Little bit of advice required on possible upgrade

Painless

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Hi
I built my gaming pc five or so years ago and all has been fine with it, I was just wondering if you more knowledgeable people think it needs an upgrade of any sorts.
Asus V8 Maximus Hero
Intel 6700k
16 gb ddr4
GTX 1070
Excuse if it all sounds a bit basic but Im more your senior gamer these days.
Regards Alex
 
Hi, welcome.

What you listed doesn't need an upgrade if you say it's fine.

Does the system have an SSD?

Which monitor?

Do you have nice sound gear?
 
As mentioned above, it will probably serve.

You haven't mentioned what you play and the resolution. The 1070 should be good to 1440p so if you are still on 1080p, you may consider and monitor upgrade.

Also, as the PC is 5 years old and you haven't given us the PSU spec, you may wish to consider and upgrade owing to age or capacity. A decent 550w should be fine.
 
Welcome to the forums Alex.

Got the same spec as you and although i do have the upgrade itch, i just can't justify the outlay as my PC is doing every thing i want it to with no problems.

As has been mentioned, get a SSD if you don't have one. Preferably a 500GB or 1TB NVME drive.

Also, you could overclock the CPU for a bit of extra performance. What CPU cooler have you got?
 
Noughtboy said:
As mentioned above, it will probably serve.

You haven't mentioned what you play and the resolution. The 1070 should be good to 1440p so if you are still on 1080p, you may consider and monitor upgrade.

Also, as the PC is 5 years old and you haven't given us the PSU spec, you may wish to consider and upgrade owing to age or capacity. A decent 550w should be fine.
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I mainly play Battlefield and recently Warzone in 1440p the ps is a Be quiet 850w 80 plus platinum
 
Painless said:
I downloaded fps monitor and gfx card seems to sit at 99 percent constantly, so maybe lower the settings and give that a whirl.
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That would be a good starting point. Essentially, as resolution goes up, the workload shifts from more CPU at 1080p to more GPU at 1440p to a lot more GPU at 4k.

So, perhaps check what your CPU usage is at current settings. I would assume lower than GPU. Then lower a couple of settings (just check which will affect performance most positively and eye candy the least and apply individually in order) monitoring CPU and GPU after each change. You will then get to a level where either performance and looks are both suitable or you decide that there are compromises you are unwilling to make.

At that point, consider a GPU upgrade and or a CPU upgrade. However, bear in mind that if you can live with it for a few months longer, Nvidia should be releasing updates in the next few months and Intel and Ryzen CPU also on the horizon.

Your PSU should still be fine. Even though it is getting on, I think you have sufficient overhead to not be taxing it too much.
 
Oh, if you *have* to upgrade, probably GPU first, and budget depending, AMD 5700XT upwards (best VFM) then Nvidia 2070Super, 2080Super 2080ti (highest absolute performance worst VFM).

You may then need to consider the CPU which should probably be a Ryzen 3700x. A 3600 would be fine at 1440p with a 5700XT so you could stop there if you wanted. However, remember that Ryzen prefers memory speed so aim for a 3200Mhz kit at minimum or better yet a 3600Mhz.

But, this is only if you cannot hold out for probably 6 months.
 
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