Upgrading my 6 years old i7 2600k

Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
S

staubin

Distinguished
Apr 11, 2011
7
0
18,510
Hi everyone! I came to this forum 6 years ago to ask the community for help to build a pc, and received great advice! I once again seek advice, but this time to upgrade it.

This is what I currently have:
CPU: i7 2600k (o/c @ 4.4ghz)
RAM: 8.00GB DDR3 @ 799MHz
Mobo: ASUS P8P67 PRO
GPU: ATI radeon HD 6950 2g
700w power supply
I do not have a SSD, just a basic 1 tb hdd, but it's more then enough room for me.

This computers only purpose is gaming. I would like to increase my FPS in games. I don't really want an SSD as from what I read, would only reduce loading time, and I'm not too worried about that.

I'm a big noob when it comes to hardware, I did about 2-3 hours of research before posting this, but when I read about hardware details, it's like I'm reading chinese :/ So any advice is welcome.

I beleive it's time for me to upgrade my GPU. I am thinking of getting a GTX 1070. Would it be compatible with what I have? Is my cpu and ram fine enough for these days or should I be looking into upgrading those too?

I have about 600$ budget, but could put more if needed, altho at that point I might be looking into building a completely new one. The website I would like to buy from is newegg.ca (ca because canadian)

Thanks for the replies!

 
Solution
pohemi
A GTX 1070 would *work* in your current system, but it will likely be bottlenecked by your older CPU. Of course, upgrading the CPU also means not only upgrading your RAM, but your motherboard as well. You might think about upgrading your entire system. You could always go ahead and upgrade your GPU now, and do the rest when you can afford to, or vice versa.
Sort by date Sort by votes
pohemi

pohemi

Distinguished
Jan 24, 2013
156
0
18,760
A GTX 1070 would *work* in your current system, but it will likely be bottlenecked by your older CPU. Of course, upgrading the CPU also means not only upgrading your RAM, but your motherboard as well. You might think about upgrading your entire system. You could always go ahead and upgrade your GPU now, and do the rest when you can afford to, or vice versa.
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
Solution
J

jase888

Distinguished
Jul 1, 2012
176
0
18,680
I'd agree with that guy just go with a decent graphics card for now and see how it goes, then you can always build a new one using new GPU in few years or on a black Friday when there's deals everywhere.

Im pretty much in the same situation as you and my setup is identical except ram speed is 1333. I am looking to put an AMD rx480 4gb graphics card in as good price and pretty good.

I see you overclocked your CPU, i was looking into this but told I'd need at least 1600 speed ram, so how have you managed on your ram?
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
S

staubin

Distinguished
Apr 11, 2011
7
0
18,510
I overclocked about a year ago, and it's been very stable so far, haven't touched the ram. I suggest doing it, it's surprisingly easy. I looked on youtube for guides and within 15 minute it was done. I will look into the AMD rx 480, thanks!
 
Upvote 0 Downvote
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Moderators online

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom