where to upgrade

Booty · 14 Dec 2017 at 14:23

Hi my son wants to upgrade his pc , he plays at 1080p and his system consists of :

MSI Radeon R9 390 Gaming Edition 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K
SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply
Kingston 8gb 2400ghz hyperX savage
250gb ssd

Where would the best upgrade be for around £250 or is there no point until he has more to spend .
Thanks.

stulid · 14 Dec 2017 at 14:28

That should be great for 1080P still (infact it should also do a nice job at 1440p).

Could oc the cpu if its not allready.

What screen is it? if its not 144Hz+ and/or Freesync then how about going for that as an upgrade.

Booty · 14 Dec 2017 at 14:38

Thanks for the reply , forgot to mention the monitor , he has an aoc 2770m freesync and benq xl2430t . the cpu isnt overclocked and has stock cooler.

stulid · 14 Dec 2017 at 14:42

Either OC the CPU (that requires £20-25 spent on a cooler) and what about a fancy mechanical keyboard and a gaming mouse+mat.

Or a headset (hyperX cloudII) for example.

Apart from that Im struggling for suggestions that are worth while.

Saffy · 14 Dec 2017 at 14:48

Get something like this: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cryorig-h7-single-tower-heatsink-with-120mm-fan-hs-008-cy.html and give that CPU an overclock. You should be able to manage a 4.2-4.4GHz quite easily. Other than that, it's still a great system for 1080p gaming.

Booty · 14 Dec 2017 at 14:53

Thank you iv'e been telling him this all along but they never listen lol .

Danny75 · 14 Dec 2017 at 14:55

I would add 8GB RAM and cooler for overclocking. You can test beforehand if it's hitting max mem usage (and therefore using the slower page file). If he plays a wide variety of games chances are he is with some and this will make things smoother.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Team Group Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01)= £59.99
1 x Cooler Master MasterAir MA410P RGB CPU Tower Cooler= £34.99

Total: £104.88 (includes shipping: £9.90)

stulid · 14 Dec 2017 at 14:55

A gaming chair?

Booty · 14 Dec 2017 at 15:27

Right thanks for all the ideas , I’ve just spoke to him and convinced him he doesn’t really need an upgrade on the pc (after showing him your comments ).
Stulid your onto a winner with the chair idea , any recommendations? He mentioned Dx racer or something on them lines .

stulid · 14 Dec 2017 at 15:38

One of the Nitro range (S300) of chairs.

Unless you go all out for a Noble chair.

DarkHorizon472 · 15 Dec 2017 at 11:22

Danny75 said:
I would add 8GB RAM and cooler for overclocking. You can test beforehand if it's hitting max mem usage (and therefore using the slower page file). If he plays a wide variety of games chances are he is with some and this will make things smoother.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Team Group Vulcan RED 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz Dual Channel Kit (TLRED38G2400HC11CDC01)= £59.99

1 x Cooler Master MasterAir MA410P RGB CPU Tower Cooler= £34.99

Total: £104.88 (includes shipping: £9.90)

I would suggest the same 8GB more memory and a better CPU cooler for overclocking.

4K8KW10 · 15 Dec 2017 at 11:57

Booty said:
Hi my son wants to upgrade his pc , he plays at 1080p and his system consists of :

MSI Radeon R9 390 Gaming Edition 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Devils Canyon Core i5 4690K
SuperFlower Leadex GOLD 750W Fully Modular "80 Plus Gold" Power Supply
Kingston 8gb 2400ghz hyperX savage
250gb ssd

Where would the best upgrade be for around £250 or is there no point until he has more to spend .
Thanks.

Hi, is the memory 8GB in a single slot, single channel?