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Custom PC Rig upgrade advice
Anyone else out there who builds there own PCs I'm looking for tips.
I'm running:
- Intel Core i5-3570k 3.4 GHz processor,
- ASROCK Z77 Extreme4 motherboard,
- 8GB Ram,
- a traditional 500 GB Hard Disk,
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 graphics card.
Based on results I've gotten from CUPID HWMonitor, I'm pretty sure I have to upgrade my processor and maybe a liquid cooling system, but beyond that I am uncertain if I've got any obvious bottlenecks. I thought the graphics card might be getting a little old but honestly it doesn't seem like it's getting pushed very hard... any advice there would be appreciaterd. Presumably an SSD drive will speed up load screens but I don't know if that's a huge priority for me. Any thoughts?