crossfire/cpu upgrade advice/suggestions needed

[potatochips5]

Hi , i'm trying to figure out which computer parts i should upgrade too get the most performence out of my money, and i figured you guys might be able to help me out?

My current system :
Case : Iw-win MANA white (atx) medium
dvd writer :Asus dvd writer 241FST
Powersupply :Cooler master G650M
Motherboard:Gigabite 9070A-UD3 (rev 1.0)
Ram : Corsair vengance 4Gx2 DDR3 Dual (1600MHz, 9-9-9-24, 1.5V)
processor : AMD FX 6100.
Graphics card: AMD R9 270X
Hard Drive1 : SSD 120 Gig (sandisk "extreme" baught at a store a almost 2 years ago)
Hard Drive 2 : SSDHD 1 TB.

So i've been slowly building this computer over a year now, and right now its good for 1080P at medium/high settings for games.

So my current toughts is too Get a annother R9 270x and crossfire, but my current motherboard doesen't support it , so i was thinking of getting a new motherboard with the right tools, And with that a new CPU . eighter amd or intel. maybe upgrading the RAM aswell. so thats my plan.
Anyways.. what do you guys think would be the best to upgrade at this point? (at an reasonable price)
(using this computer for gaming only)
Really appirciate you're feedback on this!

cheers

-Thomas

 

[Ketchup]

Welcome to the forums potatochips5! Your post would be a good fit in General Hardware, so if you don't get many replies you could ask a mod, such as mfenn, to move it for you. Now, on to the essentials:

Powersupply :Cooler master G650M
Motherboard:Gigabite 9070A-UD3 (rev 1.0)
Ram : Corsair vengance 4Gx2 DDR3 Dual (1600MHz, 9-9-9-24, 1.5V)
processor : AMD FX 6100.
Graphics card: AMD R9 270X
Hard Drive1 : SSD 120 Gig (sandisk "extreme" baught at a store a almost 2 years ago)

This is a fairly well-balanced system just looking at the core components.

Which to me says either hang on to what you got for a while longer or tell the core components goodbye, at least CPU and motherboard.

If you can swing it, get an I5, a crossfire board, and another 270.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116896 for $200

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128711 for $133

270x for about $200

So that path would run you ~$530 (without being tweaked), and would do you pretty well, assuming the games you are looking to boost do well with Crossfire.

 

[potatochips5]

Thanks for the feedback ketchup79 and thanks!

i've been looking around today, and have indeed desided to go with the motherboard+cpu upgrade, then maybe cross fire later down the road

if anyone reading this have any suggestions or ideas for the setup, please do feel free to help appriciate it!