UPGRADE ADVICE ON MY CURRENT BUILD

ANDYSUCCAMO · 26 Jun 2018 at 14:23

Hi Guys below is my current build which was put together with help and advice on here over 4 years ago! I feel its time to upgrade some/all parts.

I am currently playing games like RS6 and PUBG. I am hoping to "future proof" it for the next couple of years and for up coming games

Also i will be looking at re-selling some parts if there is any value in them.

MSI Radeon R9 290 Gaming Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card

Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150 Processor - Retail

Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02733)

Toshiba SSD HDTS212EZSTA 9.5mm 128GB Solid State Hard Drive - Retail

NZXT Hale Power 90+ 650W '80 Plus Gold' Modular Power Supply

Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6Gbs 64MB Cache - OEM (ST2000DM001) HDD

TeamGroup Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLD38G2400HC11CDC01)

Corsair Carbide 200R Compact ATX Case - Black (CC-9011023-WW)

Raijintek Themis Direct Contact CPU Cooler

LiteOn IHAS124-14 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM

NovaKill4 · 26 Jun 2018 at 14:31

Whats your budget for this upgrade?
Is your monitor a standard 1080p 60Mhz monitor?
Is your CPU overclocked?

4K8KW10 · 26 Jun 2018 at 14:36

@ANDYSUCCAMO Find a cheap, second-hand i7-4770K. If your DDR3 RAM isn't enough, add two more modules, so you are up to 16GB DDR3.
Update Windows to Windows 10 1803.
And if your graphics card isn't ok, then go for something faster.

Nate--IRL-- · 26 Jun 2018 at 14:46

Overclock that 4670K (aim for 4.3ghz) and add another 2 sticks of RAM - should be a big boost and cheep. Then start looking at new GPUs.

Nate

ANDYSUCCAMO · 26 Jun 2018 at 14:52

NovaKill4 said:
Whats your budget for this upgrade?
Is your monitor a standard 1080p 60Mhz monitor?
Is your CPU overclocked?

budget will be anything up to £600-700.

yes my monitor is a standard 1080p

no my cpu is as standard.

ANDYSUCCAMO · 26 Jun 2018 at 14:55

Nate--IRL-- said:
Overclock that 4670K (aim for 4.3ghz) and add another 2 sticks of RAM - should be a big boost and cheep. Then start looking at new GPUs.

Nate

http://www.overclockers.com/3step-guide-to-overclock-intel-haswell/ is this the correct guide as i have never attempted to overclock!

Nate--IRL-- · 26 Jun 2018 at 15:25

Seems like a decent guide. I'd be a little more conservative than they suggest initially, but essentially it's sound.

Nate

NovaKill4 · 26 Jun 2018 at 16:35

Yeah as others have said, overclock the CPU.
In all honesty when it comes to 1080p 60hz gameplay you probably dont need to upgrade anything, do you get any frame rate or stuttering issues playing games at high/ultra?

If you want to upgrade then i would get rid of the 290 and put in a 1070 or higher in.
If you monitor is nothing special then you could get a new 1080p 144hz monitor to go with a 1070ti or go up to a 1440p monitor with a 1070ti