Background - both my son & I are keen gamers, he only plays Fortnite whereas I play a variety of games, some more demanding than Fortnite.
He has a PS4 but more recently I have converted him to PC gaming by cobbling together a PC from 2nd hand parts and my castoffs and he now much prefers his PC gaming setup to the PS4. That said, his PC does occasionally crash and for reasons we've never quite been able to put our fingers on, it seems to underperform.
His 13th birthday is coming up and he'd like to upgrade his PC but I can't justify spending hundreds of pounds on a new rig for him so my cunning plan is to effectively hand down most of my current rig to him which should see him gain a significant FPS boost in Fortnite as well as being able to run at higher quality settings and then upgrade my rig.
My current setup:
Case - Antec ISK600 Mini ITX Shuttle
Mobo - MSI B85I Gen 4 LGA1150 Mini ITX
PSU - Antec Earthwatts EA-550 Platinum
CPU - Intel i7-4790
RAM - 8GB DDR3-1600
GFX - RX Vega 56 Pulse 8GB
Monitor1 - MSI Optix MAG271CQR Quad HD 27" 144Hz
Monitor2 - Generic 24" Iiyama
Sons Setup:
Case - Corsair (can't remember!)
Mobo - Gigabyte Z170-HD3P LGA1151
PSU - Corsair Vengeance 750M Silver
CPU - Intel i5-6400
RAM - 8GB DDR4
GFX - MSI GTX 770 OC 2GB DDR5
Monitor1 - Samsung SM2233RZ 22" 120Hz
Monitor2 - Generic 24" AOC
I'm thinking of taking the Vega 56 & SSD out of my PC and replace it with his SSD & the GTX770, then remove everything from his PC (leaving the bare case & PSU), buy a new Mobo/CPU/RAM and reuse my Vega56 & SSD.
Given he only plays Fortnite, I think this will give him a nice FPS boost and crucially better stability as (touch wood!) my PC has performed flawlessly and I know the GTX770 works with my PC as it was my GFX card before I upgraded to the Vega 56. I am a little concerned the GTX770 might still be a bit of a bottleneck, even in Fortnite, so at some point in the future may have to pick up a new GPU for him.
Given I want to keep the costs down:
A) Does the above sound sensible
B) What's the sweet spot value wise for Mobo/CPU/RAM given I'm not looking for anything bleeding edge?
C) If I do have to pick up a new GPU for him, how much would I realistically have to spend to see a significant improvement on the GTX770
Apologies in advance for the rubbish formatting, I couldn't work out how to insert a table!
Thanks guys.
He has a PS4 but more recently I have converted him to PC gaming by cobbling together a PC from 2nd hand parts and my castoffs and he now much prefers his PC gaming setup to the PS4. That said, his PC does occasionally crash and for reasons we've never quite been able to put our fingers on, it seems to underperform.
His 13th birthday is coming up and he'd like to upgrade his PC but I can't justify spending hundreds of pounds on a new rig for him so my cunning plan is to effectively hand down most of my current rig to him which should see him gain a significant FPS boost in Fortnite as well as being able to run at higher quality settings and then upgrade my rig.
My current setup:
Case - Antec ISK600 Mini ITX Shuttle
Mobo - MSI B85I Gen 4 LGA1150 Mini ITX
PSU - Antec Earthwatts EA-550 Platinum
CPU - Intel i7-4790
RAM - 8GB DDR3-1600
GFX - RX Vega 56 Pulse 8GB
Monitor1 - MSI Optix MAG271CQR Quad HD 27" 144Hz
Monitor2 - Generic 24" Iiyama
Sons Setup:
Case - Corsair (can't remember!)
Mobo - Gigabyte Z170-HD3P LGA1151
PSU - Corsair Vengeance 750M Silver
CPU - Intel i5-6400
RAM - 8GB DDR4
GFX - MSI GTX 770 OC 2GB DDR5
Monitor1 - Samsung SM2233RZ 22" 120Hz
Monitor2 - Generic 24" AOC
I'm thinking of taking the Vega 56 & SSD out of my PC and replace it with his SSD & the GTX770, then remove everything from his PC (leaving the bare case & PSU), buy a new Mobo/CPU/RAM and reuse my Vega56 & SSD.
Given he only plays Fortnite, I think this will give him a nice FPS boost and crucially better stability as (touch wood!) my PC has performed flawlessly and I know the GTX770 works with my PC as it was my GFX card before I upgraded to the Vega 56. I am a little concerned the GTX770 might still be a bit of a bottleneck, even in Fortnite, so at some point in the future may have to pick up a new GPU for him.
Given I want to keep the costs down:
A) Does the above sound sensible
B) What's the sweet spot value wise for Mobo/CPU/RAM given I'm not looking for anything bleeding edge?
C) If I do have to pick up a new GPU for him, how much would I realistically have to spend to see a significant improvement on the GTX770
Apologies in advance for the rubbish formatting, I couldn't work out how to insert a table!
Thanks guys.