Which component to upgrade next?

Russell_11 · Feb 18, 2016

Hey guys. I'm stuck. I want to upgrade my system (FPS!) due to having a little bit of money come in (RIP Grandad, and thank you), but I'm stuck as to where to improve my system.

Maximus Hero IV
16gb 2400mhz corsair ddr3
i7 4770k
gtx 980 ti strix
samsung 840 pro ssd
asus pg279 monitor

edit: 860 ax power supply

What's your opinion? CPU? (6700k?)
SLI?
DDR4?

Thanks!

lucas_7_94 · Feb 18, 2016

Seems a nice build for me, atleast for years. You can go for skylake (this will requires a new motherboard and new ram), but you will not have a massive improvement in gaming.

SLI: well, SLI a 980Ti only worth if you're planning to play at 4K (and obviusly, need a good wattage and trusted PSU), for 1440p a single 980Ti will do the job fine.

Gingerbread · Feb 18, 2016

If you want FPS your only options is SLI. Skylake won't give you a boost, neither will ddr4. So get a second 980ti along with a new PSU (unless your old one is really good).

Barty1884 · Feb 18, 2016

Personally, I don't think there's anything you can do there that's going to give you a performance boost to justify the cost.

A new CPU would maybe get you minimal FPS gains (if at all), but would require a new motherboard, DDR4 & likely a new OS (if you have OEM), so somewhere in the $700 range........ for minimal FPS gains at best.

SLI'ing 980ti's supposedly gets you near double the performance in some games...........at 4k. Your monitor tops out at 1440p, so there wouldn't be much of a gain for you there either - especially for the $600+ price point.

I'd put the money aside until you need an upgrade, opposed to wanting an upgrade.
Or.....you know, buy a second monitor & some nice peripherals if you want to spend it...

Russell_11 · Feb 18, 2016

Thanks for the replies. It looks like the only option is another GPU. I actually have another 980 Ti that I was going to sell (long story..) so I'm tempted to keep it. Unless it's really not worth it at 1440p? Then I might forget about upgrading altogether!

edit: Any thoughts on how DirectX 12 might improve future SLI performance?

Barty1884 · Feb 18, 2016

If you have another one........why not use the funds to buy a 4k monitor? Then you can SLI them and actually see substantial performance gains?

Non-Euclidean · Feb 18, 2016

1) Do nothing.
2) Wait
3) Get a pascal card when they come out.

Thats about it for speed. Possibly you could look at a CPU upgrade, but I would wait.

Russell_11 · Feb 18, 2016

Barty1884 :

Because I can't afford to have both and I only recently bought the PG279Q

Barty1884 · Feb 18, 2016

I'm probably missing something here.....

Right at the beginning of the thread, you asked for upgrade suggestions.....and one of your proposed options was to SLI the cards......now you can't afford both? I'm confused.

If you recently bought the PG279Q, you could still sell it - a 4k monitor & SLI'ing your cards (that you already have?) would be the only substantial performance boost to you at the moment.

Otherwise, my original suggestion - put the money aside & wait a while. You don't NEED to be upgrading anything in the rig you currently have.

Russell_11 · Feb 18, 2016

Barty1884 :

I'm not explaining properly. Somehow I was charged for and sent 2 980 ti's when I only ordered one which means it comes out of what my limit is. You're right I could sell the monitor.

I think I'm going to follow the advice of wait, do nothing and upgrade in the future.

Thanks everyone.

Barty1884 · Feb 18, 2016

Russell_11 :

Ah, that makes more sense. I thought when you put "long story" regarding the second card, there may have been more to the story....that I wasn't going to pry about

haha.

Yeah, waiting is your best idea.

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