Ok so I have some ideas all ready but I really would love to run it by you fine folks and get any of your thoughts on it. I currently run a:
i5 2500 (non K turbo'ed to 3.8)
Asus P8P67 (yea the original one with the messed up sata 3gb ports)
8GB of G.Skill 1333 ripjaws
AMD 6850 1GB oc'ed to 925/1150
WD 500GB Blue
Win 7 64bit
So as you can see the rig isn't bad. It play every game without issue (sometimes needs msaa disabled) but here's the problem. I stream to twitch and record for youtube using a variety of apps such as Sony Vegas/Fraps/DXTory. As soon as I hit that record/stream button performance goes to crap (older games are fine but anything 2012+ goes to crap). Even if my framerates stay above 60fps it still feel stuttery and laggy. Even recording Crysis 3 my fps where tending to stay above 60fps while recording but it felt like 15fps.
So now I shall list what I thought would be a good upgrade and the reason for my choices. This is where I would love your input
i5 2500 (non K turbo'ed to 3.8): Was thinking about a i7 but really. Even in crysis 3 and arma (dayz) while recording my cpu only reaches about 60-75% utilization. Its spike to 90-95% for a few sec here and there but really. I dont "think" its my issue or in need of a upgrade
Asus P8P67 (yea the original one with the messed up sata 3gb ports): Yea its sata 2 ports are messed but really. Its run fine for me without any issues and the 4 remaining sats 3 ports are fine. So once again I dont think I need to upgrade this
8GB of G.Skill 1333 ripjaws: Yea rams cheap and 1333 although decent could use a boost to at least 1600 or something higher. Simple $80 could grab me a 16gb kit NP. So I cant see a reason not to upgrade this.
AMD 6850 1GB oc'ed to 925/1150: Ow how iv loved this card. Its been about 2 years with it now and its performed great (and still does) but for new games and recording on top of that its really time for a upgrade. I was thinking a 7950 or 670, can't decide which (I do like AMD more then Nvidia)
WD 500GB Blue: THIS is to me the biggest bottleneck on my system. I was going to grab a crucial m4 128gb along with two seagate barracuda's for my games and recordings.
Win 7 64bit: Trolalalaloo Win 8 SUCKS. I think il be staying on Win 7 64bit
So end result is
i5 2500 non k at 3.8
P8p67
16gb 1600 ram
AMD 7950 or Nvidia 670
128gb SSD for system and 2 seagate barracuda's
Win7 64bit
Ok now tell me where I screwed up. Im sure I did somewhere in my logic. ANY tips are greatly appreciated but along with those tips I would really love to see reasons for said tips. I dont just want to hear NVIDIA RULES AMD SUCKS and so on. Keep in mind this rig will be used for gaming/streaming/recording/editing. And the BIG thing of them all, THE BUDGET! I have about $600-$800 to spend. Less would obv be nicer but hey performance costs so whatever I need. Im pretty sure with that budget I can get something that can help with my cause. THANKS in advance <3<3
p.s. Thought id add that my case is awesome (cm 690 with added fans) my PSU is a 620watt antec current gamer with 48amps on a single rail (so its pretty good) and I run 3 monitors (not in a eyefinity setup just more desktop space. I run games on just 1 of the monitors). The main monitor is 1080 the other 2 are ummm....... old random res's. Ones 1440x900 I think and the other is a old crt at what ever old res's a crt ran at lol, 1024x768