I want to upgrade my computer, is it going to be harder than I thought?

dake222

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I have a build right now that I have been upgrading a bit over time.

Here is the list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/rXDmTH

I replaced the hardrive and changed my gtx 780 for a gtx 1070.
I noticed that some games require a beastly cpu.

My 1 question is that, is my cpu fine? Because I was looking into upgrading into the i7 7000 series but doesnt that mean that I need a new motherboard to socket it, and then if I upgrade motherboards, do I need my ddr3 with ddr4 ram?

This all feels complicated and not just buy and plug in anymore, can anyone give insight?
 
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The 7700k requires a mainboard based on Z270, B250, or, (with updated BIOS) the earlier Z170/B150 will work..., yes, DDR4 is required for them, and, for all new builds on less than 1 year old processor rigs out these days.

If 7700K is tad too expensive, the R5-1600/B350 combos are gaining in popularity, and as the R7-1700 comes down in price, it is gaining favor quickly as well.....

(I'd not be buying any DDR3-based rigs unless on a super-fire sale combo that is just truly iresistable...; certainly, I'd not pay more for an older i7 rig over a new R7-1700 based rig...ever..)

jpe1701

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You actually have a nice rig. Are you having problems with it? You really wouldn't gain much because Intel's chips haven't improved a lot between your CPU and the 7700. Maybe 10%. It would entail new RAM and motherboard too. I would hold off and see what Intel has planned to counter amd later this year.
 
The 7700k requires a mainboard based on Z270, B250, or, (with updated BIOS) the earlier Z170/B150 will work..., yes, DDR4 is required for them, and, for all new builds on less than 1 year old processor rigs out these days.

If 7700K is tad too expensive, the R5-1600/B350 combos are gaining in popularity, and as the R7-1700 comes down in price, it is gaining favor quickly as well.....

(I'd not be buying any DDR3-based rigs unless on a super-fire sale combo that is just truly iresistable...; certainly, I'd not pay more for an older i7 rig over a new R7-1700 based rig...ever..)
 
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dake222

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So like others have said, is it just not worth it to even upgrade?
 

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I was just concerned with smoothness, but you are probably right. I just got a new monitor thats 2k and 144hz and I was wondering how I might need to upgrade. So you suggest I just wait it out?
 
As the others have said its a big expense for minimal gain. If you are feeling the itch to upgrade anyway I would strongly suggest waiting 6 months as the next gen Coffee Lake CPU's are going to include 6 core i5's & i7's which might offer better gains. As Hyper-threading only adds up to approximately 30% extra performance a true 6 core i5 as long as Intel don't cripple the speed (IPC is also supposed to be improved) should hopefully compete with recent gen i7's and a 6 core 12 thread i7 should be a beast.
 


Depends what games and settings you want to run. To run the latest AAA games at very high settings at over 100 fps you will want a gpu upgrade. The 1070 is great for 1080p 144Hz to 1440p 60Hz but going to 1440p 144Hz is a big jump in gpu horsepower. A perfect choice is the 1080Ti but the 1080 also does a good job. I don't see your CPU being the problem.


I notice you don't have an SSD. While this doesn't help fps it does make your pc feel so much more responsive. I'd be looking to invest in an SSD.
 

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I was actually looking into getting an ssd, isnt it only good for reading from and not writing to? Like would it only be smart to load the operating system on to, or how does it work. Also if I get one how easy is it to set up to use? Like do I just plug it in to use or do I have to transfer some stuf from the hard drive over?
 

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SSDs help everything that goes through them, but depending on the app, depends on how much they help. Load times between areas are greatly helped, even games with multiple repeat objects are helped, reducing lag especially with high load online servers. Seen many get booted from groups when drop times take too long simply because they are on hdd loads, not ssd.

For the price, ssd is one of the best general upgrades there is.
 

jpe1701

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I agree, an ssd would be a worth while upgrade. I have gradually upgraded to the point where I can put all of my downloaded games on ssd and it makes it more enjoyable because you don't lose time loading as much. You can stay engrossed in the game.
 

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Well unless you have few games, or a large SSD, it's usually a wiser (and cheaper) idea to get a mediocre sized ssd, like 250Gb, and use that primarily for the OS and any of its associated stuff, like office or photoshop, Adobe etc and keep your media on a separate drive, like the hdd. Because anything run through windows will cache on the ssd, this'll give anything that's opened from the hdd, ssd speeds. Things like Steam are kept on ssd, as are any saved games, but the actual steam library is on the hdd. Open any game, and it gets opened through steam, cached on the ssd, so runs from there, not the hdd. This does 3 significant things. First, chances of both drives failing at the same time are exponentially small, so if one does fail, you don't loose everything at once. Secondly, the price of a large ssd is more than some gpus, kinda not cost effective for the small performance gain. Lastly, because of the relative prices vrs size, a large hdd makes for an acceptable place for c: backups if a dedicated external drive isn't used.