Anything worthy of upgrade, or new rig time??

[Chris [BEANS]]

Hi all.

Been thinking of building a new rig soon, I've had this one for about five years!

However, it's still actually going pretty well, so I wondered whether it was worth upgrading anything instead?

I know it's possible, but I really do mean is it 'worth' it?

As in, no point sticking in a £500 graphics card if it won't be used to full capacity because it's held back by other components etc etc....

I currently have:-

• Gigabyte Z77X-UD3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
  
• Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor
  
• GeIL Dragon 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
  
• KFA2 GeForce GTX 670 EX OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
  
• Corsair HX 750W ATX Modular SLI Compliant Power Supply

I'm only gaming, and on a 1080 monitor too so no need to play at 4k right now.

Is there anything there that's worth the upgrade, or shall I save my pennies and go the whole hog?

Cheers

Chris

 

[Chris [BEANS]]

I have an SSD, two in fact, one just for the OS (64 bit) and one for steam etc. Plus a storage HDD.

If I can get good performance uplift for just over £300 that's fantastic.

Overclocking is another matter altogether. Haven't done that for a very long time, I'll have to look in to it....

Thanks guys, great news (thumbs up emoji)

 

[Chris [BEANS]]

Right....

Just about to order and I've hit two snags.

Firstly, all RX 580s appear to be sold out?!
Is an Nvidia 1060 an equivalent?

Secondly, my RAM is definitely 1600mhz, but my PC reads it as 1333mhz, I've no idea why?!

If I get an additional 8 gig of 1600mhz, is that going to cause some sort of conflict?

 

[Chris [BEANS]]

Where are you reading the RAM speed?

You may need to setup the ram timing and speed in the BIOS manually or see if you can load the Auto profile.

I think all the minors are buying all the AMD cards.

You were right! Had to go into BIOS and enable 'extreme' memory something or other. It's now showing up as 1600mhz.

Checked by going to Run->cmd->wmic memorychip get speed

 

[Chris [BEANS]]

That's saved me about £60 on getting a full 16 gig kit, but I'm still left with the question of whether a 1060 is the way to go, or do I wait for 580s to come back in stock?

 

[Chris [BEANS]]

Thanks again all (thumbs up emoji)

I'll go with the 1060 and another 8 gig at 1600