Upgrade or time for a new system?

[yaced]

I've had the following system for a few years and now I'm deciding what to do next.

Currently have
Intel i7 3770k overclocked to 4.5Ghz
16GB DDR3 700MHz
MSI 280x 3GB

I also have a couple of monitors over 5 years old and want to replace with an ultrawide.

So I'm considering something like a GTX980Ti and a Acer X34 monitor (or similar). Now my question is, in terms of gaming, whether my old CPU/memory will throttle me much, a lot, nothing.

 

[kefan77]

just replace the GPU (possibly PSU)

new monitor is good choice, also SSD unless you have already.

no bottleneck with that CPU.

 

[Sandycheeks]

I've had the following system for a few years and now I'm deciding what to do next.

Currently have
Intel i7 3770k overclocked to 4.5Ghz
16GB DDR3 700MHz
MSI 280x 3GB

I also have a couple of monitors over 5 years old and want to replace with an ultrawide.

So I'm considering something like a GTX980Ti and a Acer X34 monitor (or similar). Now my question is, in terms of gaming, whether my old CPU/memory will throttle me much, a lot, nothing.

700MHz - really?

What monitors do you have currently.

My suggestion would be to buy the monitor you want and see how your system fares...if you want more then buy a better gpu.
No point whatsoever in replacing the CPU.

 

[megapleb]

just replace the GPU (possibly PSU)

new monitor is good choice, also SSD unless you have already.

no bottleneck with that CPU.

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Assuming the spec on that RAM is something reasonable (1600MHz probably), you CPU isn't a problem and 16GB is plenty for playing games.