Which is the best upgrade possible to my PC?

Melkoroth · Mar 1, 2017

Hi,

I have this configuration:

Operating System
Windows 10 Education 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i7 3770K @ 3.50GHz
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
32,0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 686MHz (10-10-10-30)
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. SABERTOOTH Z77 (LGA1155)
Graphics
BenQ V2200Ecoþ (1920x1080@60Hz)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (ZOTAC International)
Storage
465GB Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB (SSD)
1863GB Western Digital WDC WD2002FAEX-00MJRA0 (SATA)
1863GB Western Digital WDC WD2002FAEX-00MJRA0 (SATA)
2047GB TOSHIBA MD04ACA400 USB Device (USB (SATA))
1678GB TOSHIBA MD04ACA400 USB Device (USB (SATA))
Optical Drives
HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH16NS40
Audio
Dispositivo de High Definition Audio

Can anyone recommend me an upgrade that makes a significantly improvement for Photoshop, Premiere and games, without having to change the whole PC? Having in mind hat the cost of this improvement does not exceed the purchase of a new one, altogether

Thanks

captaincharisma · Mar 1, 2017

the only thing i can think of is a better GPU since you specs are pretty much maxed out for that PC. anything else and you will be looking a a whole new PC

ThomasKK · Mar 1, 2017

Upgrade your graphics card, the rest looks perfect.

GPU upgrade depends only on your budget, i would suggest Nvidia's newest 10xx series graphics cards since i'm not sure if AMD cards work with such editing programs just as good as Nvidia's cards.

To be specific i would recommend - GTX 1050/1050Ti/1060 depending on your budget - should work fine with your rig.

SaM_SpArK · Mar 1, 2017

I think best thing you could do is to Upgrade your GPU and buy a more powerful GPU from Nvidia 10x series (Depends on your budget).

Upgrading RAM Sticks would be a good option too. Buy a couple of high frequency sticks.

boosted1g · Mar 1, 2017

I agree with GPU upgrade

(and dont worry about memory, you wont see a difference betwen the 1333mhz sticks you have and buying osmething like 1866 if your board even supports it).

Do note though that the newest gen cards (GTX 10xx and RX 4xx) do not support legacy bios mode, only UEFI.
Thus if you are currently on Legacy BIOS mode then you would have to do a full windows reinstall to switch to UEFI to support the newest gen cards.

TMTOWTSAC · Mar 1, 2017

Upgrading the RAM isn't going to make a huge difference, and it won't be compatible with a new build later on. A new GPU would provide an instant boost to games and some imaging tasks. And it could migrate into a future build.

Outside of games and accelerated video tasks, without a full replacement you're looking at overclocking the CPU. It's a K series so it's unlocked, you've got a Z series board, the only thing left is to make sure your cooler and PSU are up to it.

Conveniently enough here's a guide:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ivy-bridge-overclocking-core-i7-3770k,3198.html

Melkoroth · Apr 24, 2017

But I am limited by motherboard to choose one GPU, or with wich I have can I use anyone?
The idea is to be able to take advantage of it in the future when deciding to change the rest of components. Or by then it will already be obsolete?

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