Recommended Upgrades Gaming PC

WoWNerdVanilla · Dec 2, 2016

Hello there Tom's hardware community! Ive had my PC for about 3 years only gaming I Do is World of Warcraft. Unfortunately My current setup doesn't allow me to play at Max details. I would like you guys to recommend me some new gaming hardware!

My Current Set up

CPU: Intel Core i5 4670K @ 3.40GHz Haswell 22nm Technology - Would like to keep this seems still good for What i Play but I am no expert.
Wish I could OC this, but I am not into it anymore and haven't played with OC in a long time.

Motherboard: G1.Sniper Z87 - I am thinking this should be fine as well?

RAM: G.Skill RipjawsX 4GB x 2 (F3-12800CL9D-4GBXL)

SSD: ADATA SP550 ATA Device 240Gb

HDD: Seagate 3.5" SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 750Gb

PSU: Corsair CX600M

GPU: Gigabyte Radeon HD 7800 Series GDDR5 2048 MB - This needs an upgrade for sure!

Monitor - Not looking to upgrade this not sure it's relevant to post this.
Name LG IPS FULLHD I think it's 5ms and it's a 29
Current Resolution 1920x1080 pixels
Work Resolution 1920x1040 pixels
Monitor Width 1920
Monitor Height 1080
Monitor BPP 32 bits per pixel
Monitor Frequency 60 Hz

I will need a case.. I would like to go with something small.
If you can pick one or all parts from here this store I would appreciate as this is where I mostly will purchase my parts. Or should I still order online @ Newegg.

Case I like : Corsair Carbide Series Air 240 Black High Airflow MicroATX and Mini-ITX PC Case (CC-9011070-WW)
But motherboard I have ain't no MicroATX unless I change the Motherboard am screwed

So ill have to go with a mini tower.

Hopefully I get good feedback this upgrade will happen after the holidays once I assess how much money I got in gifts haha

Please list all I need to upgrade/change in Order to play world of Warcraft at max. For the next 2 years at least.

thank you.

Justiceinacan · Dec 2, 2016

I personally think that going with a small case would be a waste as you'd have to get a motherboard to fit it and ehh for 2 or 3 inches shorter that much money is questionable. Unless you really have to, I'd keep the ATX board.

As far as upgrades go, your GPU will be the biggest performance dictator in gaming. I suggest an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 for gaming at that resolution. You can turn up eye candy quite high and it should be decently future proof. Or get the AMD competitor, Radeon RX 480.

Geekwad · Dec 3, 2016

Agreed. A GPU upgrade is all that's really called for here. A GTX 1060 6gb or RX 480 8gb would be great.

I'd put in a good word for the RX 480 as compatible adaptive sync monitors are less expensive, and it can be paired with a second GPU (given your existing equipment, even), just in case you wanted to go for higher resolutions down the line.

http://www.geforce.com/hardware/technology/g-sync

http://www.amd.com/en-us/innovations/software-technologies/technologies-gaming/freesync

WoWNerdVanilla · Dec 4, 2016

Thanks everyone for the help,

So you recommend going for RX 480 over GTX 1060 or 1070?

Now what to pick that I will read on.

jwcrellin · Dec 4, 2016

Phanteks makes some beautiful atx cases with full acrylic side windows . Whichever gpu you decide to go with, make sure its a 6gb or 4gb model at a minimum. That'll last at least 3 years until it gets time to upgrade mobo and cpu.

Justiceinacan · Dec 4, 2016

WoWNerdVanilla :

Your monitor is 1920 x 1080 which pretty much any decent video card should be able to run games on.
Also it's 60 Hz, meaning you should get 60-70 FPS on it.

So the GTX 1070 is a little overkill.
RX 480 and GTX 1060 can get as much as 120 FPS on max settings on some games, so it's really a pick your poison ; GTX 1060 has more raw power, but RX 480 has better support for DirectX 12 I hear.

WoWNerdVanilla · Dec 4, 2016

Justiceinacan :

WoWNerdVanilla :

Your monitor is 1920 x 1080 which pretty much any decent video card should be able to run games on.
Also it's 60 Hz, meaning you should get 60-70 FPS on it.

So the GTX 1070 is a little overkill.
RX 480 and GTX 1060 can get as much as 120 FPS on max settings on some games, so it's really a pick your poison ; GTX 1060 has more raw power, but RX 480 has better support for DirectX 12 I hear.

thank you very much!

logainofhades · Dec 5, 2016

I would still go 1070, if you can afford it. It just means you can go that much longer, without the need to upgrade it. WoW favors Nvidia also.

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