A bit of a dilemma in terms of Future Proofing

Diemondl

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About may or so last year, with help from the great people on this website, i worked out a decent pc build that i ended up buying. Thing is, i bought it with the intention of future proofing it as best i could. The idea that if i wanted to upgrade in 2-3 years i wouldnt need to do the whole process again.

However, more recently i noticed that the 1151 mobos seem to be becoming the thing these days, compared to the 1150 i bought.

(my build is currently a z-97k mobo, G1 gaming GTX 970, 16gb of 1833 as 2x8gb, and an i5-4690k)

Now, it works fine as it is, allowing me to run pretty much anything i want on 1080p ideal settings.

But the question i ask, is that would it be worth upgrading to an 1151 now (in which case, any suggestions would be great), or should i just stick with the 1150 for now, and maybe just get a GPU upgrade later when the 1070 or something drops in price a bit?

Thanks.
 
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Honestly there is no need to spend your money at the moment, if you only plan to play of 1080p and you're having no problems then whats the point in upgrading? as previously mentioned by Daniel your CPU and mobo will be fine for another couple of years its your GPU that you will need to upgrade before anything else but don't rush into it until you don't get the fps you want in games otherwise its just a waste of money.

Daniel Woodward

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Your CPU should be fine for at least a few more years. Looking however at the way graphics cards are advancing recently you might be better off getting a 1070. I am planning on upgrading my 970 to a 1080 personally.
 

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Honestly there is no need to spend your money at the moment, if you only plan to play of 1080p and you're having no problems then whats the point in upgrading? as previously mentioned by Daniel your CPU and mobo will be fine for another couple of years its your GPU that you will need to upgrade before anything else but don't rush into it until you don't get the fps you want in games otherwise its just a waste of money.
 
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Diemondl

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Yeah, thats what i thought. The only thing i was thinking about more was not having to upgrade EVERYTHING later on, as opposed to just a component or two. Thats why i was asking about 1150/1151. Not so much about an upgrade as an option for the future.

Though, 'no problems' might have been a little bit overstating it. However there are very few games which genuinely have issues. (The Division has this annoying thing where some enemies arent visible and interactable even though they can damage you. Some people said its due to having weaker CPU, but i found it kind of an odd reason since itd happen in areas with an easy 60+ fps and rarely in areas i dip far lower.)