Advice on what to upgrade

Malice343 · 15 Jul 2019 at 20:00

Hi All.

I built a new machine back in 2015, specs are as follows -

Mobo: MAXIMUS VII GENE S1150 Intel Z97 DDR3 mATX
CPU: Core i7 4790k
RAM: 16GB DDR3 2133 Corsair Vengeance
GFX: Gigabyte GTX 970 G1
Monitor: Dell S2716DG Gsync 1440p
Case: Corsair Carbide Air 240

I'm trying to play Battlegrounds @ 1440p but it seems to be chugging at anything over low settings.

What do you think the best upgrade path is? I've not been following the PC hardware buzz since I built this machine so I'm totally out my depth these days

Can I get away with replacing the graphics card or is a whole new system more appropriate? The other complication I have is the case, as it stands my 970 only just fits into this case, anything larger wouldn't work.

Cheers

Minibiker · 15 Jul 2019 at 20:21

Do you have a budget in mind if someone was to suggest upgrading to DDR4?

lltfdaniel · 15 Jul 2019 at 20:26

He is looking at around £800-1000 for the pc tower alone that is if he wants a decent gaming pc, 800-1000 is ideal for that.

Anyways i did a quick list for a build but have not included a dvd drive, hdd-ssd, pc case.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Seasonic Focus Plus 650W 80 Plus Gold Modular Power Supply= £94.99
1 x MSI B450 TOMAHAWK (Socket AM4) DDR4 ATX Motherboard= £99.95
1 x Team Group Dark T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TDGED4= £79.99
1 x AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Six Core 4.2GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £188.99
1 x Sapphire Radeon RX VEGA 56 Pulse 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card (11276-02-40G)= £248.99

Total: £724.01 (includes shipping: £11.10)

Journey · 15 Jul 2019 at 20:29

You can fit a 290mm long GPU in that case.

orbitalwalsh · 16 Jul 2019 at 07:10

If PSU is 550w then shouldn't need replacing unless is it's bad !

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core 4.4GHz (Socket AM4) Processor - Retail= £319.99
1 x MSI B450M Mortar (Socket AM4) DDR4 mATX Motherboard= £88.99
1 x Team Group Vulcan T-Force 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black/Grey (TLGD= £82.99
1 x Gigabyte GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Gaming OC 8192MB GDDR6 PCI-Express Graphics Card= £428.99

Total: £932.06 (includes shipping: £11.10)

Card size
L=280.35 W=116.45 H=40.24 mm

If coming from 4 core 8 thread that can clock at 4.5gjz, push the 8 core ryzen ..double or nothing , if was i5 then 6 cores 12 threads of 4 cores 4 threads etc

Grafter67 · 17 Jul 2019 at 09:25

I'd replace the graphics card and see how much that helps. The new card won't go to waste in a new system if it's needed.

Changing everything just to go from DDR3 to DDR4 is crazy