Hi all,
I've just recently bought a new 2k 144hz monitor for my gaming PC (CHG70 which is awesome) and while I knew that I would eventually have to buy a new CPU to keep up I didn't quite imagine it would be so soon. Playing games in the new 2k resolution is now bottle necking my GPU and causing me to lose quite a lot of frames.
As such I'm now looking to upgrade my CPU, which also means I need to upgrade my motherboard, which also means I need to upgrade my RAM and PSU and probably my CPU fan.
I'm hoping to keep the costs down a bit for this but could go up to around £650 if required.
Would any of you lovely people be able to help spec me some of these components?
My specs:
GeForce GTX 1080Ti
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Overclocked to 4.2GHz
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Microsoft Windows 10
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Sandisk Ultra SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA II Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDH-120G-G25)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D 500GB SATA 6GB/s 16MB Cache - OEM (0F13178)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU)
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C
Akasa AK-CC4007EP01 Nero 3 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AMD AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1)
Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case
I've just recently bought a new 2k 144hz monitor for my gaming PC (CHG70 which is awesome) and while I knew that I would eventually have to buy a new CPU to keep up I didn't quite imagine it would be so soon. Playing games in the new 2k resolution is now bottle necking my GPU and causing me to lose quite a lot of frames.
As such I'm now looking to upgrade my CPU, which also means I need to upgrade my motherboard, which also means I need to upgrade my RAM and PSU and probably my CPU fan.
I'm hoping to keep the costs down a bit for this but could go up to around £650 if required.
Would any of you lovely people be able to help spec me some of these components?
My specs:
GeForce GTX 1080Ti
Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Overclocked to 4.2GHz
Gigabyte Z77X-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard
Microsoft Windows 10
Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 700W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply
Sandisk Ultra SSD 120GB 2.5" SATA II Solid State Hard Drive - (SDSSDH-120G-G25)
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.D 500GB SATA 6GB/s 16MB Cache - OEM (0F13178)
Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (BLS2CP4G3D1609DS1S00CEU)
Corsair Vengeance Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C
Akasa AK-CC4007EP01 Nero 3 CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775/1155/1156/1366/2011/AMD AM2/AM2+/AM3/FM1)
Corsair Obsidian 750D Full Tower Case
I'll wait out for the new AMD chips and grab myself that PSU.