Upgrade advice

[Pauljb]

Hi am fairly new to upgrading so after some advice.

I have an i5 3500, Z77 mainboard, 8gb ddr3 ram and a 1060 6gb

The system is about a year old.

Its fine for the most part 1080p gaming, however some titles are stuttering a bit.

Not sure if the CPU is showing its age.

Ive considered overclocking but its a non k version of the cpu.

Am i better putting an extra 8gb of ram in or biting the bullet and changing the mainboard and cpu to a ryzen 5 or something?

I am wary of spending more now on ddr3 ram when it will be redundant in any future build I have.

Not sure how long this system will last in terms of gaming?

Many thanks

 

[Plec]

Clicky

 

[Danny75]

+ limit your fps a bit, or lower some settings and limit fps, it should ease up on the CPU that way and reduce the stutter. Then upgrade in a month or so.

 

[Pauljb]

Thankyou, i think thats the way forward. Ive out in another 8gb ram and might get my dads old i7 to tide over.
Might sell the whole thing in a few months and start over