Which upgrade should I pick?

I didn't know whether or not to post this here, or in the "which laptop I should buy" area.
I know what laptop I want Sager NP9270 / Clevo P270WM - XOTIC PC

I just need to figure out which upgrade I should go with. My budget is $2599 so in all seriousness I can only afford one of the 3 upgrades I'm looking at.

The i7-3930k instead of the 3820
SLI GTX 675s over the single
Or a 240GB SSD

Everything else is pretty much stock (16gb ram)

I'm a pretty big gamer, and so I'm trying to get the best out of that while staying a laptop. I'm trying to get the laptop to last me quite a few years, so really I can't decide which would pay off the most.

From what I know:

Nothing really uses a hex core yet. So there's a chance it may not do anything for gaming over the next 3-4 years.

SLI only increases the performance so much.

And I can always buy an SSD later on.

If this is in the wrong area, I'm sorry :c. If it can be moved I'd be extremely grateful.

 

I would go with the SSD because that (and maxing out the ram) improves everything you do on a computer.

 

I'd go with SSD as well - their upgrade price for SSD is very similar to what you'd pay from a store, and they are top notch intel 520 sata 3 drives.

 

SSD. You will not be able to make much use of SLI at 1080p, a single card should be plenty powerful enough. CPU won't make a lick of difference. The stock 3820 is very powerful. SSD will give you the most bang for the buck.

 

I'd recommend the SLI - it'll make a significant difference down the road.

The SSD is honestly a better upgrade for now, but it's easier to upgrade that yourself when you've got the cash than it would be to add a GPU later on.

The processor would only do you any good if you're doing some serious number crunching - as HTWingNut pointed out, the 3820 is already a very powerful processor - you'll probably never come close to using its full power as it is.

So SLI is best for futureproofing your gaming experience, while an SSD is better for now performance, but could easily be added at a later date.

 

My vote goes to the SLI setup.
The other posters are right: most current games would not really benefit from this.
However, it is a much simpler process to upgrade to a SSD than it is to add a video card, considering the fact that you may need to make other changes to the system to accommodate the second GPU (power, cooling?).

 

If you are a gamer you know you should go for SLI ;-)

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If it's for gaming then it has to be sli.
It will give you the best performance boost of all the options.
Also the other options would be relatively easy after market upgrades, compared to an sli upgrade down the road.

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For gaming:

SLI>SSD>CPU.

 

Even for gaming, SLI will only benefit down the road 2-3 years. I'd rather have benefit of SSD now, and worry about 2-3 years later if I want to update to SLI or buy a new laptop. With 675m you'll be able to max everything at 1080p easily at 30+ FPS, probably more like 50-60+. If you planned on gaming on a triple monitor setup, well then I'd say SLI all the way. But for 1080p, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Or better yet, buy a 60-120GB SSD, HDD for storage and wait for the GTX 680m.

 

i would get the SSD. The cpu is not important for gaming and will drain battery. The SLI is a good option but honestly, if you need that much performance, just buy a desktop. You will never be able to use you laptop as a laptop because it is sooo power hungry you will get about 1 hour of battery life and add to the weight even further. Dual GPU setups also have worse driver support, poor game scaling, and frame stuttering.