New PC or upgrade?

aslco · 8 Aug 2020 at 01:06

I think its time for an upgrade for COD. Here is my current system

Graphics - Geforce GTX 950
Motherboard - Gigabyte Z68A-D3H-B3
Processor - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2700K CPU @ 3.50GHz
RAM - 8GB DDR3
OCZ CoreXtreme 500w '80 Plus' Power Supply

I am trying to decide if I should just get a whole new machine, or if upgrading the RAM to 16GB and getting a graphics card with more VRAM (As that seems the main issue on COD at the moment) will suffice.

Sparx · 8 Aug 2020 at 09:22

I'd get a whole new system, nearly 9 year old that rig.

If you just play @ 1080p, something like a Ryzen 3600 and 1660 Super or better would be a great upgrade.

heatonpkmassive · 8 Aug 2020 at 09:38

Agree. No point putting any more money into that system.

EsaT · 8 Aug 2020 at 20:52

Trying to upgrade that to into any modern performance level is riding dead horse.
https://yashmahadik.com/2014/12/14/get-off-that-dead-horse/
Just for measure next-gen consoles coming before Christmas have like 250-300% the CPU power of that.

Only thing which could be reusable is case.
If it isn't some best before date dozen+ years ago fossil.
Any mass storage is probably old and slow except for some media storage.

Journey · 8 Aug 2020 at 20:56

There is nothing wrong with doing a GPU upgrade first and seeing how happy you are with the performance, it can easily be moved into a new system, and the GTX 950 is a real stinker of a card tbh.

You could put in a GTX 1660 Super for ~£200 and it would feel like a massive, huge, giant upgrade.

heatonpkmassive · 9 Aug 2020 at 10:49

Journey said:
There is nothing wrong with doing a GPU upgrade first and seeing how happy you are with the performance, it can easily be moved into a new system, and the GTX 950 is a real stinker of a card tbh.

You could put in a GTX 1660 Super for ~£200 and it would feel like a massive, huge, giant upgrade.

He says he's upgrading for COD though, not sure if the uplift he'd get with a new card with the old system warrants the new graphics card cost.

I do see what you mean and it's often true, I just don't think it is in this case.

Journey · 9 Aug 2020 at 11:41

heatonpkmassive said:
He says he's upgrading for COD though, not sure if the uplift he'd get with a new card with the old system warrants the new graphics card cost.

I do see what you mean and it's often true, I just don't think it is in this case.

A 2700K is 4c/8t and fine for most games, the GPU they have is frankly ****, so yes swapping it to something faster would make a huge difference, there are many people on these very forums who use such systems with 1080 Ti's.

Buying a card that can easily be taken out and put into a new system is literally a no brainier, they are going to have to buy one anyway.

Stalast · 9 Aug 2020 at 14:12

I agree with Journey. If you need to upgrade, try a 1660 Super first (great price/performance on this card) and put it in your current system and see what you think. Maybe it'll be enough, maybe it won't. But don't buy any other components for an upgrade as they won't be transferable to a new system.

With all that said, now seems like a good time to be in the market for a new PC. CPU prices are great (Ryzen 3600), DRAM prices are falling and B550 motherboards are now in circulation.