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Hi Folks,

Havent been doing much PC gaming for a little while now, but fancy picking up a few games and getting back into it.

Currently have 2500k clocked, with 780 gtx, ssd & 16gb ram. Recently picked up a g-sync enabled / freesync monitor running @ 144 - 1080.

I'm looking to better utilise the new monitor and play some newer games, havent set a budget yet, but somewhere in the region of 300 should be available once I've got the house move out of the way.

With my sensible head on this will be my only upgrade for 12 months, there is a small chance i might also upgrade to Ryzen 3 / 5 in 6 months or so.

My questions are, what would constitute a worthwhile GPU upgrade without being hopelessly CPU bound?

Would a move to an i7 of the same vintage or 3xxxx be worthwhile? (cost to change maybe 70 quid or so looking at the famous auction site)

thanks
 
thanks all for the responses. Managed to omit timescale from the opening post, house move should be middle of July nicely in time to see what navi does to the market. I should better know my budget for this upgrade then.

@orbitalwalsh - I have 16gb ram. Black friday might be somewhat of a tempter, we shall see how the current cpu + new gpu does in the meantime.
@Plec - can never disagree immeditate gratification. Bonus point for the use of lovechild too. PSU is Seasonic M12II EVO Edition 850W '80 Plus Bronze' Fully Modular Power Supply - which seems way overspec looking at it now. Maybe i had grand plans of sli, who knows.

@both - reasurring that dropping a £200 + card in wont be a complete waste, thanks.

@hominid - thanks - sadly i dont think my budget will stretch to cpu, mobo & ram as well as gpu, but hope navi coud be worth or look or might disrupt the market.
 
what look to be the reference coolers for the vega are loads cheaper, assume they are a bit pants?

what are the vega like for heat and noise, are they a bit toasty compared to the 1660ti and such?
 
thanks.

Mobo is a z77x-d3h

will have to check the bios later, thinking i musn't be too far off up to date, had a horrific boot loop issue to fix a few years back. Thanks for the warning though.
 
hey all,

Had assumed this thread had quietly put itself to sleep, apologies for not updating.

I chanced upon a cheapish gtx 1660 ti on the famous auction site so impulse bidded not really expecting to win, cost to swap was somewhere in the region of 150 plus change after selling the 780.
My newer monitor is back in its box waiting for the house move, so havent had much of a chance to see what it can do.

@Terrorfirmer - I havent ruled out a 3770k - but they still look to be fetching over 100 notes, with the 2500k bringing in much less.

@Terrorfirmer - how do you find the meshify btw? stuck between one of those or a nzxt 500 / 510 refresh.

@orbitalwalsh - with (a flexible) 150 left in the kitty I'll be keeping half an eye for x470/b450 bargains to go with a 3600 from the bay or Rainforest transformer day.
 
Plec said:
The 3600 is looking to be the pick of the bunch for 'gaming-bargain' - that coupled with your new GPU will be a big bump in performance for relatively little outlay.
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hopefully :)

time to go and educate myself on b450 vs x470. Any thoughts? and or boards to look out for - both good or bad.
 
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