater]

You should be able to overclock that cpu to 4 ghz easily (~1.28Vcore), and your gpu is only 1 gen old. It should still be more than capable to run any game at 1080P.
You won't notice much of a performance increase going from the 760 to 3570K for example. Just overclock the cpu, get an ssd as suggested, make sure your system has the latest drivers, and you should be good to go.

[Brian@NCIX]

The i5 760 is a very capable processor, even in this day and age, you are definitely not bottlenecking the GTX570's maximum performance.

Upgrading to the new gen will allow your games to load faster, but your FPS difference would be insignificant in a lot of games.

[Chris65478]

ive decided to just get an ssd, how would i go about transferring my windows 7 to the ssd so i can use that as my boot drive?

[Dzzope]

one thing to note... the i5 is dual channel(unless I'm remembering wrong) and you have 6GB ram... is that 3x2 or 2x2 and 2x1?

There are plenty of guides on how to move your os.. I would suggest a fresh install though.
Remember to change the settings in bios to AHCI for the SATA controller before you load the os..

Also remember to move the likes of your downloads folder to your storage drive.. un-necessary writes will slow down your SSD and keeping it clear of crap will help it to stay fast.