Gaming PC: Buy a new one or upgrade the old one?

Hey!

Atm I am still using my 2008 self-assembled gaming machine.

Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3

Ati Radeon HD 4800 1 GB RAM

Intel E8400

8 GB RAM (2x D2 4GB 800-555VitG EPP K2 A-)

be quiet! Straight Power BQT E7-550W

Windows Vista 64 Bit

If you had $1.300, would you buy a new one or upgrade the old one?

Thanks for your help in advance!

Personally, I'd upgrade--assuming you like your case, I suppose. Buying an i5-2500, a new motherboard, and a Radeon 6870 (or go for a 6950 or something, since you have the cash) will only be around $500. I just built my first pc this past summer, and I'm looking forward to just upgrading in a few years--as opposed to consoles where I'm going to have to buy something new once microsoft puts something new out.

Definitely upgrade unless your case is small and can't handle full motherboards like mine.

Grab an i5 2500k with a compatible MB and a GTX 570. Upgrade the PSU as well, and grab Windows 7.

upgrade it. the computer stuff seems kind of new.

Thanks for the advice! My case is an Antec 300 black edition and should be able to handle new boards afaik.

Is there any reason to put use two gfx cards nowadays?

@Mooqi: Are you going to use multiple monitors, or very large monitor with a native resolution of 2560x1440? If not, then you could probably do without having two cards, although Battlefield 3 will apparently need two GTX580s in SLI to run at max or near-max.You could always SLI later if you needed a cheaper upgrade. But, with a few exceptions, there's not much reason to do it if you're going to buy a high-end graphics card anyway.

I wish I could bring one of you to my house to build me a computer. I'd pay the airfare I promise.

Upgrade the SHIT OUT OF IT!!!

@Makoto_Mizuhara_Sakamoto said:

Upgrade the SHIT OUT OF IT!!!

@owl_of_minerva: Thanks! I use a 21" flatscreen and a 37" HD-TV, each with a resolution of 1680 x 1050. Seems like a second gfx-card makes no sense then.

A friend recommended to buy these components and keep the tower and power supply. Would you agree?

Thermalright HR-02 Macho (Sockel 775/1155/1156/1366/AM2/AM3/AM3+/FM1)

Intel Core i5-2500K, 4x 3.30GHz, boxed (BX80623I52500K)

MSI P67A-C45, P67 (B3) (dual PC3-10667U DDR3) (7673-011R)

Kingston ValueRAM DIMM Kit 8GB PC3-10667U CL9 (DDR3-1333) (KVR1333D3N9K2/8G)

EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB, 1GB GDDR5, 2x DVI, Mini-HDMI (01G-P3-1561)

Yea, an i5 2500K paired with a GTX 560Ti is good gaming grade fare right now, it's proving very popular. I'd look at other RAM options though if your OC.

You'll be able to play Battleifield 3 on high, now there's incentive.

absolutely buy a new one FFS. you can build a fantastic gaming rig easily under $1000.

@Contro said:

I'd look at other RAM options though if your OC.

Could you recommend me some? Or tell me what's the bad thing about these? I have no clue about RAM specs and if there are better ones I would gladly buy them instead of the others.