Upgrade Advice

Stijn Teuwen

Stijn Teuwen

Stijn Teuwen

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Hello,
I had my gaming pc for quite a while now, I think I got mine back in 2014 and till this day I never did any sort of upgrade. Back then it was a very expensive and pretty high end pc i think. My pc always handled the newest games pretty good, so I saw no problem. I used to game a lot but then all of the sudden I almost completely stopped gaming for a while (a few years) but recently I have picked it back up but less intens then before (which I'm happy about:)).
But I noticed that my pc can't handle the recent games as good as it could before and I think it is time for an upgrade. I don't want to replace the whole pc because that would be way too expensive for me. So I thought about just upgrade a few parts.

I've been playing Assasin's creed: Valhalla, and that is where i noticed the performance problems. I think it is mainly due to my GPU so I think I would want to definitely upgrade this one. It is blowing very hard while gaming and sometimes it even just crashes during heavy graphical scenes. I also checked the temp of the GPU and it very very hot while playing these games.
I myself know a bit about pc building but im pretty much a beginner, so I don't know exactly what the best option is for me and what is compatible with the rest of my system.
It would be amazing if you guys could give your advice about what parts you guys think I should upgrade and also to what I should upgrade it to. I'm having a hard time because I know my system is older an therefore i'm scared if i for example buy a new GPU it might not be compatible with my other older components.
Your advice is very much appreciated. It would also be amazing if you could put a pricing behind these upgrades so I know how much it is going to cost me.

My specs:
Case: CMstorm strycker (another smaller and better case would also maybe be a good idea)
GPU: R9 290X Lightning
CPU: Intel core I7 4770K (22nm)
CPU Cooler: Crosair H80i
Power supply: Crosair AX860
Motherboard: ROG Maximus VI GENE
Ram: Vengeance LP 16GB (2x8) (DDR3)
SSD: Intel 530 series 240 GB

This is a picture of my PC, some different setup advice or tips are always welcome ;)
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Yes first the pc was terrible when I started using it again, but then i completely cleaned the pc. It really was disgusting how much dust was in the CPU and GPU cooler but that is fixed now and it was a whole lot better but still not as great as I want it. I also though about maybe replacing the thermal paste in the GPU but i'm actually a little scared to do this... Do you think that would solve some issues or do you think that I should definitely just upgrade my GPU?
To upgrade all the other components I don't really have the budget for or do you think this would be necessary?
Also should I get a new smaller case will this affect the performance or will I not notice it (it is mainly because I would like to place it on my desk but my current case is way too big to place on my desk)
 
If i would only upgrade my R9 290X to the Rx 6700XT, is that possible with my motherboard and psu? This will improve my pc by a whole lot, right?
Because I have the idea that my current GPU is very out dated but you seem pretty positive about it being still good enough or am I understanding you wrong?

(Sorry for the maybe noob questions, I did not build my own pc back then because I was to young to understand any of it but now I'm very interested and I'm trying to learn and improve my knowledge about PC building...)
 
Okay thanks, I will definitely try to overclock my cpu. But that will probably not help my graphical performance while playing these games...
What would you call a decent price for the 6700xt? Because if I search online I find an varying amount of prices.
 
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