Looking to upgrade and need some advice!

smudge523

smudge523

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smudge523 said:
Built my first PC at the end of 2014 and I'm looking to upgrade, however I haven't a clue where to start with efficiently upgrading. Its used almost exclusively for gaming


Gigabyte Z97X-SLI

i5 4690K

XFX Radeon R9 290 DD 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Crucial MX100 256GB SATA 2.5” 7mm SSD + 9.5mm Adapter (CT256MX100SSD1)

TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3

SuperFlower Golden Green HX 550W "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply - Black

Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD

Raijintek Agos Midi Tower - Black

Raijintek Themis Black Heatpipe CPU Cooler PWM - 120mm

Thanks for the help!
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Firstly, budget and what res-refresh rate is your monitor ? is it freesync or g-sync at all ?

you might get away with a 2nd hand i7 and gtx 1070 and your good to go. or if you fancy a new part refresh for warranty purposed ryzen has come in at a good price . Mobo, cpu,ram and GPU and your good to go!

Shame your Gigabyte board wasnt the Black edition as you get a free or mostly free upgrade to newer gen :(
 
Budget would be about 500 pounds, but can stretch a bit further over a few months if need be.

My monitor is aBenQ XL2411Z 24 inch 144 Hz. With regards to free/g sync I have no idea, not even sure what they are truth be told!
 
smudge523 said:
Budget would be about 500 pounds, but can stretch a bit further over a few months if need be.

My monitor is aBenQ XL2411Z 24 inch 144 Hz. With regards to free/g sync I have no idea, not even sure what they are truth be told!
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seems your screen is DVI cable only for 144hz and not bound to eiterh amd or nvidia

seems you should be able to pick up an i7 4790k for £150 maybe and then pick up a GTX 1070

Maybe sink some cash into an AIO 240 so you can overclock the pants off the i7 :)
 
Ah thanks. Is the aio 240 a cooler? I've not bothered to overclock my current processor so that'll be fun

How long do you think these additions will future proof for? Sorry for all the questions, I have very little idea about what I'm doing!
 
smudge523 said:
Ah thanks. Is the aio 240 a cooler? I've not bothered to overclock my current processor so that'll be fun

How long do you think these additions will future proof for? Sorry for all the questions, I have very little idea about what I'm doing!
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Overclocked my 1st gen i7 lasted 6 years :)
So should last you a good few more
 
It's all very well saying get a i7 4790k but with only 13 posts the op is miles away from getting MM access so he would have to pay the prices on the bay which would be around £220-250. Get a new gpu and overclock the 4690k to around 4.5Ghz and see how you get on.
 
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