Upgrade or New PC

Azarik

Azarik

Azarik

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I've recently started to notice that my old rig,cant follow up with new games.So i was thinking thats its about time to change something,but im not sure, should i upgrade my current rig or buy a new one?
If ill buy a new one ill probably will be using it for another 5 years (like my current that im using)

Playing mostly in 1080p games like ARMA 3/Owerwatch/Heroes of the Storm/PUBG/Witcher 3/Wolfenstein New Order and other mmorpg.

My current build:
CPU: i5 2500k OC 4,5 ghz
Cooler:be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3
Motherbord: MSI Z77A-G43
Graphic: MSI HD 7950 3 gb Boost Edition
Ram: 16gb Kingstone HyperX Genesis DDR3 1600
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 500gb
PSU:OCZ ModXStream Pro 500W
Case:CM Storm Trooper
Monitor: Dell GW2760S

New Rig
CPU: i5 8600k
Cooler: NZXT Kraken x62
Motherbord: ASUS Rog Strix z370 F or MSI Gaming z370 M5
Graphic Card: Evga Geforce GTX 1070 TI FTW2
Ram:16gb Corsair DDR4 Vengeance RGB
SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 500gb (from old rig) +WD Black 512gb M.2 NVME
PSU:EVGA SuperNova G3 650W
Case:NZXT h700i
Monitor: Asus Rog Strix XG27VQ

or link to PCPartpPicker

Bought graphic card allready,and was thinking about replace my old HD7950,but im not sure if my current CPU not bottleneck it...



 
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Slap in second hand i7 , or if new go i7 8700k

Lots of thought about coffeelake being the new I 2*** series in meaning people will hold onto it for a long time .

Least you know you can grab the GPU and case now . See how your frames are and visually might fall in love with the current hardware in new skin .

Since you've got one of the most powerful Air coolers that can compete directly with AIOs ... Thought about going custom or trying EK new budget aluminium set up ?

*** Sorry just saw end bit of you've got the GPU :)
 
considering the price difference and the fact you have to buy the 1070 anyway.. maybe get that and see if you are happy with performance...?

I went from i7 3770 290x to 1070 = big obvious performance upgrade

i7 3770 to i7 6700k was probably faster but nothing like the gfx upgrade

normal SSD to M.2 was also not really noticeable for me...

maybe pick up a second hand i7 3770 for next to nothing as well... (maybe £50 by the time you have sold your old one)

unless you have loads of cash then get all new!
 
So Coffee lake is not good?
Should i stick to old Kaby Lake?Is it not better to have a new z370 maybe in futer,there will be more CPU's that will use that mobos?
Well i got 1600 pounds for whole rig.Wanted to build a RGB pc that will match my room as well :)
Good that i bought graphic card before end of december,because prices are going up right now, and this same graphic card cost around 80 pounds more!
What about case? I love my old case CM Storm due to low temperatures and cooling but NZXT H700i will probably a bit hoter but looks much better :)
 
coffee lake is nice... but honestly, there's so much Kaby Lake and Z270 stuff floating around on sale currently because of Intel's early release of 370, that you could probably pick up a decent 270 motherboard and Kaby i5 or i7 for a killing

unless you're specifically looking at futureproofing your system for down the road, Kaby Lake still stands up pretty strong for most everything nowdays
 
would personally push coffeelake , kabylake is pretty much your current i5 with die shrink and increased speeds. least coffee has the 2 extra cores - even if its a bit of a shoe horn thrown together by intel
 
As you have a respectable clock on the 2500K (epic CPU) i would install the GTX 1070 and give it a whirl in your current setup - if you haven't done so already (may need to flash your BIOS to get it working) - you should be pleasantly surprised.

This will give you a couple of months breathing space to wait for Zen 2/+ release and for the whole Meltdown/Spectre debacle to unravel itself fully. Prices of INTEL may come down even more - or your head may get turned to AMD...

For reference, i have a 2500K @ 4.5GHz coupled with a GTX 1070; gaming at 1440p. The 1070 was originally bought in preperation of a Ryzen 1700 build but i was so impressed with performance i decided to delay for a few months. I'm now waiting for the new Ryzen releases a year later which shows you how impressed i've been with the performance of the 1070 paired with the clocked 2500K - despite the bottleneck (which isn't apparent to me as i have noting to compare it too).

It plays most games on ULTRA/HIGH settings at 1440p - so you should see massive improvement at 1080p - even with ARMA 3 which is CPU orientated.
 
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