Upgrade advice from current pc

jamster0212 · 25 Oct 2019 at 20:18

I’ve currently got:
I7-4790k
970
16gb ddr3
750w psu
H105 aio cooler for cpu
Ssd/hhd

I play in 1080p

current games : cs go / apex legends/ arma 3 / Skyrim.

What sort of money would I need to be spending to see improvements that would be worth it? What sort of upgrade path would you guys go and do my parts have any sort of resell value or is it just they are old and outdated parts?

cheers for the help

Minibiker · 25 Oct 2019 at 20:26

Personally I'd go for a newer GPU first with your current system

Burnt_Custard · 25 Oct 2019 at 21:15

Agreed new GPU and take it from there. Probably a GTX 1660 Ti upwards

ExRayTed · 25 Oct 2019 at 23:26

Graphics card, as advised above. A Vega 56 is an alternative to the 1660ti - depends on the games you play. Here's a comparison and as you can see, they trade blows all day long at 1080p - https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2373?vs=2429

jamster0212 · 26 Oct 2019 at 03:29

Minibiker said:
Personally I'd go for a newer GPU first with your current system

Burnt_Custard said:
Agreed new GPU and take it from there. Probably a GTX 1660 Ti upwards

ExRayTed said:
Graphics card, as advised above. A Vega 56 is an alternative to the 1660ti - depends on the games you play. Here's a comparison and as you can see, they trade blows all day long at 1080p - https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2373?vs=2429

If I upgrade my gpu to a 1660ti would that run 1440p okay or would the rest of my system crumble ?

ExRayTed · 26 Oct 2019 at 11:36

jamster0212 said:
If I upgrade my gpu to a 1660ti would that run 1440p okay or would the rest of my system crumble ?

Should be fine, assuming you're happy reducing some settings. Obviously the more you spend the better performance you'll get but either of those cards will be serviceable at 1440p

jamster0212 · 27 Oct 2019 at 05:16

ExRayTed said:
Should be fine, assuming you're happy reducing some settings. Obviously the more you spend the better performance you'll get but either of those cards will be serviceable at 1440p

What sort of card would I be looking at if I didn’t want to be turning things down when playing 1440p ? I don’t mind turning down anti aliasing and some other stuff but I do like playing in ultra/high.

would my other pc components bottle neck since my system is pushing 6 years old.

4790k
16gb ddr3
750w gold superflower
Ssd/hhd
H105 aio to cool the cpu
Currently running a 970 which has no issues on 1080p which I’m still surprised at. Love the card haha.

Minibiker said:
Personally I'd go for a newer GPU first with your current system

Burnt_Custard said:
Agreed new GPU and take it from there. Probably a GTX 1660 Ti upwards

ExRayTed said:
Graphics card, as advised above. A Vega 56 is an alternative to the 1660ti - depends on the games you play. Here's a comparison and as you can see, they trade blows all day long at 1080p - https://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/2373?vs=2429

jamster0212 said:
If I upgrade my gpu to a 1660ti would that run 1440p okay or would the rest of my system crumble ?

ExRayTed · 27 Oct 2019 at 19:44

@jamster0212 - well, how deep are your pockets? The 2070 super is a good card and I think probably as good value as you're going to get at 1440p. Can't afford that? Then maybe the 2060 super? There are plenty of benchmarks and reviews out there so it's really deciding on how much money you can afford and what your minimum visual fidelity is going to be, as unless you spend silly money you're going to be making compromises. Have a look here for an idea of performance https://www.gpucheck.com/gpu-benchmark-graphics-card-comparison-chart

jamster0212 · 27 Oct 2019 at 23:35

ExRayTed said:
@jamster0212 - well, how deep are your pockets? The 2070 super is a good card and I think probably as good value as you're going to get at 1440p. Can't afford that? Then maybe the 2060 super? There are plenty of benchmarks and reviews out there so it's really deciding on how much money you can afford and what your minimum visual fidelity is going to be, as unless you spend silly money you're going to be making compromises. Have a look here for an idea of performance https://www.gpucheck.com/gpu-benchmark-graphics-card-comparison-chart

Thanks for the reply. I think I could stretch to a 2070 super but I’m abit worried my cpu could bottleneck it.

theforce · 28 Oct 2019 at 01:07

Maybe a Radeon 5700? Quite a cheaper than the 2070 Super and it should perform well in 1440p.