Upgrading existing gaming PC

MrBlobby222 · 22 Feb 2018 at 18:25

Hello,

I'm looking at upgrading my motherboard, CPU and RAM on a budget of about £400 to go with my existing GTX 1070 and case. I'm pretty sure my CPU is bottlenecking my GPU - on MSI afterburner I am finding that 3 cores are staying around 60-75% and core 4 is hovering around 80-95% usage on Subnautica.

Can you guys recommend a good combination for gaming? I would prefer Intel if possible.

My current setup:

GeForce 1070
Asus P8Z77-V LX Motherboard
Intel Core i5-3570K
DDR3 8GB
1x 512GB SSD

Danny75 · 22 Feb 2018 at 18:31

Hi, welcome to the forum.

Which CPU, mobo and RAM do you have now, to know how much of an upgrade you will get and if it's worth it. And which case do you have, ATX, micro-ATX or ITX?

MrBlobby222 · 22 Feb 2018 at 18:33

Thank you.

Sorry, I just updated my original post with that information.

I have an ATX case

orbitalwalsh · 22 Feb 2018 at 19:07

Second hand i7 K for your board

Give it a bit of life in your rig

MrBlobby222 · 22 Feb 2018 at 19:34

Thanks for the response.

Would it just be better to overclock my existing CPU ?

tamzzy · 22 Feb 2018 at 19:38

MrBlobby222 said:
Would it just be better to overclock my existing CPU ?

overclock your current cpu first and see?
would need a semi-decent cooler first though, if you haven't already got one. and besides the cooler can be reused on further upgrades, so it isn't necessarily wasted money