Acquired an older gen gaming PC (i5 3570K)

[Liquid_Entity]

Wondering what GPU I can upgrade to to play some older games (skyrim etc) plus some more modern ones? Currently has a GT 640 GPU which is woefully inadequate. All wrapped in a Cooler Master Elite case but no idea on quality of the PSU either.

Speccy specs here:

 

[Mr crowley]

A gtx 970 would be a good balance I would have thought, overclocking the cpu would benefit it quite a bit as the older chips don't boost automatically as close to the limits like the newer ones do

 

[Liquid_Entity]

A gtx 970 would be a good balance I would have thought, overclocking the cpu would benefit it quite a bit as the older chips don't boost automatically as close to the limits like the newer ones do

I can see from the case window it has an Akasa CPU cooler. Nothing special I guess. I used to have a 3570k before and i never did manage to OC that either. Thanks for tip on the GPU

 

[Mr crowley]

No problem, also check the speed the ram is capable of running at, the DDR3 from around when that CPU was out usually ran at around 1333-1600Mhz which could potentially increase performance

 

[Ian Evey]

802 MHz at dual channel is 1604mhz so should be fine.

I had a 3570k and tbh any decent graphics card will be fine, mine ran on a gtx 780 and a gtx 1060 fine but I think a 1070 /1080 or even a 2060 would be great.

you may be cpu limited in a lot of newer games but that cpu overclocked to 4.2 or 4.4ghz would do fine.

The one game I struggled with was cod warzone other than that I had no real problems at 1920x1200 resolution.

 

[watercooledman]

I am still rocking a 2500k @4.7ghz and a gtx 980 plays all the games I throw at it

 

[Liquid_Entity]

I just fired up vanilla skyrim and can play it on high at 1920 x 1080 on the current kit. That'll do for now until I can find a decent 2nd hand gpu.

I have no idea how to over clock ram and cpu so I'll do some homework later.

 

[ianbeany]

My old man has a stock 3570k with a 4gb RX 480 and Cyberpunk is surprisingly playable at 1080p. 40+ fps on medium settings

 

[StephenJ]

Wondering what GPU I can upgrade to to play some older games (skyrim etc) plus some more modern ones? Currently has a GT 640 GPU which is woefully inadequate. All wrapped in a Cooler Master Elite case but no idea on quality of the PSU either.

Speccy specs here:

Your issue is not what card you should buy, but the fact that all cards are hard to find and expensive

 

[Liquid_Entity]

Yep, will stick to playing my old games for the time being. These GPU prices are insane.

 

[drakulton]

Get that CPU delidded, as the thermal paste will be dust by now.