PC GPU died, need help with what to go for next

[Randelmire]

Ram is so cheap now, there's no point in getting less than 8gig. Actually it would be stupid to get anything less than 8gig. Yes, if you only play FFXIV, you won't be close to 4gig of usage. But if you play in window mode, with a music player running, web pages, some other tools, you do get close to 4gig. You are still ok, but the day you will want to run that new cool software while playing if you go over 4gig of ram usage, you will cry.

It is more about being futureproof for about 20$ more (4gb vs 8gb) than actually needing it.

Also the i5 3450 is cheaper, newer and better than a i5 2500. But if you want to overclock, get the 2500k.