Upgrade my current build

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caboose73

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This is my current system
CASE-COOLER MASTER HAF 932 Advanced Blue Edition
MB-MSI P55-GD55 P55 1156
CPU-INTEL|CORE I5 750 2.66G
PSU-ANTEC|EA750 750W
GPU-SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7950
MEM- MUSHKIN 2Gx2 and Mushkin Blackline 4Gx2
HD-Seagate Barracuda 750GB,SAMSUNG Spinpoint 1TB
DVD Burner- LITE-ON | IHAS-324-98
CPU COOLER - PROLIMA| MEGAHALEMS REV
WINDOWS 7 64 BIT

I just ordered a ssd for the operating system and another 7950 to cross fire with my current one.Im going to be using this for gaming with 3 monitors on an Eyefinity setup i would also like to upgrade the mother board,cpu while everything is already apart what mother board and cpu would you guys recommend?
 
why are you upgrading? The GPUs I get, but you are going to be wasting money on CPU/motherboard upgrades. Try Overclocking if you are not getting teh use you want from it.
Otherwise, everything looks fine to me. Very strong system still.
 
YOu have sandybridge and ivybridge i5s out there, but you are looking at $220+ motherboard for minimal gains. You are better off spending money elsewhere, and try overclocking your current chip.
 
Put it this way: I went from an i5 760 (which is your 750 but clocked 200MHz higher at stock) to an i5 2500K, I haven't really seen much gain at all.

Really, the only reason I'd upgrade your CPU and board is if you need PCI Express 3.0 (which you don't really and only Ivy Bridge supports PCI Express 3.0 anyway), SATA 6GB/s (which you only really need if you have an SSD and some 1156 boards had 6GB/s support anyway) or if you need to use to more than 16GB of RAM (which for gaming you don't).

Just get the 7950 and put it in your current system. Should run fine. You can overclock that 750 if you're not getting the performance you want.
 
spirit said:
Put it this way: I went from an i5 760 (which is your 750 but clocked 200MHz higher at stock) to an i5 2500K, I haven't really seen much gain at all.

Really, the only reason I'd upgrade your CPU and board is if you need PCI Express 3.0 (which you don't really and only Ivy Bridge supports PCI Express 3.0 anyway), SATA 6GB/s (which you only really need if you have an SSD and some 1156 boards had 6GB/s support anyway) or if you need to use to more than 16GB of RAM (which for gaming you don't).

Just get the 7950 and put it in your current system. Should run fine. You can overclock that 750 if you're not getting the performance you want.
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Ok ill just do that thanks everyone for the help.
 
Agreed. Any updates you attempt will probably be wasted money for a small performance gain.
 
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