- Oct 25, 2012
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So as title says considering an overhaul on an aging gaming system and trying to decide if an upgrade is enough or if i need a full rebuild from scratch, budget is about 2.5k max but i would really rather avoid spending that as my system is....ok just chugging bad in gpu land.
Currently im running an I5 2500k with a hypercool and a modest 4.0 overclock, i would run it higher but.....it dosen't seem to like more then 4.0 even when i tried liquid cooling, i am also using a sapphire 7870 2gb graphics card and 8gb of ddr3 1600 ram on an older mobo i dont remimber much about off hand other then max ram speed is ddr3 2333 and it has one x16 and x8 slot.
Currently thinking of upgrading to a gtx 1070 or if i can get one on sale in the $550 range a gtx 1080 not sure if my mobo can support them or not, im also unsure if i should keep my 2500k or get a 7600k, My I5 seems to be doing well enough in most games its my gpu thats chugging right now but im not sure if its enough for newer games and a new gpu will just bottleneck.
Lastly i am unsure of my mobo if i should keep it or chuck it and get a new mobo with ddr4 3600+ ratings and more then 1 X16 and 1X8 slot.
Power is not an issue i went all in on my psu (a top end psu is a LOT cheaper then a fried PC from a bad psu) and got a platinum 80+ 1200 watt corsair that although almost 6 years old is still going strong unless connections are totally diffrent now.
Any advice would be much appreacted.
Currently im running an I5 2500k with a hypercool and a modest 4.0 overclock, i would run it higher but.....it dosen't seem to like more then 4.0 even when i tried liquid cooling, i am also using a sapphire 7870 2gb graphics card and 8gb of ddr3 1600 ram on an older mobo i dont remimber much about off hand other then max ram speed is ddr3 2333 and it has one x16 and x8 slot.
Currently thinking of upgrading to a gtx 1070 or if i can get one on sale in the $550 range a gtx 1080 not sure if my mobo can support them or not, im also unsure if i should keep my 2500k or get a 7600k, My I5 seems to be doing well enough in most games its my gpu thats chugging right now but im not sure if its enough for newer games and a new gpu will just bottleneck.
Lastly i am unsure of my mobo if i should keep it or chuck it and get a new mobo with ddr4 3600+ ratings and more then 1 X16 and 1X8 slot.
Power is not an issue i went all in on my psu (a top end psu is a LOT cheaper then a fried PC from a bad psu) and got a platinum 80+ 1200 watt corsair that although almost 6 years old is still going strong unless connections are totally diffrent now.
Any advice would be much appreacted.
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