Traded my Xbone for this. Opinions?

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Got bored of the Xbox One rather quickly. Personal friends from the PC Master Race were pressuring me and I caved. I was originally trying to sell the Xbone and then build up an AMD based budget gaming rig when a friend suggested I try trading with someone off Craigslist. After a bunch of haggling I ended up trading my Xbox One (day one edition lol) with 3 games(BF4, AC4 and Forza 5), a MS play and charge kit and $50 cash for an Intel based rig. Here are the specs.

NZXT Phantom 410 in Black
ASUS P8Z77-V LK Motherboard
Intel i5-3470
16GB of CL9 Kingston HyperX 1333mhz RAM
XFX 6750 1GB video card
1TB WD HDD 64MB cache
Rosewill Capstone 650-M PSU
Windows 8

I've had it for 2-3 weeks now, not one issue. The video card is obviously the weak point and its getting replaced by an MSI GTX 770 this week. The dude I traded with said the ram sticks are two different speeds, one 1333 and one 1600. I plan on buying a 1600 replacement in the near future. I also would like to snatch up a Samsung 840 EVO in the 120GB variety. Opinions are appreciated! Thanks!
 
Good trade, welcome to the "right-side" of the gaming community!

I think you have your priorities close, as far as what to upgrade first, though I would probably get a faster CPU before I got a new SSD. When playing games, that CPU will end up being a bottleneck for the 770, while a new SSD would just help with Windows startup times and game load times.

I'd upgrade in this order, including looking down the road:

1. RAM (get both those sticks matched!)
2. Video Card
3. CPU
4. PSU
5. SSD
 
@mavrocket: I disagree. RAM is at deep bottom. There is only very minor difference even between DDR3-1333 and DDR3-1600, not even talking about higher clocks where with Intel CPU there is zero difference outside benchmarks. My personal order would be GPU, SSD, PSU, CPU, RAM; but in reality i would not really bother with CPU and RAM at all.
 
faugusztin said:
@mavrocket: I disagree. RAM is at deep bottom. There is only very minor difference even between DDR3-1333 and DDR3-1600, not even talking about higher clocks where with Intel CPU there is zero difference outside benchmarks. My personal order would be GPU, SSD, PSU, CPU, RAM; but in reality i would not really bother with CPU and RAM at all.
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I agree with you, I don't think he needs to upgrade his psu, cpu, or ram though.
 
faugusztin said:
@mavrocket: I disagree. RAM is at deep bottom. There is only very minor difference even between DDR3-1333 and DDR3-1600, not even talking about higher clocks where with Intel CPU there is zero difference outside benchmarks. My personal order would be GPU, SSD, PSU, CPU, RAM; but in reality i would not really bother with CPU and RAM at all.
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+1. The only thing that probably needs upgrading is GPU first, then get an SSD.
 
On the CPU front, I planned on waiting for the 3570k to drop below $200. My gf's brother (who referred me to this site) is running the 3470 with a 780 and he hasn't had any issues with bottlenecking. I plan on playing BF4 and I hear that throwing the OS and the game on an SSD is the way to go. I had a huge debate with myself over the GTX760 and 770. Money is tight this time of year and I was trying to justify the $360 price over the $250. Then there was a 2GB version of MSI's G series on Newegg for $320, snatched it right up. I also have this setup in my living room on a Vizio 55" 120hz hdtv. A desk and monitor setup is not feasible at this time in my tiny apartment...
 
I've always wanted my RAM sticks to match, though if there aren't any problems I can see them being moved down the list.

If you actually read my post thoroughly, I wrote:

"I'd upgrade in this order, including looking down the road:"

Otherwise, my post reads like I said he should just replace everything at once, which wasn't the case.
 
I think the biggest issue I've encountered is how to setup case cooling. The case came with 1 120mm rear, 140mm top and 120mm front. I may go with a water setup with the CPU in the future and NZXT's GPU water bracket looks tempting also. The case has 2 140mm top slots, 140mm side, 120mm rear, 120mm bottom and 2 120mm front. Any help on this front will help too.
 
No need for watercooling since you can't OC that CPU. The 410 is a decent case with good cooling so I wouldn't worry about watercooling especially since money is tight. What monitor resolution are you running and is your OS 32 or 64bit?
 
OS is 64 bit and Im using a Vizio 55" 3D 120Hz HDTV. A monitor and desk setup is not an option becuse of limited space...
 
As other's have said, dont waste your money upgrading CPU at this point, you should be fine.
 
Just a GPU is all that needs to be upgrade if you're gaming at 1080P @ 120hz.

SSD will not give you a performance increase. Things will just open/load quicker.
 
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