I'll have some money to spend soon and want to treat myself whilst I can to an upgrade with some of it. Currently I'm running a system I built about 3 years ago using one of OCUK's overclocked bundles:
Core i7 2700K @4.3ghz
Corsair H100 cooler
Asus P8P67 Pro board
12gb DDR3 Dual Channel Geil
Nvidia 660ti
650w Corsair Modular PSU
I want to go the 980ti hybrid route as noise levels are important to me. I also fancy a new case, clean, minimalist design with no external bays. I play games at 1440p and don't plan to go 4k for the time being.
My options seem to range from a new card/psu/case with my existing cpu through to an SLI 980ti pre-built watercooled beast from OCuk at around £3.5k (but that's a case of want rather than need at 1440p).
Question is, would there still be plenty of life left in my cpu/mb/ram combo if I just upgrade the GFX? Or, if I'm spending £1k on graphics, case and PSU, am I best going the whole hog and replacing the lot? How far have i7 cpu's come in the last 3-4 years?
Core i7 2700K @4.3ghz
Corsair H100 cooler
Asus P8P67 Pro board
12gb DDR3 Dual Channel Geil
Nvidia 660ti
650w Corsair Modular PSU
I want to go the 980ti hybrid route as noise levels are important to me. I also fancy a new case, clean, minimalist design with no external bays. I play games at 1440p and don't plan to go 4k for the time being.
My options seem to range from a new card/psu/case with my existing cpu through to an SLI 980ti pre-built watercooled beast from OCuk at around £3.5k (but that's a case of want rather than need at 1440p).
Question is, would there still be plenty of life left in my cpu/mb/ram combo if I just upgrade the GFX? Or, if I'm spending £1k on graphics, case and PSU, am I best going the whole hog and replacing the lot? How far have i7 cpu's come in the last 3-4 years?