Haven't paid much attention after building my PC in fall 2011 and am finally looking to upgrade a bit until I probably end up doing another build later down the road.
Current specs on PC are: i5 2500k, Nvidia 460 GTX, 8gb 1600mhz RAM, 128GB SSD, 1 TB HDD, Coolermaster HAF X, GA-Z68XP-UD3P
I run 2 Asus 24" monitors (VH242H)
Main reason why I'm looking to upgrade is because my GPU is extremely outdated. I originally got it from a friend who thought he fried it and just gave it to me for cheap. When I used to game I would notice the screen would turn off sometimes so maybe something was wrong with it. I don't game much anymore so never notice anything like that just browsing on the desktop.
Like I said before, I don't game too much but still want a sweet setup in-case I feel like gaming again and to stay up to date.
Cards I have been taking a look at are the 760 GTX and the 770 2gb GTX. These seems to run fairly well from the benchmarks I have looked at but am wondering if the 770 is really worth the jump over the 760 or if there are any better recommendations out there. I'm assuming once 4k era comes to be a standard I'll need a new CPU/GPU/monitor, etc which is why I don't feel like I have to go too crazy now. Would love to even just get a 2k monitor for now but they are priced fairly high, 4k is still way too high haha.
Main reason why I was considering a GPU upgrade also (annoying problem) when I've been using 4k playback on YouTube lately it lags pretty bad (scrolling thumbnails, playback lags, browser lags) and I'm wondering if that's my GPU not being able to handle it.
I'm assuming my i5-2500k is still fairly relevant, especially overclocked (I have not even overclocked it yet never experienced any slow downs and my GPU was always eh so never got around to it).
I also read that not having PCI 3.0 should not really bottleneck the newer GPUs (maybe a few frames or so?).
Now for the PSU I know I will need one since mine only sports 550W right now. Not sure which PSU to go with, I was looking for something that offers sleek cables (all black, etc). I know Corsair used to have PSUs come with individually sleeved cables but I checked again and haven't seen that. The cables sold separately are way too much $ imo. I noticed some Coolermaster PSUs have all black cables.
What would be a safe amount of watts to go with? Most power consuming thing I would ever run I'm guessing would be if I ever decide to add a second GPU to my setup. I don't mind spending a little extra if I have to because I feel like the PSU/Case are really parts you can consistently use if you buy them right the first time.
Thanks
Current specs on PC are: i5 2500k, Nvidia 460 GTX, 8gb 1600mhz RAM, 128GB SSD, 1 TB HDD, Coolermaster HAF X, GA-Z68XP-UD3P
I run 2 Asus 24" monitors (VH242H)
Main reason why I'm looking to upgrade is because my GPU is extremely outdated. I originally got it from a friend who thought he fried it and just gave it to me for cheap. When I used to game I would notice the screen would turn off sometimes so maybe something was wrong with it. I don't game much anymore so never notice anything like that just browsing on the desktop.
Like I said before, I don't game too much but still want a sweet setup in-case I feel like gaming again and to stay up to date.
Cards I have been taking a look at are the 760 GTX and the 770 2gb GTX. These seems to run fairly well from the benchmarks I have looked at but am wondering if the 770 is really worth the jump over the 760 or if there are any better recommendations out there. I'm assuming once 4k era comes to be a standard I'll need a new CPU/GPU/monitor, etc which is why I don't feel like I have to go too crazy now. Would love to even just get a 2k monitor for now but they are priced fairly high, 4k is still way too high haha.
Main reason why I was considering a GPU upgrade also (annoying problem) when I've been using 4k playback on YouTube lately it lags pretty bad (scrolling thumbnails, playback lags, browser lags) and I'm wondering if that's my GPU not being able to handle it.
I'm assuming my i5-2500k is still fairly relevant, especially overclocked (I have not even overclocked it yet never experienced any slow downs and my GPU was always eh so never got around to it).
I also read that not having PCI 3.0 should not really bottleneck the newer GPUs (maybe a few frames or so?).
Now for the PSU I know I will need one since mine only sports 550W right now. Not sure which PSU to go with, I was looking for something that offers sleek cables (all black, etc). I know Corsair used to have PSUs come with individually sleeved cables but I checked again and haven't seen that. The cables sold separately are way too much $ imo. I noticed some Coolermaster PSUs have all black cables.
What would be a safe amount of watts to go with? Most power consuming thing I would ever run I'm guessing would be if I ever decide to add a second GPU to my setup. I don't mind spending a little extra if I have to because I feel like the PSU/Case are really parts you can consistently use if you buy them right the first time.
Thanks
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