Advice on prospective upgrade needed

[EmyP]

Dear knowledgeable PC users

My current setup is detailed below.

It was made by pcspecialist in 2010, for an Everquest / World of Warcraft gamer (me).

I've found though that it now can't run WoW at full spec without seizing up, and I'm wondering if anyone could give me some hints on how I could upgrade any of the components in order to make it better?

I've been advised by pcspecialist they no long stock the 2000MHz RAM, but I'm willing to buy a different kind if it will make it better even if I have to buy something else for it too.

Any advice appreciated.

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Case
COOLERMASTER HAF 932 FULL TOWER GAMING PC CASE (£115) **SPECIAL**
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Processor i7-870 (2.93GHz) 8MB Cache + HyperThreading
Motherboard
ASUS® P7H57D-V EVO: DDR3, 6 x USB 3.0, 2 x PCI, 2 x PCI-Ex 2.0
Memory (RAM)
4GB DOMINATOR GT DUAL-DDR3 2000MHz (8-8-8-24) - LIFETIME WARRANTY
Graphics Card
2GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5970 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11 (PRE-ORDER)
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
2TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 32MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
10x BLU-RAY RE-WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW (£122)
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
22x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Memory Card Reader
INTERNAL 52 IN 1 CARD READER (READS XD, MS, CF, SD, etc)
Power Supply
800W Quiet Quad Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£89)
Processor Cooling
COOLERMASTER V8 EXTREME CPU COOLER - Experience the power of V8 (£44)
Sound Card
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Gamer (£68)
Wireless/Wired Networking
ONBOARD 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB Options
8 x USB 2.0 PORTS (6 REAR + 2 FRONT) (2+ USB 3.0 on ASUS BOARDS)
Firewire
2 x IEEE 1394a FIREWIRE PORTS (1 onboard, 1 at back panel)
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
NO OFFICE SOFTWARE
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Monitor
LG W2361V 23 INCH WIDESCREEN, HDMI/DVI-D/D-SUB FULL HD 1920x1080 (£169)
Keyboard & Mouse
Logitech® G15 Gaming Keyboard with Gamepanel LCD Display (£65)
Mouse
Logitech® G500 Laser Gaming Mouse (£49)
Surge Protection
Belkin 4 Socket 2M Surge Protector with £25,000 Protection! (£8)
Warranty
2 Year Return-to-Base incl 2 Years Free Collect & Return (£69)
Delivery
SATURDAY DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (BEFORE 12 NOON) (£19)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 7 to 9 working days
Quantity
1

 

[keynes]

Do you have a budget?

 

[EmyP]

Think 'no'? Just hit me unk:

 

[vanthus]

With that system I would upgrade the RAM to 8GB 1600MHz and also the graphics card,I would suggest the GTX 770,although such a high end card isn't needed for WoW,but it would make it a pretty strong gaming rig,

http://www.game-debate.com/games/in...GTX+770&ram=8&checkSubmit=#systemRequirements

 

[keynes]

Think 'no'? Just hit me unk:

Isn't the he 5970 a dual gpu? I would have expected it to offer close performance to newer GPUs like the gtx 770. Maybe some crossfire/driver issues but I am not certain.

 

[vanthus]

Yes,the 5970 is a dual graphics card,but accordiong to Game Debate "In terms of overall gaming performance, the graphical capabilities of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 are significantly better than the AMD Radeon HD 5970"
It's also quite a bit below the GTX 770 on this chart (ranked 60)
http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/high_end_gpus.html
Having said that though,I don't think the the 5970 should have a problem running WoW on highest settings according to benchmarks I've seen.
http://www.game-debate.com/games/in...HD+5970&ram=4&checkSubmit=#systemRequirements

 

[EmyP]

Thank you so much for all the input guys - really helpful.

So if I bought 8GB of 1600mHz RAM (matched chips I've heard are advisable) and the Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 (I'm guess as big as I can here), are you saying that I wouldn't need a new motherboard?

I could just remove the ones I have now and slot the new ones in?