Confused whether to upgrade

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Hi all,
I know you probably get this query a lot. I can only but apologies to add to those numbers, but I'm not overly familiar with building pcs, and I've only done it once in 2013 (after I was fooled by Dell. I vowed never to build a ready build pc again).

So back in 2013 I built my first pc. At the time I think it was pretty good. But I'm starting to feel struggles now.
I do play some AAA games but I'm not a massive massive gamer. I do like playing cities skylines with plenty of mods and assets.. But my pc doesn't like that anymore. And I use photoshop for graphic work quite regularly and I like to do some video editing/rendering, again my pc seems to struggle and fail in that department of late also. So after so many years, I think it might be time to upgrade some or all my pc.
the reason I decided to post, was through the research I've done so far, everywhere says my set up is still reasonable.
I'll post my stats here, and if any one is able to offer any advise, I'd be forever grateful.

CPU: Intel core i7 4770k @ 3.5ghz
MB: Asus gryphon z67
Memory: ddr3 16gb
PSU: corsair cx750m (750w)
GPU: nvidia geforce gtx 770
Windows 10 (64bit)
1 SSD @120gb (mainly for system windows 10)
I have another SSD which is larger but its not plugged in yet
And I have a standard 1t HDD.


Again thanks for anyone out there listening and possibly able to help

Cheers
A
 
From your own admission it struggles in certain areas and if thats important to you thats wherd you should focus.

Your 2013 pc you could reuse is thd 770, csse ,ssd maybe psu but if 8 years old would consider replacing.

Motherboard , cpu and memory would be the bedt bet if you want reuse the rest.

Do you have a budget. ?
 
About £600 for this instance I'll have to phase my spending die to bills etc but in 5/6 months time I can buy some other bits.

Do you mean I should focus replacing motherboard and memory firstly? (and cpu aswell?)
 
About £600 for this instance I'll have to phase my spending die to bills etc but in 5/6 months time I can buy some other bits.

Do you mean I should focus replacing motherboard and memory firstly? (and cpu aswell?)
Yes that would give you a big boost in video editing and Photoshop but your gpu mite be struggling also.

Gpu prices are crazy at the moment so you only really have a budget for either .

AAA games are going to struggle on a 770 but is the 770 affecting your photoshop and rendering also ?

So you have some choices to make which is most important upgrade first or carry on saving.
 
OK.. Brill.. Can I ask 1 last thing.. For cpu.. So I can get the best out of gaming and editing. Would a Ryzen do? Was thinking along the lines of a Ryzen 7 3700 (and a MSI tomahawk mobo)?

Certainly providing some food for though, so cheers
 
Would also change PSU in first phase of upgrade.
Worn out PSU can cause damage to parts even without complete failure and that PSU was never designed to be high quality PSU, despite of brand sticker.
 
OK.. Brill.. Can I ask 1 last thing.. For cpu.. So I can get the best out of gaming and editing. Would a Ryzen do? Was thinking along the lines of a Ryzen 7 3700 (and a MSI tomahawk mobo)?

Certainly providing some food for though, so cheers
Yes that would be a good choice along with 16 or 32gb of memory.

Then save for a new gpu.
 
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