What's a good upgrade path for me?

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I have this spec currently:

Intel i5 2500k @ about 4ghz, with Hyper 212 evo
Corsair TX750 power supply
ASUS P8Z68-V PRO motherboard
8GB G-Skill "Ripjaws X" RAM
Sapphire Nitro RX480 (8GB)
Various HDDs & a Samsung 840 SSD
Monitors, etc.

I'm finding it struggling quite a bit with some newer titles like Assassins Creed Origins and would like to upgrade a few bits to help it out! I reckon I should upgrade my CPU and get DDR4 RAM, is this a good idea and can I do it within budget?

Budget will be about £350 - what am I best spending this on?

Thanks
 
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What res is your monitor?

Because of memory prices £350 won't get you the upgrade you would ideally choose unless you opted for 8Gb.

Below is the ideal upgrade with 16Gb of memory - but knock it back to 8Gb and you would be within budget:

My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £462.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)​
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8Gb option:


My basket at Overclockers UK:
Total: £361.47 (includes shipping: £10.50)​
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Personally I would keep the CPU / RAM etc. as is and upgrade the Graphics card - GTX 1070 as a minimum, otherwise save a little more and go for 1070ti, which would offer you the best bang for buck.

you could see a 40%+ increase in performance.

The CPU is still capable, especially if overclocked.

Martin
 
Thanks for the suggestions. RAM seems to be expensive?! I know it goes up and down but wow.

My monitors are both 1080p, not planning to upgrade any time soon.

I've read that my CPU could be a limiting factor, would a graphics card upgrade really see a huge benefit?
 
balanceballs said:
My monitors are both 1080p, not planning to upgrade any time soon.

I've read that my CPU could be a limiting factor, would a graphics card upgrade really see a huge benefit?
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It would make a difference but you've already thrown a RX480 8Gb at it - and that should do an adequate job at 1080p.

I'm running a 2500K @ 4.4GHz coupled with a GTX 1070 playing at 1440p. My next upgrade is CPU/MB - as i've maxed out the performance from the CPU for 1440p.

You're in between (similar position at 1080p) - as you have a decent card for 1080p. Personally, i would wait for the new Ryzen release and upgrade then and stick the RX 480 into the new system. Then when you can afford it sell the RX 480 and buy a GTX 1070/similar.
 
balanceballs said:
I'm finding it struggling quite a bit with some newer titles like Assassins Creed Origins
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What you need to do is find out where your system is struggling. Fire up Task Manager and GPU-Z or MSI Afterburner on your second monitor and look at them when the game starts to struggle. In particular, check if the CPU or GPU is maxxed.
 
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